Stephen A. explains why Jayson Tatum’s shooting struggles are a concern 👀 | First Take
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- Stephen A. explains why Jayson Tatum’s shooting struggles are a concern 👀 | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” and Tim Legler debate whether Jayson Tatum’s shooting struggles in the playoffs are a cause for concern.
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Tatum has 1 triple double and 4 double-doubles so far in the 6 games the Celtics have played. His on and off-ball defense (that isn't being recognized) has arguably been the best of his career. He's doing everything that doesn't show up in the stat sheet to win games. Having watched his entire career, his approach this postseason is very different than in the past, as he wants a championship more than the induvial accolades, although he's played more like an MVP this year than in 2022 and 2023 despite the dip in PPG.
Perfect take.. it’s crazy it’s all about scoring and not about the overall game. He is still effective despite shooting slump. He had 3 blocks last night. People are missing that.
agree with you. L take for Stephen A
Facts …
Facts. He is leading the team in rebounding and assists plus being effective in everything else.
I agree. JB took a leap but now JT has taken his. It looks different but possibly more important. JB’s dictating the pace and tone along with opening up the 3pt opportunities by attacking downhill consistently. Now you have Tatum getting rebounds, playmaking, setting screens, assisting, and distributing. Essentially, with JB and JT playing like that D-Dubs, Porzingis and Jrue should go off and average 10-25 a piece per game. If JT and JB are at 25 a piece on average then what they get off the bench just becomes icing on the cake.
This is pretty nasty topic about a team that won by 25 due to Tatum’s defense and playmaking in this game.
There are other ways to have a good game
Not for guys they pay SUPER-MAX too. He is overrated. Always comes up short in the playoffs.
@@marcelmarshall4240 His team won by 25 and they’re currently 5-1 in the playoffs. Nobody cares.
@@marcelmarshall4240who cares what you guys think, if the Boston Celtics are ok with playing him this way then that’s all that matters. His name/brand is going to bring money to the franchise regardless. The fanbase will support him even more if they see him play unselfish ball and stop the hero ball/kobe wannabe 💩.
@@marcelmarshall4240always comes up short? I suggest you go take a look at his playoff resume. He's had one bad series which was admittedly in the finals, but he wasn't ready for that stage yet.
Don’t forget his team leading 11 rebounds last night lol they didn’t mention that
A lot of defenses key on Tatum because they know that if he gets hot, the game is essentially over. They are challenging him to make the right reads and to not force the ball up in double and triple teams. He leads the team in rebounds and assists this post season as well. They have been blowing out the teams they are playing. Carry on
Bingo! 💯
Thanks Tim
literally every other superstar in the league gets double teamed .. and they still don’t shoot as bad as Tatum
The fact that Derrick White basically hits 5 threes a game makes it even worse that Tatum can’t be efficient
What superstar isn't double teamed all time in playoff lol
All I hear are excuses! Every great player gets doubled teamed, we’re about to find out what he’s made out of.
A love how when other player were having inefficient game not a word but once Tatum starts struggling first topic Luka has been horrible not a single word
It’s exhausting listening to them talk about Boston only when they are “struggling”
Facts. And if he would've went off and take on the 3 4 players on him. They would've been saying tatum needs to use his teammates, would've said they got all these cats they paid brown all that money to help him out. 😂 they always find a way to bring dude down. No one was talking about Luka sucking last night lol
@@anthonyolguinjr209 AINT NO LIE TOLD! It’s pathetic!
Tatum is struggling shooting the ball porzingis is out and there still beating teams by 15-20 points a night it’s not a concern
Plus he stepped up leading the team with 11 rebounds
Beating weak Eastern teams. Wont be as easy against the western teams.
So we are not gonna talk about his outstanding rebounding, defense, and playmaking? Smh some people shouldn’t talk basketball
When you get the Supermax, this is what is expected. He gets paid like a player that should not have scoring slumps when it counts.
@@marcelmarshall4240 i forgot basketball is all scoring and nothing else smh
@@marcelmarshall4240And they're still winning so it obviously hasn't killed them so far.
