SaltonPrepper

95 | 15 hours ago

80% of Tatum is better than 100% of a lot of other players.

Exact_Bumblebee_9857 | Lakers

52 | 14 hours ago

80% of Tatum is still a top 3 player in the east. His teammate is also one of the 3.

Lmao1903 | NBA

-18 | 9 hours ago

Fully healthy, I’d take Giannis nr.1, then a huge gap to whoever is 2nd. But Cade, Mitchell both have great cases to be better than both Brown and 80% of Tatum, I think they are, efficiency, advanced metrics, on-offs, you name it. We have also seen a lot better highs from Brunson in the playoff as a 1st option than Brown who has never been a first option in the playoffs his entire career. I guess Embiid healthy does not count anymore. Haliburton certainly is more valuable to his team than both the Jays. At least 80% version of Tatum.

Exact_Bumblebee_9857 | Lakers

11 | 9 hours ago

Giannis is the best in the east. I’m taking Jaylen brown and Jason Tatum over anyone else. No offense to Mitchell but little guys can’t dominate at that level ( expect Steph curry ). Cade is to unproven yet let’s see how he handles the playoffs hope for a speedy recovery.

brnccnt7

-2 | 8 hours ago

80% Tatum is good but not better than 100% Cade who also is a two way player

Also you’re forgetting about Maxey, he deserves some love, when healthy he is a beast

Exact_Bumblebee_9857 | Lakers

2 | 8 hours ago

Like I said I just don’t believe in little guys unless their name is Steph curry. I agree Cade has been great this year but Tatum has years of playoff experience. Let’s see how Cade handles the bright lights.

Waesrdtfyg0987 | Celtics

1 | 7 hours ago

Cade is basically the same height as Jaylen Brown and SGA. Kind of have faith in those 2.

brnccnt7

0 | 8 hours ago

Love Tatum, but a healthy Cade over an 80% Tatum, I’ll take Cade.

Cade got that dog in him, you guys will see. He may miss this first round due to his injury though.

The way Daniss is playing, we can probably afford to rest Cade unless going down 1-2 to the Hornets or something. I think the Pistons can last without him vs the Magic/Raptors/Heat though.

Lmao1903 | NBA

-4 | 9 hours ago

To be clear, you said 80% of Tatum, who I am definitely not convinced yet before I see it in the playoffs. And talking about unproven, Jaylen Brown has never been the 1st option of a playoff team his entire career, for me I am not really taking just 1 season of high usage in the regular season where his on offs are garbage and where his team is like 9-1 without him, as the sign that wow this guy is top 3.

Donovan by all accounts has been better than Brown this season and for most of his career before now, a great playoff riser by the way. Cade this season has been better than Jaylen as well. If Boston truly has 2 top 3 players, they better make the finals every year.

Exact_Bumblebee_9857 | Lakers

4 | 9 hours ago

Mitchell just isn’t that guy. He’s to little to have superstar impact. For Tatum he’s been getting better each game he just needs his to get up to speed. Tatum and brown both also play defense. Mitchell is a one way player I do like Cade as he’s a good defender as well.

Lmao1903 | NBA

-3 | 9 hours ago

You need to watch Donovan Mitchell in the playoffs more if you think he is not that guy.

Waesrdtfyg0987 | Celtics

5 | 6 hours ago

That’s been a good enough roster to make a lot more noise in the playoffs than they have. He owns that.

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Lmao1903 | NBA

0 | 5 hours ago

Victor Wembanyama played 0 playoff games in his career, is he worse than Chet who won? Or Porzingis better yet

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holyyguava | Hornets

1 | 4 hours ago

Mitchell has not been better than Brown this season. You’re either a cavs fan or you don’t actually watch those two teams😂

sheJaMyMorant

69 | 15 hours ago

Shai can rest now. The real face of the league is back

brnccnt7

-1 | 8 hours ago

The face of the league is still LeBron and then Steph tbh

Then-Response8324 | NBA

-17 | 15 hours ago

neither are faces

sheJaMyMorant

14 | 15 hours ago

JT is. Mr. Buy 2 Get 1 isn’t.

ahsasahsasahsas | Celtics

5 | 14 hours ago

lol SG “BO-GO” A

Livid-Cardiologist94

-18 | 14 hours ago

Face of the league is either Wemby or Luka

Less-Tax5637 | Knicks

2 | 14 hours ago

Only seen one face pop up over and over the last few days and that face was Saved.

mattislinx | Celtics

59 | 15 hours ago

He’s not shooting efficiently since his return, but he has looked so much better than expected. He’s really out there doing it all.

