[Highlight] James Harden welcoming Jayson Tatum for returning from his injury
I saw Tatum in person in Vegas for USA basketball camp.
Bro is huge!
Makes harden look small here lol
He also looks even bigger after the injury which makes sense as he would work his upper body and not do as much cardio during his rehab
Really? I think he looks smaller. He looks like he lost some muscle which if true, is probably better for his achilles and tendons
Agreed. Tatum was bigger around 2 to 3 years ago when he bulked up.
This reminds me of when ANT talked about Tatum’s arm size. He said people think Tatum looks wiry on TV but Tatum’s arms without flexing is as big as ANT flexing his biceps
Vid for reference: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrzCkZWrin3/
that’s insane, ant is built like a fucking tank
Google says he is only 210lbs?
maybe his rookie year
Weights are so underestimated for NBA players
Every time someone shows that courtside view recorded on their phone. He’s enormous in both dimensions and moves so fast his jersey becomes a blurry smudge
I saw Jayson Tatum at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
bro where’s this from omg hahaha
I worked on a commercial he was in once and yeah. Obviously you know these guys are gigantic but passing each other going opposite directions down a hallway you’re like How is this possible lol
Yeah NBA players have 3 heights:
Their listed height
How big they play
How big they look when they walk past you
I was near the tunnel for a FIBA exhibition game years ago. Jayson Tatum and Myles Turner were the two who really surprised me with their size.
Myles Turner not only towered over Aron Baynes, he’s a lot more broader shouldered too. Just by looking at them, you’d never guess which one got bullied by physical big men and which one was doing the bullying.
Mike Gorman, our former play-by-play guy used to talk about it a lot too, how much bigger Tatum is when you see him up close.
And Tatum’s a lot more physical with how he plays than what people realise.
Sus calling bro huge Esp as a Lakers fan
And they hated this man during his prime.. sad.
Hope harden can get a ring this year while performing in clutch games. Save the narrative.
Rest of his team needs to step up on the reg. Precision and intensity. They were not that today, and Boston definitely bested them.
i feel like the reason harden is famous for choking is because his teams relied on him too much, without a good no.2 to shoulder the responsibility, so he tries too much and messes up
To be fair, he spent an inordinate amount of his prime flopping like a fish.
Top 5 player of his era, though. Respect.
and choking in the playoffs
the Zach Lowe list of Harden in elimination games is rough
Its fucking brutal. The highlight tape is nasty though.
Clearly #5 tho after LeBron, Steph, KD, Kawhi
Kawhi? You mean the guy he was carrying on the Clippers?
When will we stop overrating Kawhi’s career? At some point we have to talk about his Raptors season being a fluke. He’s 4th, and if KD never went to GSW he’d be 3. That’s how good he is.
He perfected the foul baiting strategy that’s come to a head now. The hate was absolutely warranted
Still do
Well we gotta remember the foul baiting and acting for calls
only losers hated on harden
Ngl, its only been very recent that ive stopped hating on Harden. He’s slowly won me over.
I wouldn’t say I ever hated Harden, but it’s really impossible to hate on dudes who are still killing it despite getting older
Same, pretty much ever since he left the Nets.
Interupting his routine, SMH
/s
God won’t help him in his basketball game now cuz he didn’t get to point at him properly smh
JT was gathering aura, Harden had to stop him
Harden in that jersey is not right lol
He’s played on six teams already. He looked good in Clippers blue, but they arent good enough to win the West. He selected the Cavs to give him a better chance to win, and they do have a better chance while in the East.
Claude, is that you?
I actually really liked him in our white jerseys especially
nah man dude looks good in everything
My thoughts exactly.
I thought I’d get used to it by now, but nah it still looks awkward lol. Especially because Harden has only played in big markets for so long.
So when they hug its okay, but when I try to hug either one of them I go to jail. Make it make sense
Next time wear a jersey, they won’t know the difference!
Well they recognize you from the nude photos you send them too.
Tatum deserves so much more love than he gets from fans.
r/nbaww
Good stuff. Always like to see someone overcome adversity.
Say what you want about Harden but the man has always been good with other players around the league, that kind of respect between competitors is what makes the NBA special, especially acknowledging someone coming back from a torn Achilles less than 10 months ago.
I know Tatum has had his corny moments, but can we all just appreciate that he’s back and healthy being able to play again?
Basketball is better with him in it
Nicee
Very classy by Harden. He seems like the type who would be most welcome at any club that hosts gentlemen.
Cavs need to keep those LBJ era jerseys full time.
Daddy’s home
Wow. Wholesome. I’m crying