Jayson Tatum AND Boston have ALL the pressure on them. In the last 7 years they’ve been in a bunch of conference finals and all they’ve gotten is a finals loss. This year they’ve had the best team on paper all year and had the easiest route to the finals. Ain’t no excuses if they don’t win.
@@BrokeSpike first off nothing wrong with picking Mavs. But what the hell is wrong with all you people saying, mavs in 4, mavs in 5, mavs in 6, Celtics in 4, Celtics in 5, Celtics in 6 ?????????? It's the finals. The NBA will ensure 7 games for ratings alone. 🤣
@@BrokeSpike doubt it ????? Every finals goes minimum 6. So ok I'll give you that one mabey, but even then the percentage leads towards 7 games more often than not. And that's for every finals. We're talking like 70% of the time 7, over 30% of the time 6. And that percentage drops when you go to 5 and 4 games. Probably 20%. I'll take the 70%. Plus both teams are too good to let a lapse like that happen. Not on this stage.
@@sakthithanigai5036 I hope you're right. But the Celtics haven't been favored like this since the 80's, which is a heavy burden for the stars and coach alike.
@@djedman10they won’t fire him bcz he got them to the finals twice since 2008 they’ll make excuses for why he didn’t win especially if JT or JB don’t show up like the 2022 finals
Tatum definitely has more to lose. Way more stacked team, repeated chances to win over the years with a good roster, didn’t even win ECF MVP, etc…. He has to get it if he doesn’t want the slander
Kyrie is oldest. Left a championship team because he wasn’t leader. 4 superteams. The leader of these guys, but couldn’t lead them. All the media BS for 5 years. Snubbed on Team USA. He by far has more to lose.
Jayson Tatum put the pressure on himself the moment he talked about his obsession with Kobe. Now people trying put him in the same status as Kobe but this series is a legacy for Tatum than Luka and Kyrie.
If you pay attention … ESPN is creating the narratives before hand … Steven a said Tatum will silence the critics… even if he doesn’t win finals mvp … but he will be the same person that complains about Tatum when the Celtics win and Tatum doesn’t win finals mvp
What exactly does he lose? Money? Nope. He's getting the supermax regardless. Standing in the league? He made first team All NBA twice after having already lost in the Finals.
@@thomascrowniii1693 their talking about respect in the basketball world. And potential. If Tatum doesn't win now it's safe to say he'll be written off as far as getting the respect he wants. Because this is his second time in the finals.
@@joshuawhite4330 so Jimmy been in the finals twice and lost even played bad vs nuggets and i don't see people say anything about Jimmy. it's hate for Tatum
Lol I hope Tatum doesn’t listen to any of this. Go out and play Basketball to the best of your ability and what ever happens will happen. It’s just story lines it’s not real.
@@hottakes2633 yes they will if the Celtics defense brings Kyrie back to earth. He's actually playing a little above right now. I'd like to thank Antman for that. The narrative will be how Luka didnt have ENOUGH help. When right now 6-3-24 , Most of the polls Ive seen have people picking the Mavs. The same energy is always kept by me.
It’s crazy we asking a superstar to play well in the finals like if Tatum go out there and don’t have big moments he’s just an all star in my opinion after that.
Isiah Thomas Marcus smart terry rozier .. injured kyrie .. that’s been bostons back court the last 6 years before this year … in no life are those guys leading a team to a championship and i like smart but he’s not a starting pg … yall gotta stop believing what you see online ..
@@Prince__Major Isiah Thomas, Kyrie Irving, Marcus Smart and Porzingis & Jru. Celtics organization have been doing their part. If they fail this time, the Brown/Tatum pairing will be in question. The scrutiny will be SEVERE!!!
After Tatum saw that his legs were gone by Game 3 of the Finals against GSW, I think he is pacing himself. I expect him to put the pedal to the floor now
Tatum hasn’t had to pace himself they breezed through the playoffs. There was no grueling 7 game series against the Bucks or even having to guard KD for 4 games. It’s been easy as hell for Boston, which is good for their legs.
The last couple years MVPs or best players are not from the States. If Luka wins this dry season gonna continue God knows for how long. Tatum better win and reclaim US got the best basketball players in da world
Tatum needs to win this series … if he’s that ‘guy’, doesn’t even have to be the best player but the Celtics have to come away as champs … they ain’t facing the stacked Warriors with KD or a prime Lebron led team. No excuses
He can't be in talks of Giannis and Jokic if he doesn't win the finals MVP. Like I'm sorry, confused on why they think it's not a big deal. You have to be the best player on your team when it really matters.
