That Charlotte game was the first where it was hard to spot any real differences from pre-injury Tatum. Just completely dominated that team all game. Earlier in the month, that team destroyed the Celtics by 29 points without Tatum and there he was just picking them apart with both White and Brown out.

That combined with knocking off the Hawks (winners of 14 out of 15 until Boston) and Thunder (they had won 12 straight coming into that game), it either had to be Tatum or Pritchard getting the award.

It’s crazy cuz if you look at his numbers he’s playing great but there’s still this weird media obsession with “he shouldn’t have come back He’s messing with the vibe.”

What’s there to understand, just a casual 1.5x triple double

The expectations are so ludicrously high with him, that when he doesn’t meet them people are quick to criticize.

February was arguably his worst month in a long time and he was still 26/14/10. Efficiency was down but he was coming offcan injury

That stat line is absolutely fucking insane lmao

In particular he seems to ball out against the Suns a lot lol.

those assists can be a bit over-exaggerated in home games

Of course still an amazing player but you have to keep an eye on that

His efficiency has definitely NOT been great, but it has a lot to do with him beating the Thunder (best team in the league) and then knocking off both the red-hot Hawks (winners of 14 of 15 until Tatum) and red-hot Hornets (we played them earlier in the month without Tatum and they killed us by 29) while Brown missed both of those last two games.

The thing is, it’s not even like it’s some borderline fluff triple-double, they’re elite numbers across the board.

The dude is averaging a triple-double on the season, and is literally leading the NBA in assists and rebounds per game, while still being 8th in scoring.

While also probably being his most inconsistent year coming off his back injury is bonkers

I don’t think he is thanking in general for being player of the week.

Pretty sure the league office awards POTW. It’s not a media award

Was Tatum really the best player in East?

Always has been.

For this week, who did better in the East?

1. Yes

2. Jaylen is 100% guaranteed 1st team all nba and anyone on that list should be in “discussion” for MVP considering they’re a top 5 player of that season. That being said, Jokić should 100% win MVP

3. Lakers suck, cry harder

yes Tatum was legit the player of the week in the Eastern Conference with the only guy you could argue maybe more deserving being his teammate Payton Pritchard

I know an LA fan isn’t talking about media bias LMAO

If you watched basketball you’d know the answer

Was LeBum really the best player in East or is this another case of LA media?

I know they are trying to insert Luka into mvp talks he shouldn’t be in.

see how dumb that sounds?