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Who's the better player overall? I think I am leaning towards Tatum. His elite defense and vastly improved playmaking gets the edge for me.

Luka is the better player. The better talent. Handedly. Tatum has made strides but he's no Luka.

Tatum easy

It's stats vs watching the game.

This is Tatum. But Luka is close behind.

Right now it looks like it might be Tatum

itrsteve wrote:It's stats vs watching the game.

Both watching the games and stats have limitations. Both are necessary for proper evaluation.

I said I’d take Tatum two years ago even though I’m a big Luka fan boy but it’s razor thin for me.

It’s like asking if I want Lebron or Kobe. Can win a championship with either as your main guy IMO

I’m here for all those Luka homers that are gonna say “ITS LUKA AND ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE”

Last thread that was made about this you had people saying Luka is equivalent to Jokic while Tatum is equivalent to Vucevic

Give me Tatum for this season and moving forward. Can play elite defense, and has stamina to play 45+ minutes. You all had a nice close up of Tatum’s passing which has gotten a lot better so he doesn’t really have any flaws in his game at this point, can only improve in areas. I think it’s close and don’t mind anyone who says Luka but anyone who says Luka is way better as if he’s prime Jordan right now are ridiculous

Tatum is a bit better imo. Luka’s ceiling is definitely higher but I’m just sold on Tatum’s game to game two way impact.

Gotta go with Luka Magic.

Tatum being tiers above defensively gives him the edge right now

Still going Luka, but Tatum is very good.

Luka easily but Tatum is very good

3toheadmelo wrote:Who's the better player overall? I think I am leaning towards Tatum. His elite defense and vastly improved playmaking gets the edge for me.

If you could clone Smart, Jaylen, R. Williams and Horford, which team wins?

Luka, Smart, Jaylen, R. Williams, Horford ... vs ... Smart, Jaylen, Tatum, R. Williams, Horford

Tatum has been very impressive and his defense helps his case... but I'll still go with the first team because Luka is better. Luka needs to lose the pounds and get in shape though or Tatum could overtake him with impact and results.

Optms wrote:Luka is the better player. The better talent. Handedly. Tatum has made strides but he's no Luka.

Based off what? If you want to say offensively Doncic is def more well rounded thats obvious but there is a pretty significant gap defensively. Tatum def isnt the passer Doncic is but he def took a decent jump this season, I think he averaged 7/8 assists in the Brooklyn series. Saying handedly is a tad ridiculous when Tatum will most likely be first team all nba and top five in mvp voting. They also split on a lot of advanced stats.

LAL1947 wrote:

3toheadmelo wrote:Who's the better player overall? I think I am leaning towards Tatum. His elite defense and vastly improved playmaking gets the edge for me.

If you could clone Smart, Jaylen, R. Williams and Horford, which team wins?

Luka, Smart, Jaylen, R. Williams, Horford ... vs ... Smart, Jaylen, Tatum, R. Williams, Horford

I'll go with the first team because Luka is better.

Tatum has been very impressive and him playing defense helps his case. Luka needs to lose the pounds and get in shape though or Tatum will overtake him with impact and results.

i don't know, i think the first team loses. Tatum's defense on KD is an absolute game changer

itrsteve wrote:It's stats vs watching the game.

Stats dont heavily way to either player. You have things like plus minus and vorp that favor Doncic this season while things like Win share 48 and rpm favor Tatum. As a Celtic fan I still lean toward Doncic but anyone that says one is easily levels above Im guessing cant give solid reasoning behind it.

Probably Luka but it’s super close

Tatum because he's only 20.