Media will look exclusively at per-game scoring stats and judge the players performance, as always! When the Celtics win the series with Luka putting up 35 a game, they will cry about how he had no help...
@@PocketMads that’s a very high possibility. Boston has the better team. Minnesota, Oklahoma, and the Clippers all had the better team too. Boston is supposed to win. We’ll see how it goes though. The games still need to be played out.
There is no way the luka mavs can win this series. 😢😢😢No pressure because they should have been eliminated in the first round 😮😮😮. The Celtics have been the chosen team all year long and have all the pressure to finally win
@@Davidstone568 this comment highlights how great Luka is. The Mavericks shouldn’t even be in the Finals, but they are. Luka Legend is the best player in the league
Stop it, Media! Just stop it. Jayson's going for the finals MVP and the Celtics are bringing out the brooms for the Nba finals. Stop overhyping the Mavs. Celtics are clearly the best team in this series and trust me, I'm not a Celtics team. I'm tired of the media creating a narrative that Tatum and Celtics will blow this away.
Losing to the Mavs, who are arguably a better team, is a pretty good excuse, is it not? Also, losing this Finals series does not mean that they will never win it. The present does not always determine the future.
Are you retarded? They talk abt Tatum like prime lebron in Miami……. They talk abt him literally Monday-Friday. If that’s not pressure for u then idk what is
These clowns didn't give Curry respect with three titles until he got that MVP.... SMH they are never held accountably for what they say so they say anything.
Mavericks fan here. Just giving an unbiased look at things. There will absolutely be people who criticize Tatum if he doesn’t get MVP. That’s just the culture of the NBA these days unfortunately. But those people are all wrong. What matters is winning the chip. If you’re worried about who’s MVP that’s how you lose. All Tatum has to do is play freely.
Winning the chip is what matters first. Getting MVP and how many if them in his career though is what matters for where he will stand in league history. He legit has the tools to be top 15 all time but can he put it all together is the question.
This is part of the reason why I hate Steph Curry’s Legacy because he has 4 rings but only 1 finals MVP and now that has started a narrative that you don’t need to win the finals MVP which is absolutely dumb to me
Before the little kids start crying that just started watching basketball I am a Spurs fan Tim Duncan didn’t win every finals MVP but he won majority of them and he was the best player
@@sidneyavishka468 he wasn’t really robbed at all. Putting Iguodala on LeBron change the series that’s just a fact he couldn’t stop LeBron but he’s slowed him down enough for Golden State to be able to outscore him. I’m trying to say his defense played a bigger part of them winning against the Cavaliers than Curry offense
@@dariusjohnson6013 no it didn’t. He was an X factor, Curry was the engine of the team. Without Curry they don’t win a single game against those Cavs. You’re a casual and it shows
@@sidneyavishka468 yes it did. You could literally look up the pace of the Cavaliers and there’s scoring before and after iggy got put on LeBron and you will see a stark difference of how much he slowed them down allowing Golden State to keep leaders and in the second half you don’t know what you’re talking about…
This is Bostons year to win it all. Brown and Tatum have been in this league long enough, after being in the playoffs for years, they have the experience of being in the finals. Everyone on that team has been doing there part specially having Jrue Holiday on this team with the championship pedigree to help these guys out. Idk how Luka and Kyrie gonna pull this off, but it’ll come down to 6 games Boston wins it.
Tatum only has so much to lose because these same media talking heads have spent years building his rep up to be the superstar they desperately want him to be.... same media heads refuse to see that players like Luka and even Jaylen Brown may have surpassed JT today
@scottmiller8617 honest question: do tbe mavs have an answer for brown or tatum? Tatum averaged 36 & Brown averaged 30. Even if you think the mavs win, do you really think they have an answer for brown AND tatum?
@wannabegolfin24-72 Tatum will likely put up a stinker or two, so yeah. I get what you're saying, but the mavs don't actually need to shut down both, they just need to keep the game close until the last 6 or 7 minutes, and then they will use their superior closing skills to finish off the Celtics. It will be a similar type series to Minnesota, or at least that's what I am predicting. I even concede Boston has the better roster overall, but they don't have killers like Luka and Kyrie(especially as closers).
They're going to double luka, put Tatum on kyrie and it's pretty much over. Jrue and white double team pressure is better than Wiggins and Poole double team. I fancy the mavericks, but celtics have too much size for them. Celtics in 5
Porzingis is not on any injury report so he's assumed to be at 100% (anti-jinx). Luke Kornet is also 100%. They'll need Porzingis and Kornet to bang with Lively and Gafford in the paint. Boston has a solid 9 man rotation now. No excuses. But yes, this is Tatum's time to shine. He needs to assert himself throughout this series. C'mon Tatum, channel your inner Mamba and never let it go.
