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tlee324 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:Marcus_Shart wrote:
I concur
Loved Jaylen's shooting, but not even close if you understand basketball. Sorry, but true.
Team is in a huge hole without a real playmaker out there. For Tatum to get 12 assists to 0 turnovers was massive. Especially given that he gets twice as much defensive attention as anyone on our roster. He is under attack out there.
Doesn't concur mean he agreed with you?
Marcus_Shart wrote:Tatum played with poise and became a playmaker rather than just chuck away. On top of that he came through with the game winner that we all wanted him to take instead of doing his best Harden impersonation like usual. Jaylen was amazing in the first half, but I can't give it to him after turning into Westbrook with the turnovers especially late in the game. Marcus played a lot "smahter" in the 4th passing up a few 3's he would usually take for a drive or pass. Honorable mention to Semi for blowing my mind and scoring over 10 points. Our defense is ass water, but we needed this win.
It helped that he had Griffin on him too, who didn't look like he could move his legs at all.
Floody100 wrote:themoneyteam2 wrote:?s=20
Good win but this is an issue. Only 16 FGA for Brown is a joke, especially when he can’t miss
Yeah that’s the annoying part about Stevens. Jaylen was hot, he should’ve kept feeding him. We probably would’ve blown them out.
Captain_Caveman wrote:tlee324 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:
Loved Jaylen's shooting, but not even close if you understand basketball. Sorry, but true.
Team is in a huge hole without a real playmaker out there. For Tatum to get 12 assists to 0 turnovers was massive. Especially given that he gets twice as much defensive attention as anyone on our roster. He is under attack out there.
Doesn't concur mean he agreed with you?
And I was agreeing with him.
Captain_Caveman wrote:keevsnick1 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:
Loved Jaylen's shooting, but not even close if you understand basketball. Sorry, but true.
Team is in a huge hole without a real playmaker out there. For Tatum to get 12 assists to 0 turnovers was massive. Especially given that he gets twice as much defensive attention as anyone on our roster. He is under attack out there.
I mean to be fair the double teams have a lot to do with about half those assists. 3-4 of those are Tatum is doubled, and he passes it to Theis the guy they doubled off from who actually hit a three tonight and had a couple floaters rolling to the rim out of Tatum doubles.
That is important to Tatum's development, passing out of double teams. Because if he can do it teams wont double him as much.
That's exactly the point. Teams are throwing their entire defense at him. They aren't just making him pass out of the double, they are sitting on that pass. For him to be able to put it on the ground, split the double, read the defense, and make the right pass without turning it over? That's the kind of thing he needs to be able to do if we are going to talk about him as a top 10 player.
And it isn't just the assists or lack of turnovers. He was the catalyst for actual ball movement. Because when he makes that right pass, not only does it create scoring opportunities for his teammates, it puts us a step ahead of the defense, forcing them to rotate and recover -- two or three times on a good possession. When that ball is moving, it is going to find the shooters and the cutters and the easy baskets and get everyone into the flow.
I love his hot shooting games, but what we just saw was Tatum at his best.
themoneyteam2 wrote:?s=20
Good win but this is an issue. Only 16 FGA for Brown is a joke, especially when he can’t miss
The Comedian wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:keevsnick1 wrote:
I mean to be fair the double teams have a lot to do with about half those assists. 3-4 of those are Tatum is doubled, and he passes it to Theis the guy they doubled off from who actually hit a three tonight and had a couple floaters rolling to the rim out of Tatum doubles.
That is important to Tatum's development, passing out of double teams. Because if he can do it teams wont double him as much.
That's exactly the point. Teams are throwing their entire defense at him. They aren't just making him pass out of the double, they are sitting on that pass. For him to be able to put it on the ground, split the double, read the defense, and make the right pass without turning it over? That's the kind of thing he needs to be able to do if we are going to talk about him as a top 10 player.
And it isn't just the assists or lack of turnovers. He was the catalyst for actual ball movement. Because when he makes that right pass, not only does it create scoring opportunities for his teammates, it puts us a step ahead of the defense, forcing them to rotate and recover -- two or three times on a good possession. When that ball is moving, it is going to find the shooters and the cutters and the easy baskets and get everyone into the flow.
I love his hot shooting games, but what we just saw was Tatum at his best.
He looked like a Tatum/Hayward hybrid today. That’s a scary, scary player.
tlee324 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:Marcus_Shart wrote:
I concur
Loved Jaylen's shooting, but not even close if you understand basketball. Sorry, but true.
Team is in a huge hole without a real playmaker out there. For Tatum to get 12 assists to 0 turnovers was massive. Especially given that he gets twice as much defensive attention as anyone on our roster. He is under attack out there.
Doesn't concur mean he agreed with you?
Captain_Caveman wrote:keevsnick1 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:
Loved Jaylen's shooting, but not even close if you understand basketball. Sorry, but true.
Team is in a huge hole without a real playmaker out there. For Tatum to get 12 assists to 0 turnovers was massive. Especially given that he gets twice as much defensive attention as anyone on our roster. He is under attack out there.
I mean to be fair the double teams have a lot to do with about half those assists. 3-4 of those are Tatum is doubled, and he passes it to Theis the guy they doubled off from who actually hit a three tonight and had a couple floaters rolling to the rim out of Tatum doubles.
That is important to Tatum's development, passing out of double teams. Because if he can do it teams wont double him as much.
That's exactly the point. Teams are throwing their entire defense at him. They aren't just making him pass out of the double, they are sitting on that pass. For him to be able to put it on the ground, split the double, read the defense, and make the right pass without turning it over? That's the kind of thing he needs to be able to do if we are going to talk about him as a top 10 player.
And it isn't just the assists or lack of turnovers. He was the catalyst for actual ball movement. Because when he makes that right pass, not only does it create scoring opportunities for his teammates, it puts us a step ahead of the defense, forcing them to rotate and recover -- two or three times on a good possession. When that ball is moving, it is going to find the shooters and the cutters and the easy baskets and get everyone into the flow.
I love his hot shooting games, but what we just saw was Tatum at his best.
