Celtics 2025-26 Regular Season Discussion

[Goldstar88]

Tatum looked pretty "off" tonight in Memphis. A few thoughts:

Positive
He's able to play more minutes per game than I anticipated this early
His defense and rebounding are already high-level

Negatives
His shooting is very inconsistent
He still operates in extreme iso mode often and it seems to impact the offense at times

If Coach Mazzulla does not take JT out in the fourth quarter C's probably lose. JT is an exceptional player, but dynamics of the team have changed. Ball and player movement less iso ball. Hoping he buys into this new team style.

Tatum was in the game in the 4th quarter. He was taking free throws with a minute left in the game.

[Celtics2021]

Tatum looked pretty "off" tonight in Memphis. A few thoughts:

Positive
He's able to play more minutes per game than I anticipated this early
His defense and rebounding are already high-level

Negatives
His shooting is very inconsistent
He still operates in extreme iso mode often and it seems to impact the offense at times

If Coach Mazzulla does not take JT out in the fourth quarter C's probably lose. JT is an exceptional player, but dynamics of the team have changed. Ball and player movement less iso ball. Hoping he buys into this new team style.

Tatum was in the game in the 4th quarter. He was taking free throws with a minute left in the game.

Indeed.  The Celtics were up 1 when he and Brown re-entered with 5.5 minutes to go, and were up 8 when they checked out before the final possessions with a few seconds left.

[Goldstar88]

Tatum looked pretty "off" tonight in Memphis. A few thoughts:

Positive
He's able to play more minutes per game than I anticipated this early
His defense and rebounding are already high-level

Negatives
His shooting is very inconsistent
He still operates in extreme iso mode often and it seems to impact the offense at times

If Coach Mazzulla does not take JT out in the fourth quarter C's probably lose. JT is an exceptional player, but dynamics of the team have changed. Ball and player movement less iso ball. Hoping he buys into this new team style.

Tatum was in the game in the 4th quarter. He was taking free throws with a minute left in the game.

Indeed.  The Celtics were up 1 when he and Brown re-entered with 5.5 minutes to go, and were up 8 when they checked out before the final possessions with a few seconds left.

Cant make this stuff up. 

[86MaxwellSmart]

I can't believe people are worried about Tatum right now...He has to work through the rust folks, we thought he might never play again at this level, he's only 7 games in.

[satch]

Tatum looked pretty "off" tonight in Memphis. A few thoughts:

Positive
He's able to play more minutes per game than I anticipated this early
His defense and rebounding are already high-level

Negatives
His shooting is very inconsistent
He still operates in extreme iso mode often and it seems to impact the offense at times

If Coach Mazzulla does not take JT out in the fourth quarter C's probably lose. JT is an exceptional player, but dynamics of the team have changed. Ball and player movement less iso ball. Hoping he buys into this new team style.

Tatum was in the game in the 4th quarter. He was taking free throws with a minute left in the game.

Indeed.  The Celtics were up 1 when he and Brown re-entered with 5.5 minutes to go, and were up 8 when they checked out before the final possessions with a few seconds left.

Check me on this-I went and re-watched the fourth-They C's were down 8 when coach took a timeout, but he did not put Tatum back in. He did put Tatum and Brown back in when they went up one. Don't get me wrong I like Tatum feel free to go back and watch the replay. White was the one that turned the game in the fourth when they were down 8.