Another Tatum lovefest? I'd take a lot of players over Tatum over the next 7ish years. Doncic and Jokic are the obvious 25 and-under candidates with Towns being another one if he recovers from the horrible 2020 he had, while big men who'll likely age well due to their defensive value like Davis, Embiid and Giannis are still young enough to have around 7 good years left. Then you get into the MVPs who might age like fine wine: Durant, Harden, LeBron, Curry, etc. Now I'm not taking all of those guys over Tatum in the next 7 years or so, but I'm pretty confident that at least a couple of them can still maintain their level of play over this period (I mean Durant looks even better than he ever did after an Achilles tear). That's 5-7 guys I'd take over Tatum without even including players who might explode out of nowhere in the future.
Ur just mad that he said "Who" better than Tatum and not "Somebody".
I guess u and Who are gonna have to battle it out with some 1v1 games...
LOL no, I'm just bemused about the love that Tatum gets on this forum when he doesn't really warrant this kind of praise.
Yeah, I guess you’re right....
Jayson Tatum fouls out 1 point short of tying the NBA record for playoff points by a rookie at 351, just behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Jayson Tatum is the first player in Boston Celtics franchise history with three 40-point games before turning 23.
Jayson Tatum is the second-youngest player in NBA postseason history to record at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists in a Game 7. The only player to do so at a younger age is Kobe Bryant.
Jayson Tatum is having a career-changing season this year and against the Pacers he achieved another incredible milestone. In particular, Tatum tied the record for most consecutive 30+ road games in the Boston Celtic’s history with five.
Jayson Tatum etched his name into the Boston Celtics' record books Wednesday afternoon, becoming the youngest player in franchise history to obtain All-NBA status as he earned third-team honors.
Tatum is just the second Celtic to top 4,000 points before turning 23 (the other is Antoine Walker). He’s currently averaging 25 ppg. With 33 games between now and his birthday on March 4th, he could be close to 5,000.
A volume stat that Tatum compiles because he played on a strong team and got a ton of games to rack up his totals doesn't make him the second coming of Jabbar.
The first player on a franchise who hasn't had very good players drafted at the age of 19 contributing right out of the gate makes this significantly less impressive.
Playing on a great team will give you the opportunities to do so when you're good at a young age.
These milestones don't mean much except for being a nice thing to talk about - he's a good scorer, no one's denying that.
Honours that have been historically sketchy and continued to be iffy last season by snubbing players like Joel Embiid, Khris Middleton, etc from those squads in favour of Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook and Ben Simmons? Sounds like those honours don't do a very good job at differentiating the good from the great except for the very obvious picks
Is sharing an honour with Antoine Walker proof that you're an MVP calibre player?