@@marcelmarshall4240 you’re getting cooked all over this comment section. It’s so obvious you’re an ESPN clip watcher who doesn’t watch games. Casual 😂😂😂😂
@@shiningwizard202bro you are also watching espn clips. Dummy.
Jayson Tatum is a playoff dropper that’s been getting carried by Jaylen Brown and Now Derrick White in the past few postseasons. What’s new here?
they blowing out teams by 30 they dont really need him yet
They will need him in the finals if they make it.
Teams are making it easy for the Celtics to win they are forcing Tatum playmake and it’s not working at all
@@cameronmcmaster If he play makes and the team wins, who legit cares? His shot will come, because we know he can shoot. I'll consider 11 boards and 5 assists from him every game as a plus. Brown can be the attack dog scorer and Kristaps/D White/Jrue can play off of them.
Stats mean nothing now. I don't care how he shoots, as long as they keep winning.
5.3 assist is not play making. DERRICK WHITE & JAYLEN BROWN are why the Celtics are winning. The real best 2 players for them
N that’s y he not playin hard he gettin others goin n making them win it which is good it gets ur team us to producing wen they need u too
They want Tatum to drop 40 every game😂
Brunson is doing it and Tatum is getting paid a lot of money.
@@itsme3kBrunson got the ball all the time he has no choice but to get 40 the offense runs through him win or lose
@@thegreat1885speaking facts. Idiots wouldn't understand that!
Fine better saying tatum isnt efficient and they want him to be @thegreat1885
That’s not what they want all of his stats are literally down from the regular season why’s that excusable just bc the team is winning? Why can’t he play great and still win? I thought he was a top 10 player lol y’all gotta stop moving the goalposts
Tatum is averaging 21/10/5 and the Celtics are blowing out teams by an average of ~23pts. He leads the C's in rebounds and assists in the postseason. He also currently leads the playoffs in +/-. If he gets out of this "slump", C's average winning margin would be +30pts. It also helps that Jaylen Brown and Derrick White are shooting the lights out.
Let’s come back to this comment in a few weeks after the finals and see if you understand the point of this topic or not. Tatum is good but he hasn’t proven that he is a top dog in the league. Every game and season that goes by he looks more and more like an above average role player than an all time great
@@treejsoneg3673 he don’t have to be a super start player when the Celtics don’t need him to do that we have a great team
Well said. Agree fully with this mention. - I dunno. He just doesn’t have the killer instinct, and that’s born, not developed. He crumbles under the pressure too much. Same with Brown. My crystal ball shows they will make the finals, but will lose in disappointing fashion.
@@youngmonkreturns5973 the jays played with heart and dog but no skill now that they have skill they don’t have to be dogs just use they skills and they team mates they learned they don’t have to ball hog any more now y’all mad they not scoring and making turn over lol just keep hating
@youngmonkreturns5973, your crystal ball is broke! Take it back!
Thank you Mad Dog the only one making sense today
So no one cares about playmaking?
Or defence and rebounding
Exactly. It's why the Phoenix Suns are still in the playoffs and on their way to winning a title. Scoring is all that matters.
Tatum’s job is to score, not playmake
@GG-fy2bm Actually, I think his job description says to play like an NBA player. Playmaking, defense and rebounding do kind of matter. Maybe you are a huge Bradley Beal fan and you think those things don't matter, but they do.
Nope…that’s not how it works for “superstars”
Let's not act like Tatum can't go average 45 for a series. His team is full of scorers he doesn't need to force points just for the headlines. They're playing to win banner 18 in Boston.. it's different from the other teams
I'm acting like it..... 45 for series 😅
Stop it brother
It amazes how this is about his shooting struggles & not that he’s still impacting the game & not forcing anything. Illl take a 19/11 night for him while being double & triple teamed & not forcing a shot over 3 defenders to pass it to a teammate who is open & capable of hitting shots. Let’s not act like he’s not creating for his team. If espn just needs something to talk about- say that. Is he shooting struggling? Sure- but the old JT forces it instead of playing through it & still impacting your team’s success.
Haven’t watched this whole video yet but let me guess no one mentions that he rolled his ankle 2 games ago and had 20+ point in each game prior to that?