It’s like the media only looks at the best two players on each team Boston legit has 5 people who can give you 20 and can switch and defend most actions. Kyrie and Luka had to score 60 against wolves because it’s the only way they can win
Magic Johnson was dubbed Tragic Johnson in the '84 Finals...no one cares now. Lebron melted down in the 2011 Finals...he's on the Mt. Rushmore of basketball. Kareem played like garbage in the '89 Finals....no one cares now. These in the moment takes are irrelevant because your legacy is determined by the totality of what you've done in your career and that can only be determined when you're done playing.
Jayson Tatum is 100% under the most pressure in these finals. He already is the finals LeBron James version of the conference finals and now he’s about to make a case to be the same in the NBA finals too.
Its impossible for Tatum to ball out and they lose. The only chance Dallas has is if Tatum having off games, Celtics have too many X factors that will step up.
Wonder if Malika going to say something again on Mazulla past since he in the finals. you can’t be too successful around her she just had to find something.
How do you list everything Tatum has done, and undermine him? But Ant Edwards does nothing, Yet he is the face of the NBA? Isolated greatness isn't an achievement.
Whoa whoa whoa I know I didn’t hear SAS snatch Broussard SBOB line. Sheeeesh the competition doing everything to keep up with the first things first crew
I'll go a step further on what Stephen said, If Boston loses period, drastic changes will be made in the summer. Mezzula may be FIRED, Tatum/Brown will be Split Up, There will be a completely different team next year if they don't get this done now.
That Indiana series was the first time I'll legitimately saw the Celtics aggressively drive it in the lane consistently but they're going to have to do that against lively and gafford now and if they can't they're going to resort right back to who they always have been unnecessarily heavy three-point shooters and the Mavs are going to win this
"Winning the chip but not winning the FMVP is OKAY". That's not what everyone was saying to Steph Curry when he won his first championship in 2015. And he was robbed too. These clowns are a bunch of hypocrites I tell you.
this take is funny... Lets be real, even if JT loses the finals, he will loses nothing significant. .. i he will still sign a $320M+ contract, one of the largest in NBA history... He will get sponsorship deals and make a fortune... at 26, the dude is winning at life.
Luka is the best player but celtics are the waaay better team. Luka is gonna get his regardless weather they win or lose but if tatum loses with this stacked team then they will probably break JB and tatum up
The team winning should be all that matters. All this talk about individual performance is sickening; it promotes individual play that doesn’t help the team. The James Harden/Lebron/Westbrook formula doesn’t work.
If the Celtics lose in the finals then it’s gonna prove my point that he’s on the wrong team or better yet Tatum & Brown just can’t get it done together 🤷🏿♂️
That run pre wrist fracture was actually great by Tatum, people love to ignore what really happened and Jaylen brown super fans have selective memory too claiming he outplayed Tatum, when in reality brown played equal if not worse than his regular season stats too. Thinking back, that version of the Celtics really weren’t all that great, they had jt jb smart white horford time lord and grant williams, with the occasional Pritchard minutes (he wasn’t the same guy as now) and that was that for the rotation
Hopefully, Tatum embraces being the #2 option. He is better than Brown but they are both at their primes when Brown is #1 and Tatum is #2. Tatum will score less (probably still the highest on the team) but he'll be a walking triple-double because he makes his greatest plays after Brown dishes it to him after being stopped. Tatum either takes a good shot or passes it to the right person almost every single time.
Tatum(#2) and Brown(#1) are like KD(#2) and Steph(#1) or Jokic(#2) and Murray(#1), where the person who is actually the best player plays as the #2 option and basically bails the #1 option out of trouble at a high clip.
Max Kellerman
Indeed
I haven't heard from the dude since he got fired from ESPN so don't know how it could be him
Gone but not forgotten
LET IT GO!
I miss max
Jayson Tatum AND Boston have ALL the pressure on them. In the last 7 years they’ve been in a bunch of conference finals and all they’ve gotten is a finals loss. This year they’ve had the best team on paper all year and had the easiest route to the finals. Ain’t no excuses if they don’t win.
No excuses. Sometimes failure is the best teacher and the Celtics have had plenty. It's time for winning.
Celtics in 7🍀
@jasonvoorhees310 or they could be like the 90s bills. Go to a bunch of championships and never win. Mavs in 6.
@@BrokeSpike first off nothing wrong with picking Mavs. But what the hell is wrong with all you people saying, mavs in 4, mavs in 5, mavs in 6, Celtics in 4, Celtics in 5, Celtics in 6 ?????????? It's the finals. The NBA will ensure 7 games for ratings alone. 🤣
@@jasonvoorhees310 We'll see, doubt it though.
