eyeatoma wrote:RB34 wrote:mpoo_sin wrote:
It really was not meant to be an insult. I just like pointing out that Tatum is not one of the best players in the league and for my taste too many Celtics fans try to push this agenda of him being on the same level as the best of the best in the NBA.
It is not enough for them to have one of the best teams (and the best las season). They desperately want to also have a true superstar on their team and get really antsy and aggressive when people point out the obvious that Tatum is not that kind of player.
I called him the most decorated waterboy of all time in context of these Olympics. And objectively that might really be true.
It wasn’t meant to be an insult, but that’s the way it was framed. Especially when you add comments like waterboy.
Most Celtics fans I speak to understand JT isn’t on the same level as guys like Joker, Giannis and Luka but he’s definitely not as bad as some people make him out to be.
Maybe some Celtics fans think he’s a top player because history has told us that you need one to be successful in this league. Like to or not the Celtics have been one of the most successful teams since Tatum entered the league.
Acting like homerism is something unique to the Celtics fanbase is incredibly disingenuous. But that’s not something new to Celtics dialogue.
I see a lot of people call for the super team title. Since when do we have superteams led by a top 15 player? There are teams in the league with multiple top 10 players that aren’t called superteams. The Celtics have some very good players that you would probably rank 15-50. There are many teams like this in the league, are they superteams?
If Tatum isn’t a top player and is closer to 15 than 10. Why is there so much pressure on him to win? Look back at the media throughout the season and the threads on here. People were calling him a failure for not winning by age 26.
There are multiple players in the consensus top 5 that have never been out of the second round. Who have also played on stacked teams with All Star and MVP teammates.
If the backlash against Tatum is because some people on the internet think he’s better than he is then I would say you’re probably going looking for it. Th
He is a league and media manufactured star, hence the so called pressure. ESPN needs a narrative. Tatum has also made the finals and didn't win prior to this year, so hence the pressure, I'd say the pressure was more on the Celtics team as a whole though, which they were able to dismiss with one of the easiest run of opponents in NBA history.
A league manufactured Star that has outplayed your boy individually on more than one occasion.
You continue to talk has though Tatum has played with HOFs his entire career, which why I’m convinced you don’t actually watch games or know anything about the Celtics.
You like to rely on the injury excuse but seem to forget about it completely when talking about the Celtics. Stacked teams that had Kyrie having surgery and GH snapping his ankle. Stacked teams when Tatum was in his first few years. Stacked teams with him and Brown, who realgm has told has no left hand and is garbage.
You have denigrated Celtics players for a long while now but they all turn into GOATs when you discuss Tatum.
Meanwhile, you’ve got MVP in his prime with an MVP in Harden and Jimmy Butler who many on this site believe is better than Tatum. What has he got to show for it? Second round exits.
Embiids best series win is beating a Siakam led Raps team and you want to talk about cakewalks. Tatum led his team to game 7 against the arguable GOAT in his rookie season. With sophomore Brown next to him. Now I know you have no idea what kind of player JB was when he entered the league so why don’t you go and check.
