Oscar Robertson Blasts Steve Kerr’s Defensive Strategy for USA vs. Jokic

Nikola Jokic led Serbia to a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics and came very close to defeating Team USA in the semi-finals and NBA legend Oscar Robertson was not happy with the way the USA treated him. big.

Robertson says ‘Jokic made a fool of Team USA’ during their semi-final game, which the USA won by a narrow four points (91-95).

“What bothers me more than anything is how does a guy come up to you and drive by you so easily?” Robertson said All Smoke podcast, appearing to refer to what he sees as defensive laziness on Team USA’s part.

“They don’t slip [their feet] Jokic made a fool of himself in the USA because that guard didn’t fight to get to his man. I wouldn’t change the screens for my person,” continued the 85-year-old.

“Why would I go inside to play a 7-foot-4 (2.24 m.) guy and the USA has continued to do that and Jokic has been scoring badly. What are you doing coach, [Steve] Kerr?” the 12-time All-Star wondered.

“You can’t say you want Steph Curry to shut down Jokic inside. However, Curry wouldn’t change anyway so it wouldn’t really matter. “

At the Nuggets press conference on Thursday, Jokic’s teammate Aaron Gordon talked about how satisfying it was to see the Serbian make the USA sweat.

“I was asked if I wanted to play [Team] USA and the call did not go through. …Just seeing Jokic take it to the wire like that…the guy on my team wants to bathe these cats. …But, all that being said ‘Merica.

In Paris, Jokic averaged 18.8 points, 10.7 rebounds and 8.7 assists for Serbia.

There is no doubt that the center will be a key piece in the Nuggets’ championship-chasing season.

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