Jayson Tatum with another DNP vs Serbia

3toheadmelo · Post #101 » by **3toheadmelo** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:05 pm

FashionedYoung wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:
FashionedYoung wrote:
Glad you didn't dispel the notion of you doing tricks on Tatum.

He ain't gonna let you hit bro.

Kerr fanboy resorting to personal insults lmaoo

Yeah man, huge Kerr fan, you got me! And Tatum still ain't gonna play, go cry me and everyone else a river seeing as though it ain't changing next game.

Ngl your posts getting mad boring now. Any other awful takes you got in basketball I can laugh at?

NyKnicks1714 · Post #102 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:10 pm

bisme37 wrote:You guys! I was all excited for olympic basketball but I'm so damn grumpy about this Tatum thing I'm not really enjoying it at all and haven't even watched a lot of it. I think it may be stupid for me to feel that way but I can't do anything about it. I should be rooting for Derrick and Jrue and the whole team. (I'm still making the stupid Olympic threads though lol.)

3 years ago in the last Olympics, Popovich was the coach and Jayson Tatum was the 2nd leading scorer on the US Gold medal team.

Tatum mostly came off the bench as the 6th man. He and KD played together often but also Pop used them in waves. When KD went to the bench Tatum took over the offense and basically did his FIBA KD impersonation. There was really no letdown from one to the other.

He was only 23 and ended up averaging more points than any USA player in Olympic history not named Durant, Anthony, Jordan, Robinson or Barkley. And the team won a Gold Medal vs much stiffer competition than most of those guys played against.

Then KD declared JT to be the next leader of team USA and the guy who would eventually break KD's Olympic records. Pop made similar comments about Tatum's standing with USA basketball.

JT is a really good FIBA player. He's the only current 1st team All NBA player on Team USA. He leads the entire NBA in playoff points, rebounds and assists in 2020's. He just won a damn championship. He's been committed to Team USA since before he was even a pro. As we saw in the C's title run, he is more than willing to sacrifice his offense and just set other guys up and rebound and play defense if needed. Or he can score with the best of them.

Not playing him is absolutely bizarre. How is this the guy you decide to alienate? You're going to need him on Team USA for the next decade and I'm wondering if he even wants to deal with it after this. If we have any Kerr fans up in here, sorry guys but dude is forever in my doghouse lol.

You talked about several things but frankly almost nothing you mentioned should be in Kerr's calculus: not what Tatum did in Tokyo, not what he did last season, not how he'll feel about it going forward. The only thing that matters is winning this one tournament, and Kerr feels that giving other guys minutes puts the US in a better position to do that. Thus far he hasn't been proven wrong.

In 2021, he was the team's second best player without question. This year you could arguably put four players ahead of him, and several of the players he's better than...Booker, Jrue, White, AD, Bam...fill needs that he doesn't.

JujitsuFlip · Post #103 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:12 pm

KD and LBJ are better than him, same as last time.

Frank Dux · Post #104 » by **Frank Dux** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:19 pm

My god, the controversy surrounding Brown and Tatum is getting insufferable.

I actually hope both of them are left off the squad next time around. They’re not nearly good enough for all the whining surrounding Brown not being selected and Tatum getting DNPs.

They’re not owed anything. There’s a lot of really good players on this team, and the last thing the coaches need to worry about is feeding Tatum’s ego. Sometimes you’re going to ride the bench, and that’s perfectly ok. Cheer your teammates on, and be ready for when your number is called.

FashionedYoung · Post #105 » by **FashionedYoung** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:23 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:
FashionedYoung wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:Kerr fanboy resorting to personal insults lmaoo

Yeah man, huge Kerr fan, you got me! And Tatum still ain't gonna play, go cry me and everyone else a river seeing as though it ain't changing next game.

Ngl your posts getting mad boring now. Any other awful takes you got in basketball I can laugh at?

What's boring and tiring is your whining over Tatum not playing.

3toheadmelo · Post #106 » by **3toheadmelo** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:27 pm

FashionedYoung wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:
FashionedYoung wrote:
Yeah man, huge Kerr fan, you got me! And Tatum still ain't gonna play, go cry me and everyone else a river seeing as though it ain't changing next game.

Ngl your posts getting mad boring now. Any other awful takes you got in basketball I can laugh at?

What's boring and tiring is your whining over Tatum not playing.

Please share some more basketball takes. I wanna be entertained.

Roscoe Sheed · Post #107 » by **Roscoe Sheed** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:30 pm

How on earth did the Celtics win the championship if Tatum is as bad as many of you are saying?