Deviljho12 | Celtics

55 | 15 hours ago

It’s also pretty clear that he’s being very deferential as a scorer, I’ve never seen him lean this hard into playmaking and it’s awesome.

MembershipSingle7137

35 | 15 hours ago

His rebounding and playmaking is back to where it was. That alone could help us a lot more. Efficiency … yea that might be a concern but still about 7-8 games left. Hope he can figure it out

mattislinx | Celtics

11 | 15 hours ago

Exactly my thoughts. He really broke out last year as a playmaker in my opinion. His presence makes so much of a difference.

Exact_Bumblebee_9857 | Lakers

23 | 15 hours ago

It’s just rust and missing polish. It’s hard to throw up shots to get up to speed without jeopardizing team offense your teams top 2 team in the conference. IMO I’d prefer Celtics let him chuck as much as he needs to feel good. My pick to make it out the east.

fredinNH | Celtics

55 | 15 hours ago

22/14/10 now. Our court general is back

kamekaze1024

12 | 11 hours ago

Nearly had a ²⁰⁄₂₀ game. Less than a year after an Achilles. Legit wtf

Pale-Criticism-7420 | Celtics

7 | 5 hours ago

The Anomaly

ryflect | Celtics

21 | 15 hours ago

It’s actually unfathomable this is him just coming off the achilles injury. What an absolute dawg.

brnccnt7

1 | 8 hours ago

Agreed, not gonna lie, I thought he should have sat out until next season to be safe. Wasn’t a reason to risk it and I was scared he’d hurt himself again.

He proved everyone wrong and came back to his passion, I can respect that.

He never gets the respect he deserves, even being all nba and top 5 the last few years, he was always disrespected and that peaked during the Olympics.

New_Essay_4869 | Thunder

20 | 15 hours ago

Yessir! I really hope he gets back to being a top 2 player in the league by next season

Otherwise-Formal-220 | Heat

-8 | 14 hours ago

He was a top two player ever?

Gold_Locksmith6087 | Celtics

20 | 14 hours ago

Top fye and not fye

Otherwise-Formal-220 | Heat

6 | 14 hours ago

I always saw him as top 5 at least in the last 3ish years and he’s never finished higher than 4 in mvp voting. So I was shocked to see someone say top 2

FERFreak731 | Jazz

16 | 15 hours ago

He’s an inspiration.

Rough_Cup_6762

6 | 15 hours ago

17? We gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers in this bracket.

Edit: Y’all I know he has 22, that’s the joke smh

D1HATER3002

4 | 15 hours ago

Game not over yet

Im__Ron__Burgundy | Celtics

3 | 15 hours ago

And just like that, 22

_knife_wrench_ | Celtics

2 | 15 hours ago

Well he’s already up to 22 so give it a minute lol

drypow

2 | 15 hours ago

He scored 5 more in the minute since this got posted

Exact_Bumblebee_9857 | Lakers

7 | 15 hours ago

TATUM HOLDERS GET IN HERE

trog12 | Celtics

2 | 15 hours ago

This is a fantastic game from Tatum. This is literally Tuesday for Jokic which is insane to me.

Exact_Bumblebee_9857 | Lakers

23 | 15 hours ago

Jokic is better but Tatum is also a 2 way athletic beast. I’d take 5 Jason Tatums over a team of 5 Jokic

sstphnn | Celtics

12 | 14 hours ago

How about 3 Tatums and 2 Jokics?

Kika_7905 | Celtics

11 | 14 hours ago

2 Jokic, 2 Tatums, 1 Derrick White 🤤

chuancheun

8 | 13 hours ago

1 SGA and 4 refs 🦓

AdmiralUpboat | Celtics

2 | 4 hours ago

I get y’all just memeing but the ideal setup here is 4 Tatums + 1 Jokic. Do it all athletic wings surrounding Jokic is the dream.

Jayson Tatum records his first triple double of the season in 30 minutes 17-14-10