Lo and behold, our star is out of rhythm
Kind of happens when you freeze him out and stop going to him after a masterful first half. Another coaching failure that he can't even recognize. Already getting coached circles around.
Ya I'm sorry can we not do this? Tatum just dropped 51 points like 4 days ago, now we have to pretend he's so mentally weak that him not getting the for a couple minutes caused hium to turn it over 3 times in like 60 seconds?
Nope. He made some mistakes. His fault, not the coaches.
Who is calling him mentally weak? This is EVERY player. You can't just go from consistently getting the ball in the first half and getting in a rhythm, to barely getting any action and then expect to pick up right where you left off.
This has nothign to do with Tatum as a player. Every player is going to be like that, because it's about rhythm. That's on the coach to recognize this and make the appropriate adjustments, which of course does not happen with our kindergarten level coach.
I'm sorry, but no. I disagree with this entire sentiment. It was literally like a week ago where he missed almost literally every shot he took for 44 minutes then hit 4 threes to win game 6. He didn't need some great "rythm" then. he made plays. tonight was the opposite, great for 44 then nothing down the stretch. It happens.
A player sucking is on the player. Mazzula didn't force Tatum to throw the ball to Buitler, jump without a plan, or drag his pivot foot.