Tatum had 45 against Minnesota when they play in the season in over time Tatum can go off but other guys from the team gotta shine and score too
literally celtics is a shared effort one night tatum one night brown one night white one night porzingis, yall gotta stop riding on tatum. how is he first team and the rest of his team not even seocnd or third team. i really cant with media
Just say “I’m not really watching the games.”
double teamed and triple teamed on defense. the other guys are stepping up
If I could post photos on here the defense that's being played on him he got 3 people looking his way to try to stop him from scoring thats why Derrick white and JB and others are having big games
Nah don’t use logic man. He needs to go up and put 30 and lose.
@Nick-sr4fe even then they gone say we lost still
No it's not all the time. Theres good amount of time in the game were both jb and dwhite had to make tough shots. Jayson was just settling for threes this entire playoffs instead of using his height and size to his advantage. Stop with the false information.
@tyrelljohnson6901 not denying that can tatum be better of course but the attention they paying Tatum vs the others majority of the time is white White and JB are having better games than Tatum right now
@@classic_man_q yeah your right. The media always complain about jt playing iso ball and now that he's playing with the flow of the game there complaining. The way the media talking about the celtics you would think there losing terribly right now.
Well done Mad Dog for pointing out that t-wolves aren't the 62 Celtics 😀
This is just terrible analysis they won by 25 if Tatum doesn’t need to force it don’t force it. Doggy thanks for your positivity
Conveniently ignore his rebounding and assisting numbers, and his defense.
People need to stop acting like Tatum’s only skill is his scoring ability. He’s a great player because of all the things he does well
He is not a great player. That’s the point of this segment. He always chokes up.
@@marcelmarshall4240 And you have nothing to support that. Just social media narratives you’re copy and pasting.
@@marcelmarshall4240 chokes up by playing elite defense, maxing his rebound numbers, facilitating, and winning by 15? Why do casuals get on here and talk about games they don’t watch.
it's because he plays in boston (racist city to the media and social media) and he's light skin. They've been itching for a dark skin, american player like ANT to step up, and he has. so now the goal is to discredit the "others" they dont like.
This is a testament to our TEAM don’t need to be carried by one player
They won't but i want the people who say that the media glazes the Celtics to realize that, since March, they only talk about Boston when it's something negative.
Tatum averaged 22/10/5 while shooting poorly in the series against the Heat. While playing great defense. He led the team in +/-, assists, rebounds, and blocks in game 1 against the Cavs in game 1. I get that he hasn't been his normal scoring self, but he does so much outside of scoring too that somehow just gets overlooked. Tatum is fortunate enough to be on a team that doesn't live or die with how he scores. Pretty much the opposite of someone like Brunson.
THEYRE HATING ON TATUM
As ALWAYS!
People always hate greatness. If they don't hate, then they don't believe in the player.
He needs to step up
it's because he plays in boston (racist city to the media and social media) and he's light skin. They've been itching for a dark skin, american player like ANT to step up, and he has. so now the goal is to discredit the "others" they dont like.
@@kingcollins3965 he ain’t great so u can stop that right there
The way espn talking about the celtics you would think they losing terrible right now. When the time comes for celtics to face a team in the west then we can evaluate them but as for now there winning.
They have had no challenges yet. The Heat were beyond terrible and Cavs aren’t a complete team
@@randalljr17ok so why are we hating on Boston if these series don’t matter? Everyone been sayin that these series don’t matter, if they don’t matter then Tatum’s struggles shouldn’t matter plus Derrick White and Jaylen Brown have been amazing, some of White’s shots have been from Tatum drawing the defense and him getting wide open shots.
@@Jackson54321because yall swear boston winning the finals when they are just the San Francisco 49ers always have a stacked team but when they make it the ecf or finals they choke
Guys doing everything else and playing within a team flow. Plus the C’s are still dominating. They’ll be fine
Jayson Tatum is in the same boat as Devin Booker and James Harden.
Great players, but can’t get the job done.
So they are making a topic about a player who is averaging 20+ points for a team that has two other players averaging 20+ points in the playoffs?
