"I'm fairly agnostic on Tatum, but he's pretty clearly the best player we've drafted since Pierce, and it's hard to think of a player that's had this type of career by 25 who didn't wind up with a ring or two (barring injury)."
Pierce needed Garnett to grow up and be about winning titles more than just scoring a bunch of points.
Without Garnett, Pierce never wins anything.
Tatum will never be the guts and heart of this team - just not in him.
I don't blame him for that. He cannot change his basic nature.
Management needs to see this and bring in what we need to change the personality of this team.
We all thought Marcus Smart was that guy, but he is just too dumb of a player to be a Garnett-type leader.
Same could be said for Brown, though he is more talented than Smart.
Garnett needed to win like Bird did, like Cowens and Havlicek did, like Russell did (though no one could quite be his equal).
Yes, Jimmy Butler would do wonders for this team and we would win titles with him. He has never had the talent around him that these Celtics would provide. A few have labeled him a playoff failure, but he hasn't had enough help where he has been.
This Celtics team has been so frustrating and their failures very painful to watch, since the acquisition of Kyrie Irving til now.