@@BrokeSpike doubt it ????? Every finals goes minimum 6. So ok I'll give you that one mabey, but even then the percentage leads towards 7 games more often than not. And that's for every finals. We're talking like 70% of the time 7, over 30% of the time 6. And that percentage drops when you go to 5 and 4 games. Probably 20%. I'll take the 70%. Plus both teams are too good to let a lapse like that happen. Not on this stage.
"Kyrie and Luka gave Minnesota a 60 piece all flats lemon pepper" 😂
Tatum and Brown Avg 30 last series. Just a Fun Fact
@@CalRoberts-pn7se you are comparing wolves to pacers defense. let that sink in.
@@ftyk1312Boston have better perimeter defenders than Minnesota ….
Let that sink in
Nitwits just look at boxscores to sound smart until the truth is realized @@ftyk1312
@@yemanehabte9567mavericks have better perimeter defenders than the pacers. let that sink in
I actually think Joe Mazzulla has the most to lose... JT isn't about to lose his job if he loses, can't be sure about Mazzulla
Is that seriously a thing? Imean the last time we lost the finals we fired the coach but that's cause he was banging someone he shouldn't have ...
Mazzulla isn’t losing his job, only poorly run organizations drop coaches like crazy. Example would be the lakers
@@sakthithanigai5036 I hope you're right. But the Celtics haven't been favored like this since the 80's, which is a heavy burden for the stars and coach alike.
@@djedman10they won’t fire him bcz he got them to the finals twice since 2008 they’ll make excuses for why he didn’t win especially if JT or JB don’t show up like the 2022 finals
@@richardmatthews2807 This is Mazzulla's first finals, what are you talking about?!
"they need Porzingis like old people need soft shoes" 😂
Shay 😂😂
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Quote #2 🤡
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Catchy lol
I wasn't expecting Dallas Mavericks to be in the NBA Finals what a year
Yeah too bad this Cinderella story is about to end in Boston. Let's go celtics lol
@@mikee1424pump the breaks
@@mikee1424 mavs in 6.. so many Celtics tears soon
@@mikee1424 idk man Dallas good this year, Luka & Kyrie is crazy & plus the 2 centers?.. Tough
@@mikee1424Celtics went through the easiest route to the finals lol. Winning wouldn't mean much.
Tatum definitely has more to lose. Way more stacked team, repeated chances to win over the years with a good roster, didn’t even win ECF MVP, etc…. He has to get it if he doesn’t want the slander
Kyrie is oldest.
Left a championship team because he wasn’t leader.
4 superteams.
The leader of these guys, but couldn’t lead them.
All the media BS for 5 years.
Snubbed on Team USA.
He by far has more to lose.
@@CozyLoungeShorts he already won a championship he has nothing more to gain or lose. hall of famer either way
@@CozyLoungeShortshe already have one
@@CozyLoungeShortswhat in the world are you on about? Kyrie has already proven himself. He’s got nothing to lose
@@CozyLoungeShorts A bunch of BS. 😂
Jayson Tatum put the pressure on himself the moment he talked about his obsession with Kobe.
Now people trying put him in the same status as Kobe but this series is a legacy for Tatum than Luka and Kyrie.
If you pay attention … ESPN is creating the narratives before hand … Steven a said Tatum will silence the critics… even if he doesn’t win finals mvp … but he will be the same person that complains about Tatum when the Celtics win and Tatum doesn’t win finals mvp
Exactly they are secretly rooting against us that's why they keep bringing up these concerns they have.🙄
I think Tatum has more to lose but I think Luka has more to gain from winning the chip
What exactly does he lose? Money? Nope. He's getting the supermax regardless.
Standing in the league? He made first team All NBA twice after having already lost in the Finals.
@@thomascrowniii1693 their talking about respect in the basketball world. And potential. If Tatum doesn't win now it's safe to say he'll be written off as far as getting the respect he wants. Because this is his second time in the finals.
@@joshuawhite4330 Doctor J lost in his first two trips to the NBA Finals. Who's respect did he lose?
@@joshuawhite4330 so Jimmy been in the finals twice and lost even played bad vs nuggets and i don't see people say anything about Jimmy. it's hate for Tatum
@@hooligan5381Jimmy was carrying teams bro ...
Lol I hope Tatum doesn’t listen to any of this. Go out and play Basketball to the best of your ability and what ever happens will happen. It’s just story lines it’s not real.
Lmao talking to him like he’s a child makes so much sense😂😂
yeah but everybody listens to everybody theses days. They are all listening my man.