Crying about Tatum’s shooting but ignoring Luka’s 😂
Stephen A needs to look at odds before making up people are favorites. He was saying Tatum was MVP fav when he was 5th. Now he's saying Boston wasn't the favorite to win the title. They've been favorites ALL YEAR
Nah, this all has to do with the fact that Tatums skin complexity isn’t dark enough for Stephen A. If this was Anthony Edwards, Stephen A wouldn’t even talk about it. He would simply say that “it happens” and “he needs to shoot that many shots anyway”.
Finally, someone said it. Most of the people who dislike Tatum are black people. They would rather die than have w light skinned guy be the best player.
When Tatum puts his head down and drives to the basket he is almost unstoppable, he either scores or gets fouled. But as a Celtics fan it drives me nuts when he lets the shot clock goes down and he takes so many 3s. Even with his shooting struggles he is playing great D and rebounding the ball really well. Plus the other guys are playing so well his scoring input is not losing any games.
Tatum not covering SAS Parlays too funny 😂😂
THANK YOU MAD DOG!!!
This is silly. Tatum has had a large impact in every game. Mostly positive. His shots will fall... at some point. He is doing exactly what he needs to do at this moment. Keep it up JT!
Tatum has been playing great Defense, getting his team involved early, averaging 10+ rebs with 5+ assists he’s affecting the game in other ways…with all the talent he has on his team… It's not just about scoring it's the overall game…If I'm getting double etc. my teammates better score and make shots lol...but who doesn't struggle at times, he'll be fine...His +/- is +18 while on the court that says alot.
These casuals embarrassing themselves man lol
Mad Dog calling Stephen A just "Steve" is hilarious to me.
I just noticed this lmao,
First takes lighting is BRIGHT,
Cause legs doesn’t look that old on jj reddicks pods with his lighting lol 😂
Tim Legler:"Jaylen Brown has emerged as a legitimate number 1 option"😭😭🙆🤣🤔. Tim Legler is brutally honest yall
This shows how little you know about ball
As someone who’s watched JT’s whole pro career I can attest that he is super streaky, but the good thing is when he comes out of a slump this bad he gets on a crazy heater for like a month, so this is probably a blessing in disguise
Yeah they still winning games by 20+. I guess we are going to ignore the rest of the team….
He doesn’t need to be a superstar scorer right now, and i wouldn’t say he’s playing bad at all.
However, in the NBA finals against any of those 4 teams left in the West, Tatum HAS TO take that next step and be the best guy on the court. That’s what it will take to win the finals, and if he can’t pick up his shooting slack a little bit, it will come back to haunt them.
because it´s the celtics they don´t even take a second to acknowledge how great White and JB have been playing or the fact they are winning these games by 20
Tatum only needs to deliver in the 4th if the game is close ,other than that if he rebounds ,ups his assists and the team has a good 3pt fg % ...they should be good until the finals
calling another grown man “doggy” is wild
Tatum's shooting slump is a big concern for the Celtics. He is and always has been a streaky shooter, and the Celtics will need his scoring punch if they do go forward. If they get to the ECF or the Finals and he's still shooting like THIS, they'll be DOA before either series even begins. However, it seems to me that many people are using the scoring outbursts of Ant and Jalen Brunson to knock Tatum for his lack thereof, even though they have limited scoring options apart from themselves compared to Tatum. Tatum has been impactful in other ways besides scoring and it has benefitted his team, but the main focus is his poor shooting? Again, that is a big concern for the Celtics, especially if Brown and White start to cool off. But for now, Tayum deserves credit for adjusting his game to help the team win, which they have been doing.
The amazing thing about the strengths of the celtics is that one person's individual performance does not decide whether they win a game or not. Can't say the same thing Stephen A's Knicks tho
Stephan A and Mad Dog is hilarious! 😂
I agree 100% with this
This is the perfect example of “if you missed the game don’t watch first take for a unbiased opinion” 😂
Wait who holds the record for most points in a game 7?
The media always find a way to diminish Tatum. Tatum always cares about winning not some individual praises.
So long as he defend, rebound and play for his team he is ok. This is G1 of rd and he got 18 pts. We are not worried
Why don’t we spend time acknowledging Brown’s continual growth!!?.. Brown scores 32 points and They still find a way to make it about Tatum… 🤦🏾♂️
Exactly.
