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Those who are aware of Barstool Sports' founder Dave Portnoy will tell you that he is a die hard Boston sports teams fan. He loves the Red Sox, the New England Patriots, and obviously the Boston Celtics. One of his favorite players who just won a championship is Jayson Tatum and Dave was not happy at all with the treatment his boy has been getting from coach Steve Kerr. Instead of ing his own country, Portnoy let the anger flow through him and defend his Celtics compadre for not playing a single minute in the Olympic Games semifinals against Serbia. Dave was ready to slander and insult the rest of Team USA, but especially coach Steve Kerr.
Portnoy's vitriol against Team USA
On a video through his social media, Portnoy said: "Okay, real quick rant here on the Olympics. I'm not a big Olympics guy, I haven't paid much attention to the Olympics... But let's get to the basketball. A lot of back and forth, USA beat Serbia in squeaker last night. Kevin Durant on the Twitter machine, later that night, chirping at American fans who were rooting for Serbia, some Nuggets fans, and other people for other reasons. I was rooting against them [Team USA], and I want to beat them by 1,000 points. I don't care that I'm American. The disrespect that Steve Kerr has shown Jayson Tatum throughout this tournament makes me hate this team. Jayson Tatum, brought me a world championship, an NBA championship, and banner 18."
He continued: "I know we got other Celtics on there. I think the Celtics team would beat the Olympic team... He didn't play him the first time, then he's like 'Oh, I'm an idiot'... Does it again, blames it on math. Steve Kerr, you moron, these guys were that much better than Tatum, he can't get 5-10 minutes? Three-time All-NBA First Team. Who are these guys? Curry? I like Curry, Curry played great. I hate LeBron, he's 100 years old, and Durant and Booker are on the same team, they suck. You know who won the championship, you know who had the best players? The Celtics... To make this guy who is a true superstar in this league be embarrassed like this?"