Problem Solved with Tatum

[KG Living Legend]

 If anyone saw the stat last night during the game Tatum is among the lead leaders in two point FG% shooting around  63% on twos. Miles Bridges was even better at 68%.

 Tatum is shooting a career high in three point attempts and a career low at 33% from three. So here is the deal he's taking 8.5 three point attempts per game, get that down to 5 attempts or better yet 4 attempts and he's one of the best most efficient players in the league.

 His combination of height, length, quickness, ball handling is impossible to stop going to the hoop. So use that Jayson.  Boom problem solved.

[todd_days_41]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

[droopdog7]

If anyone saw the stat last night during the game Tatum is among the lead leaders in two point FG% shooting around  63% on twos. Miles Bridges was even better at 68%.

 Tatum is shooting a career high in three point attempts and a career low at 33% from three. So here is the deal he's taking 8.5 three point attempts per game, get that down to 5 attempts or better yet 4 attempts and he's one of the best most efficient players in the league.

 His combination of height, length, quickness, ball handling is impossible to stop going to the hoop. So use that Jayson.  Boom problem solved.

It's never that simple

[byennie]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

Is there any evidence his shot selection is worse this year? As far as I can tell, he's been a 40% shooter from deep the past 2 years, on about 1000 attempts. He's literally 20 misses away from shooting the same as last year -- that's like a couple of bad vs good weeks.

Obviously you want guys to adjust, but I'd say there's a lot more evidence that Tatum is a good shooter, than a subpar one.

[seancally]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

I never understood how anyone can make these kind of broad character assessments about players they’ve never met and don’t know whatsoever.

[pokeKingCurtis]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

I never understood how anyone can make these kind of broad character assessments about players they’ve never met and don’t know whatsoever.

24/7 talking heads that's all they do

[jpotter33]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

Is there any evidence his shot selection is worse this year? As far as I can tell, he's been a 40% shooter from deep the past 2 years, on about 1000 attempts. He's literally 20 misses away from shooting the same as last year -- that's like a couple of bad vs good weeks.

Obviously you want guys to adjust, but I'd say there's a lot more evidence that Tatum is a good shooter, than a subpar one.

Yeah, Tatum has shot 43%, 37%, 40%, and 39% on 3, 3.9, 7.1, and 7.6 three point attempts per game the last four years. He’s having a down year, but those are absolutely the marks of a pretty good to great shooter.

[Goldstar88]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

I never understood how anyone can make these kind of broad character assessments about players they’ve never met and don’t know whatsoever.

It’s baseless conjecture.

[RJ87]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

I never understood how anyone can make these kind of broad character assessments about players they’ve never met and don’t know whatsoever.

It’s baseless conjecture.

It's really weird, honestly. I see it a lot around here, especially with Tatum. People who've never met him or had any type of conversation with him seem to have keen insight into his personality.

[todd_days_41]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

I never understood how anyone can make these kind of broad character assessments about players they’ve never met and don’t know whatsoever.

It’s baseless conjecture.

It's really weird, honestly. I see it a lot around here, especially with Tatum. People who've never met him or had any type of conversation with him seem to have keen insight into his personality.

it's not baseless. and it's not really weird... honestly. and one certainly doesn't need to meet someone to know if they're vein.

i understand folks don't like to hear it, because i'm calling their baby ugly. doesn't make me wrong.

[td450]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

I never understood how anyone can make these kind of broad character assessments about players they’ve never met and don’t know whatsoever.

It’s baseless conjecture.

It's really weird, honestly. I see it a lot around here, especially with Tatum. People who've never met him or had any type of conversation with him seem to have keen insight into his personality.

If you watch someone play hundreds of games over several years you do develop a sense of their basketball facing personality traits. Its also true that we are all a bit weird in that we are mostly adults sitting around during workdays thinking about arcane Celtics related topics and writing each other snippets about what we think. So I agree its weird, but its not baseless.

[moiso]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

I have no idea about the vain part but i agree with the rest of this.  Tatum is a good to very good shooter, but that doesn't mean that he's Steph Curry and should be seeking out off balance 3 pointers.  He has much better options than taking these shots.  I'm all for Tatum launching whenever he has the proper space to do it, but shaking and baking to get off a low percentage shot doesn't help the team or Tatum's percentages.

[todd_days_41]

Its also true that we are all a bit weird in that we are mostly adults sitting around during workdays thinking about arcane Celtics related topics and writing each other snippets about what we think. So I agree its weird, but its not baseless.

hahhaaaaa.... this part i agree IS weird!

[RJ87]

My hope is that Tatum is figuring out he's simply not a great shooter.

I believe Tatum is very vein, and therefore doesn't want to be seen / known as subpar (at anything) by his peers and / or fans. So I think this will motivate him to go to the basket more, dish more, and generally shoot 3s in a more situational way -- which should drive up his 3PS%.

I never understood how anyone can make these kind of broad character assessments about players they’ve never met and don’t know whatsoever.

It’s baseless conjecture.

It's really weird, honestly. I see it a lot around here, especially with Tatum. People who've never met him or had any type of conversation with him seem to have keen insight into his personality.

If you watch someone play hundreds of games over several years you do develop a sense of their basketball facing personality traits. Its also true that we are all a bit weird in that we are mostly adults sitting around during workdays thinking about arcane Celtics related topics and writing each other snippets about what we think. So I agree its weird, but its not baseless.

Eh. The image you see on TV during a game or an interview isn't always in line with how they act or treat people in real life. I worked as a surgical liaison for a major east coast hospital and I've interacted with a lot of athletes, so I've seen some myth-busting behavior in my time.

[sgrogan]

Tatum is shooting 50% from 2P not 63%