By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Before the first showcase match against Australia at the Abu Dhabi tournament, Team USA’s head coach Steve Kerr commented on the recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
“It’s such a demoralizing day for our country, and it’s yet another example of not only our political division but also gun culture,” Steve Kerr said.
“A 20-year-old with an AR-15 trying to shoot the former president. It’s hard to process everything, and it’s scary to think about where this goes because of the issues that already exist in the country. So this is a terrible day. Thank God Trump wasn’t hit, but it’s just so demoralizing in every which way.”
He tried to summarize the emotions inside Team USA in the wake of the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally.
“This is a time where we feel very proud to represent our country wearing USA on our chest, competing in the Olympics. We’ve talked to the players about how important it is to show the best version of us as human beings to represent our country in a respectful, dignified manner. It makes you want to do that even more so, because this is really shameful for us to sit here and think about what happened and what’s going on in our country,” Kerr said.