Feel like he was already in a slump going into this and the lack of playtime and touches even when he does play has messed with his head. He just needs a reset before the season starts and he should be good to go
25DegreeD
As long Tatum forces defenses to commit 2 to the ball, the team can survive. Celtics won comfortably with him shooting like garbage in the Finals because the rest of the team makes up for the points he leaves on the floor.
ThisIsBull1996
That’s like 8 minutes of game time for Anthony Edwards. Unless it also comes out that he shot bad during practice, I’m not worried one bit
Amarxe
At this point Tatum might affect the spacing of our offense. He needs to figure it out
Brad-Stevens
counting exhibition stats is wild lol
as Brad Stevens said .. “There are a lot of things in this job that I lose sleep over — what someone thinks about Jayson Tatum or Jayson Tatum playing well is not one,”
gagakaba
Gotta fix that form tbh. His rookie year form is way smoother than what it is now
coacoanutbenjamn
They didn’t win before the jumper broke, they won despite it breaking
If we are being honest Tatum hasn’t looked like an elite scorer since April started. He’s developed his defense and playmaking so much that he’s still awesome, but he has to figure out the jumpshot
TechnicalSample4678
That’s why I didn’t understand why everyone got up in arms. Sure Kerr has his flaws but Tatums jumper seems to be broken at the moment. If anything I think Kerr might of saved him from some bad games.
Rawlus
not concerning.
porkchopxpres
It’s not dooming to be concerned about his shooting. It seems mental
derekwkim
He’s just Giannis now? I’ll take it lol
PornCommentsAreWeird
Tatum gets bigger physically each year and shoots worse. I assume they are related. As long as he keeps taking it to the cup I’m not concerned.
PageNotFound404Error
It’s the bulk. Earlier in his career, he would lose the muscle as the season went on and he would shoot better.
ahsasahsasahsas
Oh my god, get Tatum to a beach. Get him to his own bed. Feed him his mom’s tacos. For the love of god, take the attention off of him completely from now-October.
ByteVoyager
Early season Tatum is bad, pre early season Tatum is dreadful
GooseMay0
But Drew Hanlen can fix this right? Right?! Tatum isn’t essentially lighting on fire money to feed a snake oil salesmen right?
bootyholebrown69
He’ll be fine lol
mercury4l
Perfect storm of never getting his wrist addressed, getting addicted to the weight room, and becoming involved with Drew Hanlen.
Hopefully one of those things changes prior to the playoffs next year
ShaolinSwervinMonk
That’s embarrassing and really the reason why he didn’t play much. If he was hitting his shots I’m sure he’d have played more.
bird1434
His jump shot has been somewhat bad for a few months but he has the whole regular season to find it again so I’m not worried yet. We walk to a top 3 seed even on a JT down year.
baccunawa
maybe a hot take but i think i’d rather take this version of tatum coming into the season i wanna see some bully ball big deuce!
Esteban-duPlantier
Fuck Drew Hanlen for getting him to adjust his form. His shot was fucking fine and these jackass shooting coaches fail to realize that sometimes the way someone shoots is too far ingrained in their mechanics.
massdebator69
Embiid needs to just shoot 1000 shots per day and get chik fil a with Deuce in his free time. Just relax and work on the shot till October. He will be fine
ThePotato9876
Can he get the wrist surgery? What’s the return timeline on something like that?
ThatUglyGuy12
This is literally why he’s not playing. Why Celtics fans are butthurt about this is wild.
healthy_obsession_
16 shots lol. Reminds me of neurotic celtics fans after game 2 vs miami this year.
GhostOfJiriWelsch
Dude needs a long rest—it’s been basketball nearly constantly going back to the bubble/COVID year, Olympics/FIBA, long playoff runs, etc.
rveets1416
People just want to continue to downplay Tatum ever since he won a chip. 16 missed shots is like a single game sample size. It means nothing and says nothing about his ability smh .
DJRyGuy20
Please show this to all the Stans in this sub who won’t stop crying about Tatum’s minutes. These whiney babies are making us all look like a bunch of entitled bitches.
pwilkens
It’s gotta be the wrist right?
BittenAtTheChomp
everybody arguing about Tatum not getting playing time get in this fucking thread LOL
Full-Flight-5211
If Tatum chucked up jumpers like Edwards, he would have definitely made some. That being said, the percentage still would have been ugly. He needs to work on that for sure
walukomb
God I hate Jason Timpf, typical miserable laker fan
faheydj1
He just needs a break and then some low pressure early season games where he can work it out. He’s basically been playing super high pressure games for the last 3 months. He just needs some of those Monday night league pass games in Charlotte where he can shoot as much as he wants and it doesn’t matter if he goes 1-15. I’m calling it right now, he will start the first 2-3 weeks of the season shooting 30-35% from three and at some point by Thanksgiving he will be back to shooting just fine.
trashmoddss
Is this all that Jason Timpf dude talks about concerning Tatum? Like literally that’s all he talks about it’s so annoying. His boyfriend Ant catches zero slander from him but he’s stay talking about what Tatum is doing.
