“It was a tough personal experience on the court, but I’m not going to make any decision off emotions,” Tatum told reporters in Paris. “If you asked me right now if I was going to play in 2028, it is four years from now and I [would have] to take time and think about that. So I’m not going to make any decision based off how this experience was or how I felt individually.

“I keep trying to say, I’m trying not to make it about me. I know that’s the storyline the last few days, but we won. We won a gold medal, and that was most important.”

Tatum struggled offensively during the tournament and in the exhibition contests beforehand, coming off a Celtics Finals win. He averaged 5.3 points per game and shot just 38 percent from the field, the lowest mark on the roster. Still, several less accomplished players received consistent playing time over him throughout the tournament, to the surprise of many in the basketball community

“It’s not what I’m not seeing from Jayson, it’s what I’ve seen from the other guys,” Kerr told reporters in Paris Friday. “Like I’ve said many times during this tournament and the last six weeks, it’s just hard to play 11 people, even in an NBA game … So it’s not about what Jayson is doing or not doing. It’s just about combinations and the way that group has played together, the way Kevin [Durant] has filled in since he came back from his injury. It’s just a math problem more than anything.”