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Well he can blame himself
The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing
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Putting it into perspective, Doc has coached 36 more playoff games and 9 years more than him
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Assuming the team comes back, they are probably going to be the betting favorites to come out of the East next year.
Jays should both improve and the coaching will obviously improve as well.
Just don’t see how there is a better option out there than running it back, unless there’s someone I’m completely missing that could be available for Jaylen.
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Who would the Celtics trade JB for?
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New CBA gonna be a disaster. Will be changed in a few years.
Hurts both the players and teams. They targeted two super rich owners and ended up affecting like 80% of the league
Hurts both the players and teams. They targeted two super rich owners and ended up affecting like 80% of the league
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Nor do they play off the ball.
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Bruh might have a worse handle than Russ. His usage rate ain't even that high to be turning the ball over that much.
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Tatum and Brown both soft. Can’t have two soft dudes leading the charge. When things aren’t going their way, they start pouting. Horrible body language when things aren’t clicking
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Not of these wings really do but if either of them developed a post game it would be great. Maybe that’s what Jaylen needs to do. Simplify that handle from 10 to like 3 dribbles.
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Nah man I saw Tatum shrug off 3 of the worst quarters ever to beat the sixers in the 4th. I wouldn’t call him soft
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Tatum is great but he does that KD ****. He'll disappear on you too many times and his leadership is kinda lacking. Being a leader don't fit his personality.
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B Sox
I don’t know the answer but I guess what P suggested is a reasonable if everyone is locked in. I was just disappointed in their ECF performance so I’m probably hot taking
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I wouldnt call either of them soft.
But idk how many times you can run it back. How much better are you really going to get?
But idk how many times you can run it back. How much better are you really going to get?
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ages 25 and 26.
hard to split good all nba talent at those ages
and their core group is pretty much locked in for a few years
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Informative breakdown:
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I get the hesitancy surrounding breaking them up in their primes especially when having them guarantees you a top seed in the conference and a chance each year but is Boston really gonna sign up to lock 2 guys down to a 600M commitment by next season?
Think it would be diligent exploring the market for JB this offseason at least before potentially tying themselves down long term.
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If the role players are outplaying the stars in all the marbles situations it's sounds like the metrics being used to determine who's a star need to be tweaked
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JT and JB aren’t soft they just need to spend more time in the offseason strengthening their strengths and reducing their weaknesses. I know both guys put in work in the offseason but each has glaring weaknesses that have cost them the last two seasons. JB needs to work on his handle or at the very least develop a go to handle in tough spots. JT needs to commit to improving his handle but also work on his midrange game. JT could be a marksman in the midrange if he would look to develop that so his game isn’t so one dimensional. Either he’s driving or shooting step back threes. He could feast off the Kobe/MJ/Kawhi drive and pull up game.
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Jaylen's salary is already locked in for next season and Tatum can's sign an extension until next summer anyways. So it doesn't impact the team until two years from now.
It'll be easier to trade Jaylen with four years left on his contract as opposed to one, more than likely.
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It's obviously easy to get caught up in the disappointing series, but if you zoom out a bit, they are in the finals last year, and one game from it this year, both with first year head coaches. Tatum and Brown have both shown improvement every year. Tatum especially from a playmaking perspective, which is what you need out of your top guy. Was pretty obvious to see last night how everything went to **** when they couldn't run the offense through him after the injury.
Guess my argument is that the team itself doesn't necessarily need to take some gigantic leap. They're already a championship contending team. Some things do need to be tightened up, but that seems pretty doable. The coaching improvement is definitely going to be significant by adding vet coaches to the staff, which they simply couldn't do last summer because of the timing. Mazz will get better himself too just based off the experience of this year.
