“People want it to be louder, people want it to be meaner, whatever,” Tatum said.

NBA star Jayson Tatum He still receives trolling comments about being on the bench at the Paris Olympics, and he had an explicit response for fans who won’t let it go.

In a postgame interview after he and the Boston Celtics lost to the Golden State Warriors 118-112 on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Tatum, 26, shared how he really feels about the endless comments months after they ended the Olympic Games, according illustrated sports.

“I mean, that’s part of this job, that’s what I’ve been dealing with my entire career. People want it to be louder, people want it to be meaner, whatever. One thing about Jayson is that I’m always going to do what the fuck I want to do,” Tatum said.

“People who react differently, it’s easy to say if they were in my shoes what they would do,” he continued. “I appreciate when it comes from a good place, but like I said, I’m always going to react, respond, I approach things the way I want.”

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Team USA coach Steve Kerr, who is also the Warriors’ head coach, spoke before Wednesday’s game about why he benched Tatum during the men’s basketball semifinal against Serbia, which USA The USA won 95-91 to secure their place in gold. medal final.

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“We can’t control history,” Kerr said. “So that’s this job. I tell our players all the time that the NBA is incredibly popular and the reason it’s so lucrative and part of the deal is because you’re going to be in history. So that can be difficult. But from the beginning in Las Vegas it was all about us being in this together.”

“We have 12 Hall of Famers and we are committed to winning, and we won a gold medal,” he continued. “So I don’t think about it much, other than I didn’t enjoy not playing Jayson against Serbia, not playing Joel against South Sudan. Those are not fun decisions.”

Fans in Boston, however, made it clear Wednesday that they were on Tatum’s side, loudly booing Kerr during pregame introductions.

The Boston Celtics will face the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, November 8.