Colin Cowherd doubts Jayson Tatum will lead Celtics to a championship | Hoops Tonight
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So you guys don’t miss any of our content over the course of this season all right let’s talk some basketball I talked about this on the her today if you look at the history of the NBA teams have been very even those Utah Chicago series very even what was the difference
Michael hitting key shots Spurs dynasty was large ly Duncan kiding hitting key shots sha and Kobe beat the Blazers in game seven on a series of great shots late Lakers I would argue were outplayed for much of that series trailed in several games so if you look at the
History of the NBA the best player wins it’s not always the best bench Denver’s bench is average um it’s not always the best support system Michael Porter in the finals he’s been such a hit-and Miss up and down player yokas just makes big baskets late and so I don’t think the
Lakers are worse than Denver and Boston for any other reason then the best player on the floor so Boston I still I’m going to transition to them in a second I still have my misgivings about Boston uh because I don’t love their best player as much as I love Denver’s
Or the Lakers or Milwaukee but I I tend to think the Lakers are the third best team because joic is the world’s best player and I do think that a Celtic starting five is really really good and usually good at home so let’s pivot to the east Coast we’ll come back West
Because I I’m starting to fall in love with the Clippers and that sentence I’ve never uttered in my life but I want to I want to go first let’s go to Boston so listen I know their starting five is great I don’t love Missoula I think he’s
A little over his skis at times in big games against a bolstra uh in big games against Malone uh I wouldn’t trust him in a big series I think he gives away a game in a series they don’t have a bench I do really like their starting five I
Think porzingis is a just a unique body that’s it’s he’s just hard to match up with he forces you to pay attention to their fourth best player and he’s a weird body type but I see this is that we’re trying to convince ourselves to what Tatum is I know
Exactly what porzingis is not a great leader not always healthy but a very effective score and a unique body type Drew holiday Elite score B level score Elite Defender B Lev score Jaylen Brown great athlete better every year little bit of a star ceiling but an excellent
Player with Tatum it’s different I think people think you know listen next year he’s Kobe and this year he and I’m like no he’s never going to be that that’s not his personality he is an a player a top eight guy in the league but he
Doesn’t have a little bit of that um kind of get me the ball I’m going to be selfish for six minutes it’s not in him it’s why he’s a terrific team player but I think we keep waiting for the next level of Tatum and I’m like he’s a
Two-way player excellent love him team guy but this is what he is there will be game sixes and sevens when he’s on the floor with a LeBron or Steph and you’re like he’s the second best player on the floor He’s Just Not That player is that
An an unfair appraisal of Jason Tatum in the Celtics it’s so funny because you can’t talk about this with Celtics fans because they’re so that this their record is incredible they have all these boxes that they’re checking and it’s like this looks like the best team in
The league except for Guess Who their last four losses were against the Lakers the Clippers the Bucks and the nuggets and and specifically those four games their offense faltered in every single one of those games and the bizarre the bizarre thing with this Celtics team is they have attached their fate to
Variant they attempt the most three-point shots in the league when they’re going in they look awesome when they’re missing their offense completely stutters and they can be beat by anybody basically and even Jason Tatum himself and like you know this is the most disappointing thing to me he came into
This uh this season he put on more muscle he’s one of the most physically impressive forwards that we have in the league and he comes into the season he’s posting up more than ever and then somewhere after like 20 games or so he stopped posting up as much and he went
All in on this stupid pull-up jump shot which is now become a half of his shot diet this is a crazy stat for youon there are nine players in the NBA that have attempted at least 400 pull-up jump shots this year okay Trey young a small guard Shay gilders Alexander a finesse
Guard Jaylen Brunson a smaller power guard Steph Curry a smaller guard Devin Booker a a decent size two guard but who’s not a great athlete Donovan Mitchell good athlete but he’s small Luca donic a a forward who is more ground bound and doesn’t have Elite athleticism and then Anthony Edwards and
Jason Tatum so all these other guys they do it because they have to that’s how they’re in the NBA and not to mention all of those guys Trey SGA Jaylen Steph Devon Booker Donovan Mitchell Luka donic they’re all great at that shot they get more than a point per pull-up jump shot
That they take the problem is is Jason Tatum and by the way Anthony Edward has to be lumped in here because he’s the same type of guy disgustingly good athlete just a ridiculous athlete who bails the defense out by taking these long pull-up jump shots and Jason Tatum
About a half of his shot diet is a shot that is worth less than a point which is his pull-up jumper for years now he’s never been able to make it at a high enough clip yet he is attaching his Destiny to it and it’s discouraging because again he is
69 Ripped Freak athlete can bully people to the basket do all of this stuff and he’s bailing the defense out more often than not and like you know it’s so funny it used to be like a Tatum’s young he’s figuring it out Tatum’s young he’s
Figuring out he’s he’s going to be 26 in this playoff run this is usually the time when players figure it out now I don’t want to bail on him because I’ve seen enough like they in game you know five and six against the Heat he kind of
Looked like he started to figure some stuff out before he got hurt in game seven it’s not over for him by any stretch of the imagination but it’s just discouraging for a player this deep into his career with the athletic tools that he has to basically cut everyone a Break
