Post#47 » by celtxman » Fri Aug 9, 2024 3:37 pm
hugepatsfan wrote:walk with me wrote:cl2117 wrote:Basically playing 4 on 5 is just absolutely ridiculous. He's not static offensively, he's really well rounded and doesn't have a problem finishing at the rim against physical defense. That's just not based on reality. Your perception is wildly skewed.
His shooting has been woeful though, so it's understandable that you'd make him ride the bench in favor of guys who have been better and also hang their hat on that more so than he does in general (e.g. Booker, Ant, KD). Especially when, to your point, you've got LeBron playing that focal point for the team offensively where he wants to distribute the ball and you need to have shooters around him to capitalize on his insanely good floor vision.
The hyperbole really undercuts your more salient points.
Tatum is too inconsistent to play in a do or die game where you’re playing down ten for like 80% of the game. Sometimes…. Majority of the time his offense on the wing is wasting 5 seconds jab stepping or doing in and out dribbles before he makes a decision. His offense at the rim is him barreling out of control hoping to draw a foul against his defender. It works in the nba because there’s 48 minutes and the refs reward that. In Olympic/Fiba play (during a do or die game) it’s not worth the risk of “hoping” he’ll be in a good rhythm and making shots.
The other options are just more trustworthy than Tatum is in the scenario we were in yesterday. Theyre all more specialized or better than Tatum at what Tatum is good at. In 2028 he’ll be a permanent starter but in this tournament he wasn’t needed at all.
I'd be surprised if he plays in 2028. He makes deep playoff runs annually so his body will probably need some rest. He's already won a gold medal as a major part of the team so it's not like he still needs to experience that for the first time. And whether it's the right decision or not, all these DNPs have made a mockery of him. Even if he went in 2028 and was the starter, every time he misses a shot it'd be analyst commentary and social media jokes about how this is why he didn't play last time.
Maybe he's wired differently and just loves playing, but from my outside perspective looking in I don't see why he'd sign up for the team again.
Yeah - I mentioned this in another thread. We forget that there was a time that players didn't want to come to the Olympics. Why would Tatum, or even Brown want to come? You can't have coaches with agendas. This team was on the brink of losing yesterday. It never should have happened.
Brad Stevens on fans who want the Celtics to tank: "I don’t think they’ll like me all that much then."
Y’all defending Kerr is wild