What happened to that Caitlin Clark video? 😅
They took that down with the quickness 🤣
Fr lol
They took it down but the whole 40 min is leaked on other RUclips accounts
@@Jayyxanderrwat happened in the video?
@@Fortune565link?
There's nothing Tatum can do at this point 😂😂😂 I really can't wait until Boston wins this series so the media can say Luka didn't have any help
Yep....especially everyone favorite "expert" Legler....
Boston BETTER win. They're favored and have been all season
Nobody is gonna say Luka had no help, he literally has Kyrie next to him.
Your team better win lmao, y’all know y’all have the most to lose
@@hottakes2633 yes they will if the Celtics defense brings Kyrie back to earth. He's actually playing a little above right now. I'd like to thank Antman for that. The narrative will be how Luka didnt have ENOUGH help. When right now 6-3-24 , Most of the polls Ive seen have people picking the Mavs. The same energy is always kept by me.
Jaylen Brown: "I'll take the supermax, but Tatum can take all the responsibility".
Huh? Didn't jaylen win ECF MVP
lol facts
😂😂😂
Didn't Jayson Already have one@wannabegolfin24-72
This is ridiculous. Jaylen LeBrown will outplay Tatum and get no credit
As a Celtics fan jt needs to be the best player in the finals, he needs to carry this team to a championship 🙏🏼🙏🏼.
Agreed
"bonifide s...tar" ngl he got me in the first half
I got the Mavs…Luka and Kyrie always gone do they part ..💯
Can't wait, this is gonna be a very exciting FInals to watch
They score that much and the supporting cast will choke so its gonna be Boston will win at the end of the day and i get Bpston in 5
Well see 🧐
Luka NEVER played on the big stage
Cs in 3
@@Casortulfo23you talking about the mavs choking like the Boston haven't been choking past 6 years, better pray mavs doesn't win game1
It’s crazy we asking a superstar to play well in the finals like if Tatum go out there and don’t have big moments he’s just an all star in my opinion after that.
IMAGINE PLAYING IN THE NBA FINALS HIGH AND DRUNK AND WINNING THE FINALS MVP
Isiah Thomas Marcus smart terry rozier .. injured kyrie .. that’s been bostons back court the last 6 years before this year … in no life are those guys leading a team to a championship and i like smart but he’s not a starting pg … yall gotta stop believing what you see online ..
If Tatum is a top 5 player than that is definitely enough to do better than they have done
@@xcwilliams7980 he just turned 26 .,,, before the 22 finals it was no question if he was top 5
@@Prince__Major Isiah Thomas, Kyrie Irving, Marcus Smart and Porzingis & Jru. Celtics organization have been doing their part. If they fail this time, the Brown/Tatum pairing will be in question. The scrutiny will be SEVERE!!!
@@EduardoOliveira-zx9ju this is their best Chance
@@Prince__Major Without question. Mavs overachieved [Clippers, Thunder, Wolves] But the Celtics are a matchup problem for them. Celtics in 6!
After Tatum saw that his legs were gone by Game 3 of the Finals against GSW, I think he is pacing himself. I expect him to put the pedal to the floor now
Tatum hasn’t had to pace himself they breezed through the playoffs. There was no grueling 7 game series against the Bucks or even having to guard KD for 4 games. It’s been easy as hell for Boston, which is good for their legs.
I hope so because both he and Al just fell apart last time.
Saying it won't be a big deal if JT doesn't win finals MVP after how the media talked about Steph before getting 1 is crazy.
The last couple years MVPs or best players are not from the States. If Luka wins this dry season gonna continue God knows for how long. Tatum better win and reclaim US got the best basketball players in da world
Tatum needs to win this series … if he’s that ‘guy’, doesn’t even have to be the best player but the Celtics have to come away as champs … they ain’t facing the stacked Warriors with KD or a prime Lebron led team. No excuses
Luka getting the adoption papers ready for Tatum and Brown
Every single question on this show is either “who has more to lose?” or “how does this affect their legacy?”. Like this show honestly sucks
And you're here
To be fair Tatums shoulder def played a role in his poor play his last finals
And fractured wrist.
Not trying to hear it
He can't be in talks of Giannis and Jokic if he doesn't win the finals MVP. Like I'm sorry, confused on why they think it's not a big deal. You have to be the best player on your team when it really matters.
Media will look exclusively at per-game scoring stats and judge the players performance, as always! When the Celtics win the series with Luka putting up 35 a game, they will cry about how he had no help...
You are projecting your opinion as truth because it’s actually the truth. Boston is stacked and the Mavs have Luka and Kai
@@Thelostandprofoundpodcast Mavs aren't winning this series - Luka will put up great numbers.
