Fierce1 wrote:Aliens from outer space or aliens as in illegal aliens?
Please clarify.
Illegal aliens from another dimension.
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Fierce1 wrote:Aliens from outer space or aliens as in illegal aliens?
Please clarify.
fallguy wrote:Good piece here:
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2024/5/10/24153623/jayson-tatum-boston-celtics-nba-playoffs
"We’re left wondering where that leaves Tatum, who is in the throes of the worst shooting postseason of his career. Nevermind the series, it would be difficult to posit that Tatum has been the best player in more than one of the seven games the Celtics have played thus far. Tatum’s 25 points, seven rebounds, and six assists in Game 2 isn’t nothing, but he’s yet to assert himself in the ways the league knows he can. When Tatum is on his game, he taps into a streamlined vision of his all-time hero in Kobe Bryant. In those moments, he holds this nuanced offensive command that seems to gloss over all of Kobe’s tortured on-court calculations—the ones that made the effortless feel effortful. Tatum needs just 28 points to overtake Paul George as no. 10 on the active playoff points leaderboard—everyone above him is at least six years older than he is.
“I know how to score the ball,” he told reporters last night. But it’s been hit-and-miss over these past seven games. When Tatum isn’t fully calibrated, there is an excruciating lag time between his intentions and actions, as if he’s trying to manifest something that isn’t there. At worst, these aimless preambles in the midrange derail an offense designed to create open perimeter looks against tilted defenses. In those moments, he can charitaly be described as an unspectacular net positive, the kind of player that you’d compliment for their solid screens, stout defending, and underrated playmaking. Maybe good for a few Tommy Points, but not the stuff of legends."
lon3lytoaster wrote:I’m so unbelievably tired of seeing and hearing Kobe and Tatum in or on the same sentence. Kobe was listening to Carpenter’s Halloween soundtrack during playoffs and sure as **** came out like Michael Myers and Tatum is bumping Barbie Girl and well..
Soft little mama’s boy, who’s just generally boring and entitled.
He’s like an advanced machine learning robot that’s advanced in some portions of his game beyond human understanding but still fails at the most basic basketball algorithms.
peachbucket wrote:Fierce1 wrote:Aliens from outer space or aliens as in illegal aliens?
Please clarify.
Illegal aliens from another dimension.
zoyathedestroya wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:Players all-time with 2,500 points, 800 rebounds, 500 assists, 100 blocks, 100 steals, and 250 threes in playoff career -- Kobe, Lebron, Pierce, Durant.
JT can join this group before this playoff run ends. He's 26.
46 points to 2,500
21 assists to 500
5 blocks to 100
11 made threes to 250