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East is buns. idk who would even be the 2nd best team in the conference tbh. New York? or a healthy Philly?
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I think he's playing pretty well, yes. If you only associate quality of play with shooting %, I can see why you'd have a different opinion, but when he's playing lockdown defense on Kyrie 1-1, stripping Luka, getting 12 dimes... hard to say he's not playing well. He's slashing and driving into the lane with ease and if they'd hit 6-7 more 3's on those wide open looks last night Boston wins by 20+. The Mavs really have no answer to his drives.People actually think Tatum's playing well?
The shot selection and shooting has been horrendous, but the defense, rebounding, passing has been high level.People actually think Tatum's playing well?
Dallas went through the gauntlet, a.k.a. the West
He’s a cutie patootie.People actually think Tatum's playing well?
this gonna be the new is the dress blue or green topicPeople actually think Tatum's playing well?
Clippers are always without their best player, the starting 5 with an average age of 23 was the 1 seed, and Gobert knocked off the defending champs and best player in the league. So yeah, the gauntletClippers without their best player, starting five with an average age of 23, & Rudy Gobert is the gauntlet now I guess
Game 1: 12 PTS | 6-19 FG | 0-5 3PT | 3 REB
Game 2: 16 PTS | 7-18 FG | 0-3 3PT | 2 REB
You don't pass, you don't rebound, you don't playmake, you don't defend. You do ONE thing and you're not even doing it. It's not good. Hope Kyrie turns it around in Dallas
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Can we get some clips of the high level passing? I haven’t seen many high level reads by him in this series.The shot selection and shooting has been horrendous, but the defense, rebounding, passing has been high level.
Celtics are clearly the better team but I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Tatum is not playing like a Top 5-7 player this series. That’s what I would consider playing well from someone of that talent level.
Absolutely and I think the Celtics played down to their competition on the East a bit. They had lapses in focus and defensive intensity that we haven’t seen yet in the Finals.To be fair every opponent the Celtics played leading up to the Finals were missing their best player or their best player didn't finish the series. Dallas went through the gauntlet, a.k.a. the West
Can we get some clips of the high level passing? I haven’t seen many high level reads by him in this series.
He’s also getting cooked by Luka.
He’s rebounding well though.
They haven't been complex because the Mavs don't guard the perimeter wing at all. He would have had 20 assists last night if they shot their season avg.The reads haven't been particularly complex, but he's making the right passes and leading to easy buckets.
Can we get some clips of the high level passing? I haven’t seen many high level reads by him in this series.
He’s also getting cooked by Luka.
He’s rebounding well though.
I'm not gonna go back and forth with folks about it because they're winning and ultimately that's all that matters.this gonna be the new is the dress blue or green topic
Probably would be if he'd guarded him for more than 2 min in this series. The bigger news should be how little scoring Dallas bigs have done on him. Lively and Klieber had a combined ONE make against him. 15 pts from the bigs combined last night in a combined 58 min of PT. And that was an IMPROVEMENT over game 1 lolLuka getting locked down by Al Horford should be bigger news.
He’s blowing by an overmatched DJJ or PJ on the perimeter and passing to wide open guys after the help collapses. His impact hasn’t been great. But that’s JMO.The reads haven't been particularly complex, but he's making the right passes and leading to easy buckets.
Brunson > Luka
EYE remember @Coupé It and others killing me when I said Brunson > Luka.![]()
The “gauntlet” for Dallas was deceiving..They got a washed/injured clippers squad and 2 up and coming teams that weren’t ready yet, caught OKC and Minny at the right timeTo be fair every opponent the Celtics played leading up to the Finals were missing their best player or their best player didn't finish the series. Dallas went through the gauntlet, a.k.a. the West
That's where I am with it. If Tatum is playing good, then the other guys got to be playing fantastic or something. Because the are all defending and rebounding and White and Holiday are the ones making the important defensive plays. Tatum was getting cooked at the high elbow by Luka as well. Celts are doing a good job of winning despite his poor play. I think you could replace him with Kelly Oubre this series and he would bring the same rebounding and defense. Its mainly his physical attributes that are keeping him a positive in the game.I'm not gonna go back and forth with folks about it because they're winning and ultimately that's all that matters.
But he's been their fourth best player in this series and I'm not sure it's been particularly close. Body language is constantly bad. He looks indecisive. He's hunting Luka matchups and not really winning them. He's had some absolutely awful turnovers because he doesn't look like he knows what he wants to do when he puts the ball on the deck.
Sweet, he's rebounding and he's racking up assists on bare naked Jrue dives to the rim. Everyone else is playing at such a high level it's masking a ton of his nonsense. He's been awful.
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