anyone backing off the notion that joe should have benched tatum is drunk on the emotion of the “win.” if hauser or pp or grant replace jt during the game and hit just a few pedestrian buckets, the c’s win going away and they don’t need his last minute “heroics.”
this was bad coaching and if the sixers don’t completely melt down in epic doc fashion, the c’s lose handily.
our future super max finally hit a few shots, after disappearing for most of the playoffs, including last year’s finals, and suddenly he’s the man? go sell crazy some place else.
i’m glad the c’s won and everyone can revel in the moment, but this isn’t sustainable, winning basketball.
This is a bad time for an 'I told you so' moment. Perhaps not starting Tatum would have yielded different results, but by the time we knew Tatum was bad (end of the 1st), it was already official. It had happened.
Give the man his dues. He was a punching bag all night and came up big when we needed him the most. That is the definition of a superstar.
this is the exact opposite of an “i told you so moment,” as the C’s pulled it out. had the C’s lost and tatum continued his putrid play, then it’s an “i told you moment.”
i get the euphoria and i’m thrilled the C’s won to stay alive but joe has to be willing to hold tatum accountable for not showing up consistently. it’s not as if tatum had an unusually poor shooting night and we’re calling for him to be benched for one bad night. the dude has been worse than a no-show; he’s hurting the team with his epic run of disappearing acts.
if tatum knew there were consequences for consistent poor play, we might not see it as much. that’s called accountability and coaching. even “superstars” need to be held accountable and coached.
When your data points for “a consistent run of poor play” include last years finals, you’re stretching.
Like I said, broadly speaking you’re not wrong about playing time - but Tatum’s consistent poor play is averaging 27/10/5 this postseason. We think our bench guys who aren’t playing currently can replicate that when they’re not playing with Tatum? I have my doubts.
Not to mention he played well tonight, even if his shot wasn’t falling.
it’s not stretching; it’s fact. he disappeared several
times in this series, the hawks series, and the finals last year. those are the last three playoff series the C’s have played, making it a trend.
i noticed you quoted box score stats but not efficiency, which has been extremely poor. his disappearing acts for multiple quarters per game, only to fill the box score when it’s too late, is not winning basketball. the hawks series should not have extended to six games but tatum kept them in it. same tonight with the sixers, who played extremely poorly and were begging to be put away.
tatum did play well, outside of scoring, in the first half only. the second half he was a complete no-show (except for horrible shots and turnovers) until the final 3-4 minutes. did he pull it out? yes. is it sustainable? as i stated, no.
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