@@PocketMads that’s a very high possibility. Boston has the better team. Minnesota, Oklahoma, and the Clippers all had the better team too. Boston is supposed to win. We’ll see how it goes though. The games still need to be played out.
There is no way the luka mavs can win this series. 😢😢😢No pressure because they should have been eliminated in the first round 😮😮😮. The Celtics have been the chosen team all year long and have all the pressure to finally win
@@Davidstone568 this comment highlights how great Luka is. The Mavericks shouldn’t even be in the Finals, but they are. Luka Legend is the best player in the league
They put too much make up on Tim.
Now Tatum is a bonafide 'star'? I thought he was a superstar? 🤔
For Tatums future mental health on the Court he cant afford to lose this series. If LUKA takes his heart he wont recover.
Stop it, Media! Just stop it. Jayson's going for the finals MVP and the Celtics are bringing out the brooms for the Nba finals. Stop overhyping the Mavs. Celtics are clearly the best team in this series and trust me, I'm not a Celtics team. I'm tired of the media creating a narrative that Tatum and Celtics will blow this away.
They are favourites, there is no narrative but Mavs have Luka...that's why there is doubt.
Hey bud... You TRIPPING!😂
@@Lee-fc3yfMavs have also beat teams that the media said would beat the Celtics. Probably has something to do with it
The Celtics are STACKED. On paper, it's not really a fair matchup - that's one of the reasons Tatum has so much to lose IMO.
Trust you..who are you again?
7:29 Duck face on molly
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ESPN Analyst: Tatum has so much to lose.
Also ESPN: 🗣Tatum is not a top 5 player. Only top 5 players win titles...there's levels to this
Really dummy embid Luka SGA all are all NBA no titles n less playoff success than JT
If boston don't win it this year they will never win it boston has the easiest pass to the finals no excuses if they lose
Losing to the Mavs, who are arguably a better team, is a pretty good excuse, is it not? Also, losing this Finals series does not mean that they will never win it. The present does not always determine the future.
I find it crazy I haven't heard a analyst mention jalyen brown for finals MVP if Boston win n I got Mavs but that's crazy all u hear is Tatum
Molly, I appreciate so much how well you show up to work!
Pressure what Pressure 😂😂😂
Are you retarded? They talk abt Tatum like prime lebron in Miami……. They talk abt him literally Monday-Friday. If that’s not pressure for u then idk what is
These clowns didn't give Curry respect with three titles until he got that MVP.... SMH they are never held accountably for what they say so they say anything.
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Boston has better depth, but i don't think they're gonna have an answer for Luka.
Tatum poor play last 2022 Finals was because of Wiggins. Also same year Wiggins made Luka worked hard for his baskets.
Mavericks fan here. Just giving an unbiased look at things.
There will absolutely be people who criticize Tatum if he doesn’t get MVP. That’s just the culture of the NBA these days unfortunately. But those people are all wrong. What matters is winning the chip. If you’re worried about who’s MVP that’s how you lose. All Tatum has to do is play freely.
Celtics fan here and I completely Agree
Winning the chip is what matters first. Getting MVP and how many if them in his career though is what matters for where he will stand in league history. He legit has the tools to be top 15 all time but can he put it all together is the question.
This is part of the reason why I hate Steph Curry’s Legacy because he has 4 rings but only 1 finals MVP and now that has started a narrative that you don’t need to win the finals MVP which is absolutely dumb to me
Before the little kids start crying that just started watching basketball I am a Spurs fan Tim Duncan didn’t win every finals MVP but he won majority of them and he was the best player
Well Steph Curry was robbed of at least 1 FMVP. He was undoubtedly the best player on the team in 2015
@@sidneyavishka468 he wasn’t really robbed at all. Putting Iguodala on LeBron change the series that’s just a fact he couldn’t stop LeBron but he’s slowed him down enough for Golden State to be able to outscore him. I’m trying to say his defense played a bigger part of them winning against the Cavaliers than Curry offense
@@dariusjohnson6013 no it didn’t. He was an X factor, Curry was the engine of the team. Without Curry they don’t win a single game against those Cavs. You’re a casual and it shows
@@sidneyavishka468 yes it did. You could literally look up the pace of the Cavaliers and there’s scoring before and after iggy got put on LeBron and you will see a stark difference of how much he slowed them down allowing Golden State to keep leaders and in the second half you don’t know what you’re talking about…
This is Bostons year to win it all. Brown and Tatum have been in this league long enough, after being in the playoffs for years, they have the experience of being in the finals. Everyone on that team has been doing there part specially having Jrue Holiday on this team with the championship pedigree to help these guys out. Idk how Luka and Kyrie gonna pull this off, but it’ll come down to 6 games Boston wins it.