Roscoe Sheed · Post #108 » by **Roscoe Sheed** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:32 pm

JujitsuFlip wrote:KD and LBJ are better than him, same as last time.

They aren’t though- Tatum was the best player on the team that won the nba title this season while LeBron and KD lost in the first round

xdrta+ · Post #109 » by **xdrta+** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:42 pm

Roscoe Sheed wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:KD and LBJ are better than him, same as last time.

They aren’t though- Tatum was the best player on the team that won the nba title this season while LeBron and KD lost in the first round

Nice logic. I guess that proves he's better than Jokic, Giannis, and everybody else who didn't win the championship.

ItsDanger · Post #110 » by **ItsDanger** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:47 pm

Having Lebron & KD on this roster basically blocked Tatum's minutes. Nothing to read into this. So, when joining the team, players should reconsider.

ForeverTFC · Post #111 » by **ForeverTFC** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:47 pm

Roscoe Sheed wrote:How on earth did the Celtics win the championship if Tatum is as bad as many of you are saying?

1. Context matters; pretty much everyone still regards him as a top 10 player.
2. Two of his teammates are playing a lot and are important pieces to team USA

ForeverTFC · Post #112 » by **ForeverTFC** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:49 pm

Roscoe Sheed wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:KD and LBJ are better than him, same as last time.

They aren’t though- Tatum was the best player on the team that won the nba title this season while LeBron and KD lost in the first round

Put KD or LBJ in Tatum's spot and they win the championship as well as the FMVP.

Charlie Sollers · Post #113 » by **Charlie Sollers** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:52 pm

I wonder how truly upset people would be if the media doesn't mention any of this.

hardenASG13 · Post #114 » by **hardenASG13** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 5:58 pm

Gobert getting close to DNPs on France is a much worse look.

NyKnicks1714 · Post #115 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 6:02 pm

Btw...also worth mentioning that Tatum has played in three of five games, started two. Let's not act like he's not playing at all.

Frank Dux · Post #116 » by **Frank Dux** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 6:11 pm

Roscoe Sheed wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:KD and LBJ are better than him, same as last time.

They aren’t though- Tatum was the best player on the team that won the nba title this season while LeBron and KD lost in the first round

Tatum had the most stacked roster and had a pretty pedestrian playoff run. Replace him with pretty much any all star wing and Boston gets the same result.

Statlanta · Post #117 » by **Statlanta** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 6:12 pm

Tatum is not a good fit with this team. Replace him with Embiid and the US is too small. Replace the guards with him(Edwards, White, Booker, Holiday) and the team becomes too slow because of all the old veterans playing heavy minutes. No way NBA politics will allow him to take minutes from James or Durant.

40 minutes is not enough time to allocate 12 players meaningful playing time.

Roscoe Sheed · Post #118 » by **Roscoe Sheed** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 6:17 pm

ForeverTFC wrote:
Roscoe Sheed wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:KD and LBJ are better than him, same as last time.

They aren’t though- Tatum was the best player on the team that won the nba title this season while LeBron and KD lost in the first round

Put KD or LBJ in Tatum's spot and they win the championship as well as the FMVP.

unlikely- both are over 35 (LeBron is nearly 40)- they would wear out or perhaps even get injured. Also, it's not like the Lakers and Suns don't have talented players- AD is a top 10 NBA player and the Suns have Booker and Beal.

Roscoe Sheed · Post #119 » by **Roscoe Sheed** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 6:19 pm

Frank Dux wrote:
Roscoe Sheed wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:KD and LBJ are better than him, same as last time.

They aren’t though- Tatum was the best player on the team that won the nba title this season while LeBron and KD lost in the first round

Tatum had the most stacked roster and had a pretty pedestrian playoff run. Replace him with pretty much any all star wing and Boston gets the same result.

How stacked is Boston though? Brown is a great player, Holiday is a very good all around player. After that- you have an always injured KP, a very old Horford, and a very good role player in White. People need to give Tatum some credit for once.

azcatz11 · Post #120 » by **azcatz11** » Fri Aug 9, 2024 6:22 pm

Statlanta wrote:Tatum is not a good fit with this team. Replace him with Embiid and the US is too small. Replace the guards with him(Edwards, White, Booker, Holiday) and the team becomes too slow because of all the old veterans playing heavy minutes. No way NBA politics will allow him to take minutes from James or Durant.

40 minutes is not enough time to allocate 12 players meaningful playing time.

I'm looking for 6-7 minutes so he feels like he's part of the team and to promote goodwill going forward. DNP's are ridiculous in this format. Like I said, good luck anyone want to play for Kerr in 2028. There's no Lebron / KD stature guys so everyone is going to be on edge.