Tatum is supposed to be the star. Heavy is the head that wears the crown. He is a choker. His undies get tight when the playoffs hit.
@@fakedazzleful Supposed to be the star?.. So, Brown shud find another team then.. Maybe Tatum aint The Star or a Supposed Superstar.. But the Media just stays on this narrative, I just don’t get it
The problem that I am seeing is that people are using his offensive efficiency as a crutch, when the concept of his total game has elevated. Tatum has - alongside his team - ratcheted up his defense and is making better passes overall. That is why he is still a positive plus-minus guy on the court when he was shooting bad this postseason. While I hope he gets his efficiency back I do not think his shooting woes (which are because they are focusing on him defensively) are much of a concern.
Tatum averaged 31+ ppg and it got them nowhere. Now that he is averaging less points but more assists and rebounds while winning more and playing high-level defense, these casuals still have something bad to say. This is how you know the collective intelligence of the NBA audience has gone down through the years. Stephen A is so in love with PPG, he doesn't realize how Tatum is absorbing double teams and making the right reads for his team. It's easier to cancel out one person who averages 30ppg than 5 people who averages 15 ppg. Look at what they did to Miami's zone. Back in the day, Tatum would have tried to score 30+ and outshoot that zone defense with forced shots. Now he is swinging the ball, increasing his assists and improving the point production of DWhite, Hauser, Pritchard, etc with open shots. He has matured and preferred to win instead of padding stats, Stephen A.
It’s crazy cause they act like Alexander walker gonna hit 4 3s every game and Naz Reid gonna go off every game that not gonna happen it’s insane how much they focus on 1 player being not so good shooting wise but not focus on other team issue the Timberwolves are a bad matchup for the nugget because of size and length and ultimately they don’t have any other shot creator on the Murray and Jokic. And if Derrick white is playing like the way he is Tatum doesn’t have to be perfect and this is without Porzingis I think they just forget the amount of talent the Celtics have on this team the Timberwolves are also very limited when it comes to scoring outside of KAT, Ant and Naz everyone else isn’t really a scoring like that. They will always point out the Celtics flaws but not anyone else
The real reason Anthony Edwards and SGA have to drop so many points is they have to to be able to win. Celtics have 3 guys who can drop 30 any night (4 with KP) all can play defense. Thats way Tatum who can impact in other ways btw. Can have 18 points on 40% shooting and his team can still win by 25-30.
Celtics are damned by public opinion either way right now. "No one wants to play heat"
They make short work of heat and win by average of 22 points.
"Well injuries, easy first round"
Play cavs. Win by 25 game one. "Well cavs are easy too"
Even if they win the championship this year no matter who they face in finals. It still wont be enough because they didnt have one extra tough round like the team who represents west.
Tatum is in playoffmode now
He got a star studded group around him there is no reason for him to over exert himself when Brown, White, Holiday, and KP can easily make up for it. This allows him to focus on defense and play making which helps the whole team do better.
Officiating the mavs game was like here you go okc a 🎁
22/10/5 , Best plus minus in the playoffs , playmaking , rebounding , setting off ball screens , making the right reads , sitting down on defense . All that suddenly doesn’t matter anymore ?
Lol ESPN, ladies and gentlemen. They would rather see Tatum go 3 on 1 and shoot a fadeaway yelling "Kobe", than actually make the right play. Which is what he's doing. Watch the games, fellas. They're double and triple teaming him every time. So Boston is using him to set screens which throws a wrench into what the defense is trying to do. They're blowing teams out...but some how Tatum not scoring 40 is a problem.
Low IQ nonsense
Do you know your history? The Celtics are supposed to be unselfish. They play Celtics basketball. Fast break basketball. Be selfless. Get the ball to the open man. Play Celtics defense. Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, Larry Bird. We’ve been trying to get Jayson Tatum to see this. He finally is able to trust his teammates to contribute, which allows Jayson to some nights be the second, third or even fourth scorer. Its a blessing to watch this team and how unselfish they are. And you Stephen A. are disappointed in Tatum or want him to score more! He is fantastic at such a young age to know that WINNING is the goal not personal stats. Surely you know Celtics history? If Tatum needs to score 30 he can do it any night he wants. But he is trying to win. And by the way, so isn’t Holiday. Here’s another guy who is sacrificing for the team. Playing lock down defense and not scoring like he is known for. I want that trophy. I want Horford to get his ring. What Tatum is doing is being a TRUE Celtic. He wants a ring and if that means he has to be better on defense and give up shots, he’s going to do it. I’ve seen it all season. I’ve watched him care about his teammates. And I believe its their year to win it all. I’ve watched Tatum and Brown mature and become men. They are all on the same page. It is beautiful to watch. And all that hard work and focus will bring it back to Boston. Title town.
