When do you think Tatum makes his season debut?

[keevsnick]

The Knicks game was a popular return date for Tatum, even if it was never realistic. With him officially ruled out and seemingly all but ruled out through the all-star break when do you seem him making his season debut?

A couple popular possibilities:

February 27th- The first home game after the All-Star break.
March 4th- The day after his 28th birthday.
March 14th- The day after the 10-month anniversary of his injury.
March 27th- 10 Games left in season, last home game before a long road trip.

[ozgod]

This will be a wild guess since I have literally no clue what his medical or conditioning situation is, let alone his mental state, so absent any information on that side I will go conservative and say I am not expecting to see him until next season. I will be happy if he proves me wrong, even though I'm only expecting him to be 50% of what his capability is when he returns.

If he returns and we are in the thick of a playoff run, I think the expectations on him by casual fans will be immense and unfairly so, and they will be disappointed when he's not "peak Tatum", so in a way I hope he skips all that and returns next season.