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63 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 9 Jun 2024 \ parent \ on: NBA Thought Experiment: Best Possible Non-Contender Stacker_Sports
I would have selected Tatum before this playoffs but it looks like he isn't going to choke this time around.
He did not play particularly well in game one. But maybe that is because the rest of the team played really well and he did not need to go crazy. We shall see after this finals. If the Mavs win this thing, I say it kind of confirms my Tatum theory.
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Bill Simmons talks about the problem with Tatum a lot. As he sees it, the problem is that people expect Tatum to be an MVP kind of player and he just isn't that. He's the tier right below that. He'll never carry a team to the finals and that's what we like to see from our contenders.
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Maybe that's it. The expectation mismatch. You are right, maybe many people, including myself, see Tatum as the guy that is supposed to be the superstar that carries a team to the finals and even a championship, but he isn't that superstar. It seems Jaylen Brown is stepping up and looking to fill that superstar role though. Brown played really well in game 1.
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Brown was awesome.
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I feel like Brown is also miscast a bit and it's probably because Tatum has more of a beta personality.
I always think Brown should focus on being the best 3-and-D player in the league. He only really gets in trouble when he tries to do a lot more than that.
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