Hey bean 🫘 head those numbers supposed to go in the other direction in the playoffs 😂
The shooting shouldn't be a concern, but the turnovers in general. If Minnesota makes it out the west and meets the Celtics, those turnovers will be unforgiveable.
It's not a concern. He is being double and triple-teamed. In the past, he would chuck up those bad shots against heavy contest. Right now, he is doing a good job of moving the ball. If others have the hot hand, feed them the ball, and he has.
Tatum doesn’t need to rack up 30 ppg. He’s opens up the floor for his teammates. Plus he got a double double and made 3 blocks. Still a facilitator
Seems like there’s been a lot of disrespectful discourse on Tatum bc he shot poorly (7-19, 18pts), but his rebounding, his assists, hockey assists, blocks, and playmaking rn is on a different level rn.
For those that think that of Tatum, just understand that there’s more than just scoring the ball to impact your team to win. I’d rather have Tatum average a cool 22/11/4 and win by 20+ than to have him average 30+ (on probably bad efficiency) and lose in dramatic fashion.
I'm going to come at it from a completely different perspective; Tatum is shooting poorly and the Celtics are blowing teams out by 25 points per game. I fully expect Derek White to come back to earth as we get deeper into the playoffs, and Tatum to work through those shooting struggles and increase his efficiency. This is bad news for the rest of the league.
If you watched the game you would so very clearly see that Tatum is playing point guard. He was the last starter to attempt a shot for the Celtics. Hes already tried the “let’s score 30 every night” method. It doesn’t win championships. It is rare that a players best statistical season is the one they win a title in. It’s a team sport. Giannis and Jimmy are the only eastern conference players on the same level of playoff success since Tatum came into the league. Giannis 2021 title was his lowest ppg in a season from 2019-present. Jimmy butler gets praised for playing this exact style of basketball, yet the differences in their narratives are ridiculous. Tatum has 4 ecf appearances 1 finals. Jimmy has 2 ecf, 2 finals. Tatum is “playoff choker” and jimmy is “playoff jimmy” when their accomplishments are very similar. Ring culture has warped nba discourse to the point where deep playoff runs are bad for your reputation. If Tatum is a choker, what does that make the players who have never reached that stage? It’s called hating from outside the club it’s embarrassing
This happens every year in round 2 and round 3. He lays some duds when it counts the most and they lose
It’s crazy because Tatum has been guarded by Bam Adebayo who was DPOTY finalist and along with be triple teamed in that series and this one they aren’t gonna let Jayson Tatum be the reason they lose but the problem doing that is the Celtics have tons of guys that can get you a 3 or just a bucket doing that constantly is not with defense aren’t gonna gonna keep being able to do that but I also hate how nobody is mentioning that Edwards is doing what he is doing but he has yet to face a good perimeter player on defense and also 2 bigs that can guard the pick and roll well like Jokic is just letting me score in the paint that is not happening against the Celtics
Seriously? Stats mean Jack Squat if you're winning games. I'll take 20/11/5 if the team wins. His shooting will come back eventually. But, even if he doesn't shoot better, if he's play making and rebounding like he is now, they'll be fine.
Boston has 4 20-point scorers, and if the other 3 step up, it's fine.
I honestly think it’s all part of the strategy. Think about it. The C’s have yet to have a game where they needed JT to go off and score 30+. Why gas him out this early against teams they can beat without him going off. Save his strength and energy for teams we really need him to be the beast he is. It’s called being smart.
His shooting struggles aren’t a concern for this round,, CAVS aren’t a math,, Jason Tatum can work on his game in this series
Like a true ‘great’ player. You dudes are so soft.