Yea I feel like it’s Boston’s year
Nice to see you guys showing Tatum highlights for once instead of his misses and turnovers. No other player gets their low lights shown.
Tatum only has so much to lose because these same media talking heads have spent years building his rep up to be the superstar they desperately want him to be.... same media heads refuse to see that players like Luka and even Jaylen Brown may have surpassed JT today
Nah, these young, well paid, elite athletes will be fine. Trust me.
Luka and kyrie going be cooking. They destroyed the wolves, celtics aint ready.
Ok buddy. Let's come back to this
Boston has better depth, but they're not gonna have an answer for Luka. Mavs in 6
@scottmiller8617 honest question: do tbe mavs have an answer for brown or tatum? Tatum averaged 36 & Brown averaged 30. Even if you think the mavs win, do you really think they have an answer for brown AND tatum?
@wannabegolfin24-72 Tatum will likely put up a stinker or two, so yeah. I get what you're saying, but the mavs don't actually need to shut down both, they just need to keep the game close until the last 6 or 7 minutes, and then they will use their superior closing skills to finish off the Celtics. It will be a similar type series to Minnesota, or at least that's what I am predicting. I even concede Boston has the better roster overall, but they don't have killers like Luka and Kyrie(especially as closers).
@@scottmiller8617 the celtics literally closed every game against the pacers that was close last series?
NBA will probably rig it for the Celtics
I hope I’m wrong
If Tatum manages to put up stinkers this series there’s no way you’d want that jb and jt duo making over 600m together 😂
This isn’t even a question lol tbh
SAS is right, Jayson Tatum can't have a meltdown again.
That’s crazy what they saying about Tatum.
AL Harford in the corner, top the key, on the wing rubbing his hands like birdman 😂
Luka about to give JT that Devin Booker treatment lol
I don’t think so Tatum is him player
They're going to double luka, put Tatum on kyrie and it's pretty much over. Jrue and white double team pressure is better than Wiggins and Poole double team. I fancy the mavericks, but celtics have too much size for them. Celtics in 5
Tatum can’t guard Kyrie
Porzingis is not on any injury report so he's assumed to be at 100% (anti-jinx). Luke Kornet is also 100%. They'll need Porzingis and Kornet to bang with Lively and Gafford in the paint. Boston has a solid 9 man rotation now. No excuses. But yes, this is Tatum's time to shine. He needs to assert himself throughout this series. C'mon Tatum, channel your inner Mamba and never let it go.
It’s like the media only looks at the best two players on each team Boston legit has 5 people who can give you 20 and can switch and defend most actions. Kyrie and Luka had to score 60 against wolves because it’s the only way they can win
There is no stopping Luka. Mavs in 6.
If you are honest Tatum should have nothing to lose, getting to the final is an accomplishment by itself
Magic Johnson was dubbed Tragic Johnson in the '84 Finals...no one cares now. Lebron melted down in the 2011 Finals...he's on the Mt. Rushmore of basketball. Kareem played like garbage in the '89 Finals....no one cares now.
These in the moment takes are irrelevant because your legacy is determined by the totality of what you've done in your career and that can only be determined when you're done playing.
This isn't even about winning. It's about layering on game pressure to sell papers. This is beneath Legler
Never forget this is the day Monica owned Snitching A Smith.
Owned him and Auntie
Monica “DEI hire” McNutts has no place at ESPN
😂😭😂😭😁
Nah she got cooked, had to have Molly join her side it was so bad
Dallas has the better bench for sure and Dallas has the better coach. That’s huge
Jayson Tatum is 100% under the most pressure in these finals. He already is the finals LeBron James version of the conference finals and now he’s about to make a case to be the same in the NBA finals too.
Pressure is on Mazzula. If we still had Ime Udoka we might have won a chip already
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@@emdeezy7529 trash
ECF and Finals yea Mazzula better watch out …clown
“Playing bad is one thing but when you play bad is worse”
Is why excluding the 2011 NBA finals I don’t argue with people about LeBron.
Its impossible for Tatum to ball out and they lose. The only chance Dallas has is if Tatum having off games, Celtics have too many X factors that will step up.
Wonder if Malika going to say something again on Mazulla past since he in the finals. you can’t be too successful around her she just had to find something.
How do you list everything Tatum has done, and undermine him?
But Ant Edwards does nothing, Yet he is the face of the NBA?
Isolated greatness isn't an achievement.