By taking such high difficulty shots that he can’t make at a high enough clip to really punish defenses and between that and then as a team them leaning so heavily on three-point variants they’ve made themselves beatable in a way that a team that talented really should not be
Beatable okay so I want to go back West the Clippers who I saw dismantle the Celtics in Boston from the opening tip so a couple of nights ago I’m out and Lawrence Frank is sitting next to me and we just chop it up for an hour and I
Said man was I wrong on that deal I said I hated it I’m like oh y y what are you gonna do with Westbrook he went to the bench where he’s playing about 23 minutes a night and doing really good things in that 23 minutes last night he
Had a couple of beautiful passes against the Hawks um uh Kawai and Pao was tremendous two-way wings uh they’ve got size plumbley you know they’ve got some size but I said I I said you’re a beautiful team to watch the the ball movement they don’t have a single player
In the top 35 in ball usage and you can see it I think are the most beautiful basketball right now in the league to watch Jason the Clippers ball movement they get a great shot three out of four times down the floor they get beautiful shots they have surging offense with
With with uh like a coffee and a Westbrook off the bench size experienced Wings veteran point guard experienced head coach and I’m sitting there watching them I know it’s the Hawks and I and I know the Celtics probably no I’ll just give I’ll give them the win
Over the Celtics that’s a cred credible win and I’m watching those two games and I’m like this offense you can score your way to a title there’s there’s no Tim Duncan in this league now like you can score your way to a title joic is not a great defender Milwaukee’s not a great
Defensive team I think we have to take the Clippers seriously I think they’re a machine offensively Westbrook deserves credit and Harden Lawrence Frank said right now in his career all about winning most coachable guy so you’re Takeaway on what you’re watching with him I think with James Harden
We overestimated I think going into that deal how much like his playoff shortcomings really play a role in the regular season which is they don’t like James Harden is still even last year in Philly one of the best regular season offensive engines that you can have in
The league that specifically is of Great Value next to Paul George and Kawhi Leonard because they are both very much tip of the spear type of scores if you can get them into Advantage situations they can kill people Paul George has been playing with like a Defender
Closing out at him most of the season this year and he’s so damn good when you give him that type of Advantage right and just in general their overall floor organization with James Harden has just made offense so much easier for them which was interesting because early on they struggled offensively with James
Harden that took a little bit of time for them to figure out now the offense is clicking in addition to the defense and now they’re beating everybody the other part of it too is when when when we really look at uh the Clippers as a regular season team they’ve been more on
Like the Lakers side in years past where they’re kind of just getting through the regular season and one of the things that NBA history has told us is Denver Nuggets one seed Warriors before Steph Curry sprained his foot right there with the Suns at the top of the West the
Bucks one seed the Lakers one seed the Raptors a two seed like the team that is a veteran team that has talent that attacks the regular season with like a real ferocity usually wins the title and so the Clippers I think just from the top down have approached the season with a
Lot more urgency this year and I think that that’s a big step in the right direction for them now I want to be clear there’s some question marks around in this team they’re 23rd in defensive rebounding that’s usually a a big red flag for the playoffs they also attempt
26 pull-up jump shots per game which is the second most in the league and right now they’re making them at a really high rate but we’ve seen what happens when I mean when they lost to Denver and the bubble that’s what happened their pull-up jump shots went cold and they
Didn’t really have another punch at that point but to be clear all these teams have holes Boston has offensive issues Milwaukee has defensive issues so it’s not like the Clippers issues are you know the only team in the league that has that type of red flag but I the way
I look at it it’s it’s one last thing on the James Harden front that I think we didn’t properly account for in Philly he was getting the best perimeter Defender every night tyres Maxi was viewed is the secondary option they’re throwing the forwards at Joel embiid he’s getting the
Best guy on the other team at guarding a perimeter initiator who you throwing your best guy at for a perimeter weapon with the Clippers you’re probably throwing it at kawhai who you throwing your second best guy at uh you’re probably throwing it at Paul George James Harden is getting quality matchups
Every single night I think just in general there’s lower pressure on him in this postseason there’s if you actually look back last season they were below 5 100 in the regular season and in the playoffs when James Harden shot below 40% they did not have that margin for
Error in Philly for James to have a bad night with the Clippers this year they’re well above 500 when James Harden shoots below 40% there’s margin for error James can go off the reservation and they just keep trucking right along and so I think I think they just kind of
Increased their margin for error they improved their regular season offensive organization but once again it will come down to kawhai and Paul George knocking down pull-up jump shots when they get into the postseason A
Jason Timpf is joined by Colin Cowherd to discuss whether they believe in Jayson Tatum’s ability to take the Boston Celtics to the NBA Finals alongside Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, and Jrue Holiday. Does Tatum’s shot selection make the Celtics more vulnerable to a playoff upset than they should be?
