Good to see Danny is seeing Tatum as I saw him on the video this morning. :laugh:Seriously. I thought for a brief moment I was seeing Pierce on his shot release. I liked what I saw. He's one of those natural scorers. 20 ppg guy.
The only question is he quick enough? But PP and Larry weren't any quicker. Not that he's near those guys in potential.
Trouble is, Ainge maybe has given Philly the impression he preferred Tatum over Fultz, which may explain why the swap keeps getting diluted by the hour. A reminder to Philly that the Lakers are there at #2 to take Fultz if he's available.
PP and Larry isn't going against Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Giannis Antetokounpo, Kevin Durant, and even LeBron James (well, Paul did). Elite athletes with length.
Can his "smooth" game be good enough to get buckets against those guys?
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. Bird only faced such nailed-to-the-floor types like Michael Cooper, James Worthy, Bobby Jones, Dr. J, Derek Smith, Dudley Bradley, Rodney McCray, Clyde Drexler, Jerome Kersey, Dennis Rodman, John Salley, Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, and Michael Jordan, for starters, and don't forget about Paul Pressey, either. I'm sure that I've forgotten a few guys, but yeah.
With all due respect to the names you mentioned, I meant defensively. Other than a few names (Scottie, Jordan, Cooper, Worm) Kawhi a better defender than them. Maybe Paul George is too, we can debate about that.
Basically what I'm saying is this...
Jayson Tatum is supposed to be this "smooth" player. Not overly athletic, but moves well, with skill, like Paul and Larry. Now I understand that PP and Legend are HOF players, but it would be a totally different thing being defended by long, athletic, elite defenders. That's what Tatum is about to face.
So did I. You don't think James Worthy, Bobby Jones, John Salley, and Derek Smith, for example, were great defensive players!?
As for Tatum, I seriously question just how quick he really is, owing to him being guarded, primarily, by traditional power forwards in the college setting during his lone season at Duke. I've seen comparisons to Tobias Harris, and those seem much more apt, to me. I think everyone is really underrating Pierce, not to mention Bird, in terms of his first step. Sure, he wasn't Kobe, McGrady, or Vince Carter, but he was quick, just like Melo, and I always find it amusing how "non-athletic" tweeners at the collegiate level are always compared to Pierce and Anthony. It's about as accurate as every tall white guy from Europe, whether they decided to play over here in college, or not, is always the next Dirk, with the latest example being Lauri Markkanen
. Sigh. I know that it's rare to find white guys who can actually play, now, especially defensively, but come on, lol
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