When do you think Tatum makes his season debut?

[Phantom255x]

If he's not back by 3/16 then I think it'll be difficult for him to ramp up in time for the playoffs, unless they are okay with essentially treating the first round of the playoffs as additional rehab time and they think they can win that round without needing JT to play regularly or at >70% of himself.

[Roy H.]

If he's not back by 3/16 then I think it'll be difficult for him to ramp up in time for the playoffs, unless they are okay with essentially treating the first round of the playoffs as additional rehab time and they think they can win that round without needing JT to play regularly or at >70% of himself.

I have no idea how long it takes.  I'd guess there are three elements at play:

1.  Conditioning
2.  Chemistry / rotations
3.  Confidence

#3 is a big unknown, but the sneaky barrier for success may be #2.  JT's role is something brand new for him.  We've seen how hard it is for teams to integrate stars acquired at the trade deadline; this will be similar.