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38 Comments
Yall love to bash Tatum man like what’s the point of even talking about the Celtics? Yall are terrible
So Brunson can but Tatum can’t? Lol yalll are funny
Has collin cowherd ever watched basketball?
This video from Colin is actually a gift for the Celtics. Jayson Tatum should watch this video before every fucking playoff game and prove Colin wrong. There is no better motivation than these statements from Colin for Jayson Tatum.
Saying the best player on the best team in the league can’t win a championship is some next level fuckery.
It's wild to me that almost every Celtics video from this channel is slanted negative, not all. But most. A lot of times im excited for the Celtics video I expect us coming and then it's usually this kind of video. Even if they win the game
Tatum is 26. Players that won their first championship at 27. Lebron, Jordan, Curry, Shaq, Isiah Thomas. Also Collin, if you think Tatum can't be ball dominant you have never watched the Celtics.
Are Tatums 3s a product of Mazzula ball
Jayson Tatum has had few great playoff moments don’t let a fool like Colin fool you
These two guys do not really see a lot of Celtics, the last 7 to 8 minutes of the game, the majority of the time, Tatum has the ball in his hand and is shooting most of the times. The issue is that when he is hot, the team tends to win, but when he is cold, which happens often, the team loses. The less of Tatum, the better chance of the Celtics winning because the players around him are very good themselves.
This is all coming from a guy who said he rather have SGA, who's unproven in the playoffs LITEREALLY, in a game 7 close game scenerio. Mind you Tatum holds the record for most points in a game 7. Has a record of 5-2 in game 7's and is one of the BEST elimination game players in this league. Tatum has a lot to learn still but this agenda yall have with him is insane.
Colin Cowherd doesn't watch basketball
Tatum isn’t actually that great an athlete, sure he’s 6’8 and solid but as far as explosiveness is concerned he’s mad average, comparing him to ant man like they’re the same is blasphemous
Tatum has dropped 50 in a game 7 and 47 against sixers and bucks in elimination games and was leading them even when they weren’t a loaded roster to ecf’s. He hasn’t proven he’s the best of the best yet but he’s only 25, most of the greats don’t win until after that age and writing him off like this is extremely premature.
The Tatum hate sheesh
Tell me you hate the Celtics without actually telling me you hate the Celtics
Why do you only bring up their losses to these teams and not their wins against those exact same teams
exactly while I’ll never watch more than 30 seconds of this and that is to make this comment. These idiots don’t know anything about ball
Tatum is the only player in the league that gets bashed like this. Was a sprained ankle away from going back to the finals last year and the year before that he lost to a dynasty when he was TWENTY FOUR. All your other favorite players would kill for his success so far, or I guess failure in these guys’ eyes.
Bruh hop off tatum meat omg thats all yall talk about a 25 yr old superstar lol get a grip .
Tatum hate is crazy
Giannis and jokic used to be chokers and frauds until they won. The moment they won: “I trust them, they’re the best in the world”
Colin talks out both sides of his mouth like crazy
Tatum does shrink when the lights are the brightest.
I think Colin makes a good point on that Tatum doesn’t become selfish but he does in the playoffs. He signal handedly beat the 76ers in game 7 when he got selfish. And Colin needs to think before he calls bron better than Tatum
I wanna know if Colin does this on purpose then smiles at he’s terrible takes down the road. Cos there’s too many think he enjoys it
Celtics beat all of those teams earlier in the year. You guys making way to much of one mid stretch. The lakers???? Give me a break 😂. Mazulla ball has to prove it can break the mold and Tatum has to prove he can be that guy with this playstyle. Im excited to see them prove EVERYONE wrong
Tatum has to win soon man because this slander must stop, feels like Jokic before he won just weird slander.
Colin clearly has an agenda towards Tatum. How about all the other young superstars that haven’t even lead their team past the Conference Finals?
C’s in 4
Great channel but the Lakers bias is so heavy.
The Celtics also beat all 4 of those teams this year. You are leaving out important information. Teams win games not players.
Colin doesn't watch the NBA closely
Not all 3pt shots are created equal. Corner3s, C&S and Wide open 3s are very valuable shots
Do we think Tatum can turn on the drives in the playoff run?? Potentially avoiding injury in the regular season with current shot selection?
These guys watch tenis 😂😂😢 Tatum has more Playoffs wins than any 26 year old currently 😂😂🤣even some teams. This guy is a joke
How do you dump on the Celtics for losing 4 games 3 good teams and your favorite lakers??? The lakers are a .500 team yet you speak of them as contenders?? And don’t talk about stupid pull up jumpers when you gargle lebron James’s nuts every second you possibly can
I'm A Celtics fan through and through. I worked at the Burger King across from the old Garden growing up. And I whole-heartedly agree with everything said. I have been saying this about him his whole career, Mazulla's pension for 3's and in-ability to make in-game adjustments. Celtics can't afford to NOT win chip this year.
Yeah we get it Celtics suck. Continue talking about the Lakers