Not a concern right now since we're playing the East. If his poor shooting continue during the finals, then I'd be a little concerned. We all know that others can score, but we will need him to get at least 20 and actually make a 3 against a team like the T-Wolves
Boston is like 2018 Houston rockets missing 3s everytime!
As long as we are winning, i don't need him to score 40 a game. He is still rebounding and playing great defense. Brunson has been good for 2 years,and Ant is 22,and they act like they have done more than JT! JT has played well for like 5 or 6 years in the playoffs. Y'all better hope he doesn't get hot,because if he does,with everyone playing well, Y'all are gonna eat your words.
How is it a concern that they are winning by 25 when he has an off night - should be a concern for their opponents. If he has a good night they could win by 40
I’m a fan of JT & JB, but it would wild as hell if Edwards gets a ring before them, ima quote a friend of mine that’s a die hard Celtics fan “I’m hoping for a Dallas miracle.” 😂💀
Just give the media some time to start rolling out this idea..."if the Celtic's don't win it all, should they trade JT before they max him"..they are starting to lean towards JB being the closer of the games....and given that JT is growing and expanding his game in our areas, they will start "blowing this narrative" while losing sight that Jimmy Buckets has gone to two finals and nothing to show for it...Denver might be one ship and gone...Giannis, Embiid, Lebron, KD and more greats are home...the Celtics are playing and looking great in the process...
It's not that concerning yet given who they've been playing. The Celtics are good enough to beat the Cavs without Tatum having to drop 35/10/5 every game. However, he's going to have to step it up if they play the Knicks in the Conference Finals and especially in the Finals
Luka struggling talk about that Jamal struggling talk about that ....
Don't let the stat sheet fools you. Only the people who really know basketball understand it.
So would you rather he shoot over the triple teams or pass out? Hard to believe a defense is actually keying in on a team’s star… he’s playing the right way
People only care about PPG, not Tatum rebounding, defense, and playmaking lol
Lol they may not need Tatum till the ECF with the way things are shaping up so he’s fine , unless he continues this when the team needs him the most.
Last night it’s like JB & JT switch spots. What I mean is JB is normally the one with shooting problems but when JT is in a slump HE’S IN A SLUMP 🤦🏾♂️
If you know basketball, you know Tatum is a historically great postseason player, if you dont look it up. The narrative is annoying especially when he is being compared to players who haven't proven anything yet in comparison. Last year he averaged 30, they said he doesnt make the team better, now they're saying he can't score 😂
I love Stephan A but this is a reach of an argument. The fact the East is so week right now and as long as the nuggets don’t come back every other team out west is so young and inexperienced in the playoffs. Like as a Celtics fan I think we’re in such a good spot right now. Still have a long way to go but like come on, this is the angle you’re going with??
Tatum is playing fine, don’t get distracted. The team is winning and he is taking his shots within the flow of the offense. When it’s time no doubt Tatum will show up and show out ☘️
I think Tatum took a backseat in scoring production. The only thing that has decreased has his points and field goals shot.
Tatum the only superstar that can go cold and still blow out a team. At the same time he don't need to score that much, cause you have White, Porzingius and especially Brown to step up.
It's fine for now cause they blasting bad teams. But when its gets to the finals or even the ECF, this is gonna be a problem.
And it is ..of course…not going to get better..but worse as the pressure mounts. He is not a great player. He chokes every playoff season…this happens.
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They rather Tatum shoot 40 shots to score 35 points like Jalen Brunson 😂😂 instead of playing TEAM BALL 😊
Facts Bro has already proven he can do that too, casuals in these comments man
I’m not even a Boston fan and I can see how unfair this segment is. Save this kinda thing for when the Celtics are losing games, not when they’re blowing out their opponent by 20+ points 4/6 playoff games.
Crazy. And we all know Shai is special but can we stop throwing his name around when we’re mentioning the guys younger than Tatum?? As if there’s some big difference. Shai turns 26 in two months. He ain’t 22 like Ant. 😂
I get they aren’t the warriors, but why is the 3pt shot always used as a knock on the celtics, when golden state made their entire dynasty off of it