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Draymond Green Questions Steve Kerr's Rotations During USA-Serbia

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green questioned Kerr's Team USA rotations

Joey Linn

Nov 28, 2023; Sacramento, California, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) talks with head coach Steve Kerr during the fourth quarter against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center.
Nov 28, 2023; Sacramento, California, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) talks with head coach Steve Kerr during the fourth quarter against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center. / Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports
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Team USA is facing Serbia in the 2024 Paris Olympics semifinals. After losing to Team USA twice this summer, Serbia came out on fire in this semifinals battle. Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry had 20 points in just the fist half alone, breaking out of his shooting slump that had persisted for most of this tournament.

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is also the head coach for Team USA, and he has been facing a lot of criticism from the basketball world throughout this semifinals game. Some of this has come from Kerr's own player Draymond Green, who questioned his rotations with a series of posts on X:

Green started by suggesting that Kevin Durant should have been in the game during a run in the second half. NBA legend and color commentator Dwyane Wade echoed these same sentiments during the broadcast, saying he would like Durant to play more minutes in the second half than he did in the first half.

Green then became more direct in his questioning of Kerr's rotations, saying sometimes rotations need to be scrapped:

What Green is arguing, is that while there is always a game plan, sometimes the flow of a game requires that to be scrapped. Wanting to see Kerr go away from what he had planned, Green made that clear.

Green had another post that many have interpreted as a criticism of Kerr, saying that Curry and LeBron James were not tired:

This post came while many were criticizing Kerr for taking some of his best players off the floor, which is understandable if they needed a rest, but many have argued they were not tired. While this final post from Green was not as direct as the others, he certainly questioned some of Kerr's decisions in his series of posts.

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Joey Linn

JOEY LINN

Title: Credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation Email: joeylinn52@gmail.com Education: Communication Studies degree from Biola University Location: Los Angeles, California Expertise: NBA analysis and reporting Experience: Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.

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