The growth of Tatum this year is already huge as a starter-His consistency for a rookie and his defense has flourished in the first 20 games
Tatum,Horford, Kyrie with Hayward coming is a very smooth and gifted group.
Then Jaylen,Marcus,Rozier and aggressive young group on defense and the two tough guy vets baynes and morris.
I had to go look up Tatums age i thought he was 20 but he is 19 till late March .This 19 year old is playing against Westbrook ,Hardin,Durant and Curry's of this league and shooting a notch under 50% from three, while scoring in mid range or attacking closeouts.He is not turnover prone, makes clutch shots and free throws blocks shots and rebounds. His length teamed with Jaylen and Horford is just disruptive.Jayson will have a full season and maybe a deep run into the playoffs before Hayward is back to 100%.
I tried to visualize and conceptualize what a summer of weight training and drills will translate to in terms of speed, lateral agility and vertical?
.Look how Simmons came back after a year
Tatum was highly trained by Hoops House and Hanlon last year directly related to tryouts
So what can a year in NBA and a summer training produce???