Tatum and Brown appreciation thread

[keevsnick]

I've been extremely impressed with both Tatum  and Brown this playoff run. Both guys have given the Celtics exactly what they need.

Tatum has played a tremendous all around game. It feels like sometimes people hate on Tatum becasue he's not quite the scorer or offensive engine of the best guys in the league, but that's not what make Tatum great. What makes him great is being the best ALL AROUND player in the league. He's not the absolute best scorer or play maker or rebounder or defender but he's great at everything and plays a ton. There is just soooo much value in that. He's wing Tim Duncan.

And Brown has been exactly what you want. Attack on offense, efficient on large volumn, great on defense. Best #2 guy in the league. His one weakness is not being a great play maker, but he's great at what you need a #2 to do.

I really hope they win it all this year, they deserve that feather in their cap.

[celticinorlando]

Both players have learned from the past. The turnover issues late in games they had seem to be fixed.

Super proud of them.

[Muzzy66]

I've been extremely impressed with both Tatum  and Brown this playoff run. Both guys have given the Celtics exactly what they need.

Tatum has played a tremendous all around game. It feels like sometimes people hate on Tatum becasue he's not quite the scorer or offensive engine of the bets guys in the league, but that's not what make Tatum great. What makes him great is being the best ALL AROUND player in the league. He's not the absolute best scorer or play maker or rebounder or defender but he's great at everything and plays a ton. There is just soooo much value in that. He's wing Tim Duncan.

And Brown has been exactly what you want. Attack on offense, efficient on column, great on defense. Best #2 guy in the league. His one weakness is not being a great play maker, but hes great at what you need a #2 to do.

I really hope they win it all this year, they deserve that feather in their cap.

Agreed, and to add to it I would say that for the most part they are both very likeable guys.

Yeah I have taken issue with Jaylen in the past due to his tendency to push questionable political agendas, but at the end of the day that's his personal thing and as long as he keeps it away from his professional life (which he has done for the past year or so) then it doesn't bother me. 

But as an NBA player Brown and Tatum has both been the ultimate professionals.  They have worked hard to improve every year, they keep themselves in perfect physical shape, they both seem very coachable, they are both intelligent and well spoken, and neither of them plays dirty or gets into any real controversy on the court.

[aefgogreen]

I've been extremely impressed with both Tatum  and Brown this playoff run. Both guys have given the Celtics exactly what they need.

Tatum has played a tremendous all around game. It feels like sometimes people hate on Tatum becasue he's not quite the scorer or offensive engine of the bets guys in the league, but that's not what make Tatum great. What makes him great is being the best ALL AROUND player in the league. He's not the absolute best scorer or play maker or rebounder or defender but he's great at everything and plays a ton. There is just soooo much value in that. He's wing Tim Duncan.

And Brown has been exactly what you want. Attack on offense, efficient on column, great on defense. Best #2 guy in the league. His one weakness is not being a great play maker, but hes great at what you need a #2 to do.

I really hope they win it all this year, they deserve that feather in their cap.

Agreed, and to add to it I would say that for the most part they are both very likeable guys.

Yeah I have taken issue with Jaylen in the past due to his tendency to push questionable political agendas, but at the end of the day that's his personal thing and as long as he keeps it away from his professional life (which he has done for the past year or so) then it doesn't bother me. 

But as an NBA player Brown and Tatum has both been the ultimate professionals.  They have worked hard to improve every year, they keep themselves in perfect physical shape, they both seem very coachable, they are both intelligent and well spoken, and neither of them plays dirty or gets into any real controversy on the court.

We've taken for granted how little drama there is.  No infighting or talk about how one isn't getting enough looks.  The closest to this we've seen was when Brown expressed frustration at all the trade rumors.  And all that says to me is that he loves being here.  You mentioned them being in shape.  Despite playing in a huge amount of games over the past 7 or 8 years, they've had no major injuries.  Everyone is talking about the breaks we've caught with other teams missing their best players.  How about the durability of ours?

[celticinorlando]

We all knew this was the next narrative the media would roll out. It is utter BS. ESPN and company want the Cs to lose so bad they manufacture click bait.

[keevsnick]

I've been extremely impressed with both Tatum  and Brown this playoff run. Both guys have given the Celtics exactly what they need.

Tatum has played a tremendous all around game. It feels like sometimes people hate on Tatum becasue he's not quite the scorer or offensive engine of the bets guys in the league, but that's not what make Tatum great. What makes him great is being the best ALL AROUND player in the league. He's not the absolute best scorer or play maker or rebounder or defender but he's great at everything and plays a ton. There is just soooo much value in that. He's wing Tim Duncan.

And Brown has been exactly what you want. Attack on offense, efficient on column, great on defense. Best #2 guy in the league. His one weakness is not being a great play maker, but hes great at what you need a #2 to do.

I really hope they win it all this year, they deserve that feather in their cap.

Agreed, and to add to it I would say that for the most part they are both very likeable guys.

Yeah I have taken issue with Jaylen in the past due to his tendency to push questionable political agendas, but at the end of the day that's his personal thing and as long as he keeps it away from his professional life (which he has done for the past year or so) then it doesn't bother me. 

But as an NBA player Brown and Tatum has both been the ultimate professionals.  They have worked hard to improve every year, they keep themselves in perfect physical shape, they both seem very coachable, they are both intelligent and well spoken, and neither of them plays dirty or gets into any real controversy on the court.

We've taken for granted how little drama there is.  No infighting or talk about how one isn't getting enough looks.  The closest to this we've seen was when Brown expressed frustration at all the trade rumors.  And all that says to me is that he loves being here.  You mentioned them being in shape.  Despite playing in a huge amount of games over the past 7 or 8 years, they've had no major injuries.  Everyone is talking about the breaks we've caught with other teams missing their best players.  How about the durability of ours?

Here's something nobody really considers:

The longer you "hang around" at a high level as a team the higher your chances you eventually get lucky. The Celtics have been in at least the second round 7 of the last 8 years, just hanging around at that level increases your chances that one year something like this will happen because in order to take advantage of this "luck" you still have to be in the playoffs and good.

Thats a credit to the organization and the players.