Woodsanity wrote:Tatum is a beneficiary of being on stacked teams his entire career sadly.
Why sadly though? It's a reality, but I don't know if it's sadly. I would also say a lot of his career, but not all, right?
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Woodsanity wrote:Tatum is a beneficiary of being on stacked teams his entire career sadly.
Godymas wrote:nate33 wrote:The answer here is defense. Tatum is an extremely good defender night in and night out. Lebron conserves all of his energy on defense, typically guarding the opposition's worst front court player. Lebron never closes out on shooters either. Lebron can still play good D in spurts, but those spurts are few and far between. (I'm not hating. It's reasonable for a 39-year-old with such an offensive load to conserve energy. But it does affect the Lakers' defense.)
it's a lot easier for Tatum to play defense when he plays next to the best defensive backcourt in the league in Jrue Holiday and Derek White
Triple M wrote:When was the last time the best team not have a player make the All NBA1st team?
Godymas wrote:nate33 wrote:The answer here is defense. Tatum is an extremely good defender night in and night out. Lebron conserves all of his energy on defense, typically guarding the opposition's worst front court player. Lebron never closes out on shooters either. Lebron can still play good D in spurts, but those spurts are few and far between. (I'm not hating. It's reasonable for a 39-year-old with such an offensive load to conserve energy. But it does affect the Lakers' defense.)
it's a lot easier for Tatum to play defense when he plays next to the best defensive backcourt in the league in Jrue Holiday and Derek White
Edrees wrote:JRoy wrote:Monta Ellis have it all
I was hoping and expecting this to be one of the first replies. You did not disappoint. Jroy have it all.
durden_tyler wrote:The Lakers are a play-in team. That's what LeBron has done so far this year.
nate33 wrote:Godymas wrote:nate33 wrote:The answer here is defense. Tatum is an extremely good defender night in and night out. Lebron conserves all of his energy on defense, typically guarding the opposition's worst front court player. Lebron never closes out on shooters either. Lebron can still play good D in spurts, but those spurts are few and far between. (I'm not hating. It's reasonable for a 39-year-old with such an offensive load to conserve energy. But it does affect the Lakers' defense.)
it's a lot easier for Tatum to play defense when he plays next to the best defensive backcourt in the league in Jrue Holiday and Derek White
Tatum has been one of the better defensive forwards in the league for 3 years now.
Godymas wrote:durden_tyler wrote:The Lakers are a play-in team. That's what LeBron has done so far this year.
they are going to finish with the same wins as a 4/5 seed last season.
The Servant wrote:If you swapped Tatum and LeBron, do the Celtics get better and the Lakers worse?
Not sure what kind of defense 38 year old LeBron is playing when he stopped playing defense when he rejoined Cleveland.
Marrrcuss wrote:The Servant wrote:If you swapped Tatum and LeBron, do the Celtics get better and the Lakers worse?
Not sure what kind of defense 38 year old LeBron is playing when he stopped playing defense when he rejoined Cleveland.
Why do you all keep trying to push that bullshyt narrative? While hes no all game defensive stopper, hes far from the speed bump yall try to make him just from hate.
SeattleJazzFan wrote:bottom line here is that it isn't a slam dunk either way. either guy has a case over the other.
Godymas wrote:MessiahUjiri wrote:Don’t midcurve the stats.
Celtics are literally the best team in the NBA.
Does winning count?
no it doesn’t count because winning is a TEAM stat and the All NBA teams are awarded for individual skill level.
SGA was 1st team All NBA last year on a 40 win team.
Steph Curry made 1st team and missed the playoffs.