jumblin wrote:Parliament10 wrote:jumblin wrote:
I compared Tatum to Harden. Thats not really an insult. I said he has superb talent. I think he lacks the competitiveness to be the centerpiece of a *championship* team. If the goal is to be a good playoff team every year, than Tatum is your man. Just like Harden and Westbrook.
Hmmm.
You know that Tatum is only 22. These guys are in the 30's.
To me, I can't see how you predict what a 22 year old, is gonna do, or gonna be.
In comparison. No of these guys won a Championship at age 22.:
MJ, Kobe, Lebron. Neither did Harden or Westbrook.
BUT, all of them that did win it = didn't do it by themselves.
It's a Team sport.
MJ, Kobe, Lebron, all took over. But, they all had high quality players right next to them.
Agreed?
I realize in this day and age everyone has to quantify everything with hard evidence, but im still an old primal neanderthal over here using these crusty old human instincts of mine. I look at things like body language, facial expressions, tone, etc...and I form opinions. Those instincts tell me that a guy like Smart is a phenomenal competitor. Same with Kobe, LeBron and Luka. I throw Luka in there to say that you can see a guys competitiveness at any age, regardless if he's won a championship or not.
Tatum is not even in the same stratosphere of competitiveness as those guys. Again...really good player like a lot of really good players in the league.
Simple question, would trade Tatum for Luka straight up? Why?
I see what you're saying. I don't necessarily agree with you, though.
Tatum is too young, IMO, to make those negative assessments.
Players improve themselves every year. At least the really good ones.
Luka started playing professionally at age 14.
No, I wouldn't make that Trade. Because, I think that Tatum is the face of this team, for the foreseeable future.
But, I see more your point. It's a gut feeling with you.
We'll see. But I think, when it's all said and done, that Tatum will have won several Championships.