Tatum has a reputation of not knowing what you are going to get from him. He has played long enough to establish this doubt amongst many
i prayed for days like this 😭
Whoa whoa whoa I know I didn’t hear SAS snatch Broussard SBOB line. Sheeeesh the competition doing everything to keep up with the first things first crew
oh man, I cant wait to revisit all these videos after the Celtics win.
No one is talking about Jrue Holiday.
All three was pick at 3 so why not the same pressure 😂
If the Celtics win, they won’t give them credit, they’ll just say “can Irving and Doncic win together”?
I'll go a step further on what Stephen said, If Boston loses period, drastic changes will be made in the summer. Mezzula may be FIRED, Tatum/Brown will be Split Up, There will be a completely different team next year if they don't get this done now.
If Kristaps Porzingis stay healthy this season & consistent 2024 playoffs Boston big chance get #18 banner this season 💪🔥💪
I’m gone give Boston a chance they do have the players, but Mavs a problem for real.
That Indiana series was the first time I'll legitimately saw the Celtics aggressively drive it in the lane consistently but they're going to have to do that against lively and gafford now and if they can't they're going to resort right back to who they always have been unnecessarily heavy three-point shooters and the Mavs are going to win this
"Winning the chip but not winning the FMVP is OKAY". That's not what everyone was saying to Steph Curry when he won his first championship in 2015. And he was robbed too. These clowns are a bunch of hypocrites I tell you.
Luka is by far the best at playing in crazy venues which Boston has. He’s been playing pro sense 13 at Real Madrid. No stage is too big for him.
this take is funny... Lets be real, even if JT loses the finals, he will loses nothing significant. .. i he will still sign a $320M+ contract, one of the largest in NBA history... He will get sponsorship deals and make a fortune... at 26, the dude is winning at life.
Luka is the best player but celtics are the waaay better team. Luka is gonna get his regardless weather they win or lose but if tatum loses with this stacked team then they will probably break JB and tatum up
I wish The Evil Four Letter would stop using AI to come up with content and actually hire someone with ideas.🤷🏽♂️
And if he loses? What really happens they act like these games are life or death these topics are annoying now
Like LeBron said, “it’s just basketball at the end of the day”.
@@nsd_respectyup. Loser talk to the max
@@nsd_respect the media is just so over dramatic at this point
@@andrewmontoya9292 you know thats how they are. Why do you continue to click on these videos?
Tatum set NBA record in finals against Warriors .
Record that no1 will ever get
100 TO in NBA finals.
Record is for the entire playoffs ya bot
100 TO in the playoffs not Finals dummy. Just lying for no reason.
The media really doesn't want Luka to win so bad smh!
The mavericks might not have this opportunity again. MIGHT NOT
I would rather give the ball in crunch time to JB rather than JT. Brown is a better clutch player.
Finally Somebody Said It ! We’ve Been Letting Tatum Off The Hook For Too Long 💯 He Doesn’t Want It Enough
Odds makers be tripping. Luka is gonna expose Tatum as a second tear star 😂👏👏
How can this guy be a superstar if your team can win and your not the best on your team
Because they have 2
Because screaming Stephen says so😂😂😂
The team winning should be all that matters. All this talk about individual performance is sickening; it promotes individual play that doesn’t help the team. The James Harden/Lebron/Westbrook formula doesn’t work.
Anyone but Celtics .. let’s go Mavs !
If the Celtics lose in the finals then it’s gonna prove my point that he’s on the wrong team or better yet Tatum & Brown just can’t get it done together 🤷🏿♂️
I wish Tatum was a laker
Everyone on both teams have the most to lose. Period.
I could’ve sworn Tatum was hurt in the finals
People always forget about that, and the way he carried us in that tough road to the Finals
That run pre wrist fracture was actually great by Tatum, people love to ignore what really happened and Jaylen brown super fans have selective memory too claiming he outplayed Tatum, when in reality brown played equal if not worse than his regular season stats too. Thinking back, that version of the Celtics really weren’t all that great, they had jt jb smart white horford time lord and grant williams, with the occasional Pritchard minutes (he wasn’t the same guy as now) and that was that for the rotation
Hopefully, Tatum embraces being the #2 option. He is better than Brown but they are both at their primes when Brown is #1 and Tatum is #2. Tatum will score less (probably still the highest on the team) but he'll be a walking triple-double because he makes his greatest plays after Brown dishes it to him after being stopped. Tatum either takes a good shot or passes it to the right person almost every single time.
Tatum(#2) and Brown(#1) are like KD(#2) and Steph(#1) or Jokic(#2) and Murray(#1), where the person who is actually the best player plays as the #2 option and basically bails the #1 option out of trouble at a high clip.
If the Celtics blow another Final run Especially with this team I don’t know what I’m gonna do