In the last 9 games, Jayson Tatum is last on the Celtics in +/-. +58 with Tatum off the court -17 with Tatum on. A reversal of every trend in his 7 NBA years. And the Celtics have still won 7 of those 9.
And now, how odd is this.
After the 9-game start documented below?
In the last 9 games, Jayson Tatum is last on the Celtics in +/-.
+58 with Tatum off the court
-17 with Tatum on.A reversal of every trend in his 7 NBA years.
And the Celtics have still won 7 of those 9. https://t.co/auKwTxoiuJ
— Sean Grande (@SeanGrandePBP) December 2, 2023
by chickspeak
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This team just has such a high level of fault tolerance.
Absolutely nutty lol
Don’t think hes been as bad as this makes him look but he’s definitely had some down games for him.
Props to the other Celtics for keeping it together despite that, feel like we’d never win these kind of Tatum games in the past.
Somehow the Jaylen haters will blame him for this too…
Negative +/- and negative Ast:TO ratio
Nasty floor game lately
Makes me more confident in the team that Tatum can have this kind of stretch and have that many wins still. I feel like they will eventually click back into place and blitz again.
Anybody else think that “illness” was COVID?
This is somehow Jaylen fault. /s
Tatum has taken a clear step back this year.
He’s hardly a top 10 player this season.
I think a big part of that is turnovers. He shouldn’t be the primary ball handler I don’t think, would love to see more Jrue and White acting as point guards more.
Let’s not get bogged down in small sample sizes. JT is great. Celtics are great with him on the court, not as great as he was the first 10 games, but certainly not as bad as he has been the last 9 games.
Defense wins.
I’m actually pretty chuffed at this stat
The team has historically underperformed when JT is off the court. We just suck without him
Now it seems that even when he sucks the team can still keep afloat
JT will come back he’s too good (x4). But it’s nice to have that insurance now
by eye test, he’s also looked a bit lazy the last few games. especially the bulls game he was jogging around in transition and playing no D.
by eye test, he’s also looked a bit lazy the last few games. especially the bulls game he was jogging around in transition and playing no D.
It’s all a feeling out period. We’ve been doing well so everyone acts like this team has played together a bunch and not like the added 2 guys and lost 4. Our team is gunna need time to gel but I’m stoked we’re still able to come out with W’s
He’ll be completely fine. Weird stretch that will end, lol. He’s the exact same guy that he was 3 weeks ago.
This is who he is. He’s not a great dribbler. Teams know this. It’s always ugly when he’s dribbling aimlessly behind the 3 point line. The offense just stops moving. This negative plus
/minus recently is real and noticeable. He needs to play to his strengths more.
Tatum has always been a slower starter, let me know what this stat looks like in February
Not surprising. He’s been really bad lately. He seems almost disinterested when he plays.
I hope there’s nothing bigger going on there and it’s just a slump. But I’m really worried he’s either injured or pissed off at something.
Turnover machine lately, both getting stripped on the dribble and making poor, lazy passes
He has definitely cooled off lately and IMO it is directly related to cycling the starters out with various injuries. He is not showing really any signs of the stupid shit he used to do when he was having trouble, hitch in his shooting motion, etc., although yesterday he did seem like he was forcing and dribbling into blatant traffic a little.
It seems KP is the cog that makes this offense turn, everything just seems to run smoothly when he’s in there. Jrue has been invaluable defensively and doing the little point guard things in the trenches, but he is nowhere near the offensive threat that Porzingis or even DWhite are these days. Basically I think this is all just getting used to the new way the team is constructed, and also having to manage the extra defensive attention when one or more guys are out.
OP you missed the memo. +/- numbers are only relevant when it’s about Jaylen Brown sucking.
Get. The. Fucking. Surgery.