PumpPie73
BFD
Dondon1927
People in here been concerned about Tatum’s jumpshot for years now and you all just downvoted. Its like he becomes worse at it every season. He needs to seek a different trainer or just stop shooting so many jumpshots
mycenae42
bUt stEVe KeRr
Hopefulmisery
I guess we’ll see. His jump shot has faltered since he put on muscle over the previous off season. Have we seen a player climb the mountain top and then decline abruptly in just a year?
cmcg18
Been saying since 2022 he’s putting on too much muscle. That combined with the consistent wrist issues he’s had for years is going to be a major problem if he doesn’t do anything about it
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It’s been concerning since April.
Feel like he was already in a slump going into this and the lack of playtime and touches even when he does play has messed with his head. He just needs a reset before the season starts and he should be good to go
As long Tatum forces defenses to commit 2 to the ball, the team can survive. Celtics won comfortably with him shooting like garbage in the Finals because the rest of the team makes up for the points he leaves on the floor.
That’s like 8 minutes of game time for Anthony Edwards. Unless it also comes out that he shot bad during practice, I’m not worried one bit
At this point Tatum might affect the spacing of our offense. He needs to figure it out
counting exhibition stats is wild lol
as Brad Stevens said .. “There are a lot of things in this job that I lose sleep over — what someone thinks about Jayson Tatum or Jayson Tatum playing well is not one,”
Gotta fix that form tbh. His rookie year form is way smoother than what it is now
They didn’t win before the jumper broke, they won despite it breaking
If we are being honest Tatum hasn’t looked like an elite scorer since April started. He’s developed his defense and playmaking so much that he’s still awesome, but he has to figure out the jumpshot
That’s why I didn’t understand why everyone got up in arms. Sure Kerr has his flaws but Tatums jumper seems to be broken at the moment. If anything I think Kerr might of saved him from some bad games.
not concerning.
It’s not dooming to be concerned about his shooting. It seems mental
He’s just Giannis now? I’ll take it lol
Tatum gets bigger physically each year and shoots worse. I assume they are related. As long as he keeps taking it to the cup I’m not concerned.
It’s the bulk. Earlier in his career, he would lose the muscle as the season went on and he would shoot better.
Oh my god, get Tatum to a beach. Get him to his own bed. Feed him his mom’s tacos. For the love of god, take the attention off of him completely from now-October.
Early season Tatum is bad, pre early season Tatum is dreadful
But Drew Hanlen can fix this right? Right?! Tatum isn’t essentially lighting on fire money to feed a snake oil salesmen right?
He’ll be fine lol
Perfect storm of never getting his wrist addressed, getting addicted to the weight room, and becoming involved with Drew Hanlen.
Hopefully one of those things changes prior to the playoffs next year
That’s embarrassing and really the reason why he didn’t play much. If he was hitting his shots I’m sure he’d have played more.
His jump shot has been somewhat bad for a few months but he has the whole regular season to find it again so I’m not worried yet. We walk to a top 3 seed even on a JT down year.
maybe a hot take but i think i’d rather take this version of tatum coming into the season i wanna see some bully ball big deuce!
Fuck Drew Hanlen for getting him to adjust his form. His shot was fucking fine and these jackass shooting coaches fail to realize that sometimes the way someone shoots is too far ingrained in their mechanics.
Embiid needs to just shoot 1000 shots per day and get chik fil a with Deuce in his free time. Just relax and work on the shot till October. He will be fine
Can he get the wrist surgery? What’s the return timeline on something like that?
This is literally why he’s not playing. Why Celtics fans are butthurt about this is wild.
16 shots lol. Reminds me of neurotic celtics fans after game 2 vs miami this year.
Dude needs a long rest—it’s been basketball nearly constantly going back to the bubble/COVID year, Olympics/FIBA, long playoff runs, etc.
People just want to continue to downplay Tatum ever since he won a chip. 16 missed shots is like a single game sample size. It means nothing and says nothing about his ability smh .
Please show this to all the Stans in this sub who won’t stop crying about Tatum’s minutes. These whiney babies are making us all look like a bunch of entitled bitches.
It’s gotta be the wrist right?
everybody arguing about Tatum not getting playing time get in this fucking thread LOL
If Tatum chucked up jumpers like Edwards, he would have definitely made some. That being said, the percentage still would have been ugly. He needs to work on that for sure
God I hate Jason Timpf, typical miserable laker fan
He just needs a break and then some low pressure early season games where he can work it out. He’s basically been playing super high pressure games for the last 3 months. He just needs some of those Monday night league pass games in Charlotte where he can shoot as much as he wants and it doesn’t matter if he goes 1-15. I’m calling it right now, he will start the first 2-3 weeks of the season shooting 30-35% from three and at some point by Thanksgiving he will be back to shooting just fine.
Is this all that Jason Timpf dude talks about concerning Tatum? Like literally that’s all he talks about it’s so annoying. His boyfriend Ant catches zero slander from him but he’s stay talking about what Tatum is doing.
BFD
People in here been concerned about Tatum’s jumpshot for years now and you all just downvoted. Its like he becomes worse at it every season. He needs to seek a different trainer or just stop shooting so many jumpshots
bUt stEVe KeRr
I guess we’ll see. His jump shot has faltered since he put on muscle over the previous off season. Have we seen a player climb the mountain top and then decline abruptly in just a year?
Been saying since 2022 he’s putting on too much muscle. That combined with the consistent wrist issues he’s had for years is going to be a major problem if he doesn’t do anything about it