Jayson Tatum

They added Mitchell Robinson to help their already elite offensive rebounding.

I think that Jayson Tatum and Derrick White should both shoot much better this year, which will help.

And if Mike Conley can give them anything as a backup, like pure point guard, I think that shifts the role of guys like Payton Pritchard and, and Derrick White maybe a little bit more into areas where they're gonna be more comfortable.

Like, they've been top four in regular season offense every year under Joe Mazzulla, and I just don't see a, a great reason why that should change this year unless Tatum comes out and just looks like a shell of himself.

And what I mean by that is a team does something once, and now we apply that to, well, they always do this, right? The Miami Heat go out of the playing tournament to the NBA finals once.

Well, the Heat always make these runs to the playoffs.

What did they do the next two seasons? They didn't win a basketball-- They didn't win a playoff series, right? They did it once, and then we immediately just went like, "Oh, the Heat always do this." The Boston Celtics have the second-best offense in the league last season without Jayson Tatum, and all of a sudden we go, "Oh, well, Joe Mazzulla's system always does this," right? Does it? Or did it do it one time? And- Well, it did all the years before too, though, with Jayson Tatum

... you know, I think there's something to be said about the formula.

I just don't think you have speed, athleticism, quickness.

Uh, like, who's guarding Jayson Tatum? Who's guarding Kevin Durant? Who's guarding Kawhi Leonard? Like, I, I just don't think that trio makes much sense.

Similar to some of the limitations last year with Rui playing next to Luka or playing next to LeBron.

Like, you, you need a wing there.

I'm a role player, essentially saying we have a superstar and that's JT.

Obviously, Jason Tatum.

I'm not here to necessarily steal the shine or try to reinvent who I am.

I'm here to help JT, and he's the guy.

Essentially, shedding superstardom and just giving it to Jason Tatum.

Hey, look, again, he's not lying, but if I'm Brad Stevens, if I'm the Boston Celtics, I'm like, dude, can you cut it? Can you put a lid on it? And when I saw that late yesterday, I just went, man, the Sixers just are dunking on the Celtics at this point.

Yes and no.

I was the guy.

It's a lot of relying on Derek White.

I just, I didn't think Tatum looked that good.

No, he

didn't.

I, I think all the things you said are valid.

It's just stuff we could have said last year.

Um, I do think that Tatum having got some games under him is going to be in a much, much, much better spot to take a step forward than someone like Halliburton, where it's a similar period of time from when you tore it.

But the biggest thing when you're coming back from that Achilles is the mentor hook.

That's what my brain tells me.

So you have two really good secondary creators on this team in Paul George and Peyton Pritchard to help lighten the workload for Jason Tatum, who should be back this year.

I know First to the Floor did a podcast on the Duke footage that came out of him running with Kyrie and some Duke players this week and saying his right calf finally looks like...

it is back to normal size where last season there was a noticeable difference in the muscle on his left leg and the muscle on his right leg, which of course the right leg is the Achilles leg that he was out for nine, 10 months with last year.

Obviously, I think he'll get it in spots.

I think Pritchard will get it in spots.

That's not what I'm saying, but how much of that is going to be funneling through Jason Tatum? while the other guys play these off-ball roles obviously tandem can't have the ball in his hands 100 of the time but i just i wonder what the balance is going to look like in terms of on-ball freedom for some of those guys

yeah it'll be interesting to see how many of those reps like One thing is for sure, Jason Tatum is going to have to sit on the bench during games.

No, he was cold.

But is T-Mac better than Jason Tatum all the time? Yeah, I don't get into the all-time stuff.

You see what

I'm saying? Yeah, I can't get into it.

But we're on Zoom, obviously, and people aren't going to be able to see this.

Coyne made his bed, and he put a Jason Tatum life-size body fucking blanket just as his mattress topper.

Yeah.

Okay, first of all, I would never.

It's no. It's not Jason Tatum.

It's Celtic.

It's a fucking blanket.

blanket.

Because they finished seventh in 2019.

And with like Donovan Mitchell, Jason Tatum, like real dudes, Jalen Brown.

And then in 2023 with Jalen Brunson and Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Halliburton and all these other like legitimate NBA players, um, They did not medal.

They lost to Canada in the bronze medal game.

Katniss Everdeen.

Mine is that PSA 10 lime green Optic Jayson Tatum out of 199.

Ken, I bought ...

I don't know if I announced this, but it's coming in the mail, it just passed authentication.

I have the rookie's True Gold PSA 10 Jayson Tatum, a, a pop of one on the p- on the PSA 10.

Pop one gold Tatum.

I have that one, but I can't get the out of 199.