hopefully he can get his shot back. he shot 37% from 3 in the regular season last year but in the playoffs it just completely dropped down
Layzman
He needs to get his shot back AND go up strong. Too many soft layup attempts are making his confidence low as those lauups either don’t go in or get swatted.
Full-Flight-5211
Good cuz his jump shot has been ass since May. Glad to see he noticed that too
kuggzzz
The anti Ben Simmons
RLS012
Holding out hope to get him back to his 2019-2021 mechanics
bananaboogieboard03
He really needs to get that wrist surgery but I’m hoping this will have positive impacts overall
Drawing_The_Line
**This** is the news story I’ve been waiting to hear. Between the Championship, the Olympics, the Asian tour and the new baby, I was legitimately worried that Tatum just wouldn’t have the *time* to address this rather *major* lingering issue. Obviously we have no idea if he’s successfully been able to tweak the shooting form, but the fact that he’s addressing it is a great sign. If he’s able to regain his once awesome shooting form, the sky is the limit for him.
TheOGJabroni
It was pretty obvious to me that something was wrong. I was just worried it was his wrist so this to me is more promising. Hopefully they can iron it out!
BradWonder
Waiting for Hanlen to get fired
Gingercreeper
i felt like him gaining all that muscle is what hurt his shot. hopefully he can get it back without losing his gains at the rim.
thatgreik
Speaking into existence the Celtics having a healthy postseason run with KP AND JT shooting at a normal clip
Valuable-Baked
Wait then who’s taking Decue to school? /s
BT_48
I feel like Tatum will always fluctuate a little with his jumper. He’s super long and has limbs going everywhere so there is more room for slight hitches to form. This plus him being a rhythm shooter, he can get in funks that look bad.
Early in his career he would slump and then he would meet with Hanlen for a few days and the shot was back. The past couple seasons have seemed way more uneven, I am hoping they can come up with a couple little tricks for Tatum to use when he has a tough stretch.
Regardless, I’m not super worried about the shot, we just remember very clearly the playoffs and Olympics, but ultimately his shot was fine most of the season. What really excites me is that we washed the league all playoffs with a broken jumper Tatum and almost no KP. Its cool other teams improved but I don’t think anything improvement is bigger than healthy KP and fixed jumper Tatum.
Run_PBJ
This isn’t the first time this has happened, and likely won’t be the last. And it isn’t only him, either. Every NBA player deals with shit like this. People don’t realize how dialed in shooting motions are, and with how frequently these guys take shots it’s easy to tweak the motion and develop bad habits, even though they are super noticeable to untrained eyes of people watching on TV. He will be fine
macadoo784
Celtics are going to be a force this year
FreeSeaSailor
Any one able to spot the yips in reference?
imustachelemeaning
I CAN NOT WAIT. NO FUNTIME INJURIES!
thatboyrahhh
This might be the best news of the offseason so far. Tatum acknowledging that his jumper has a hitch or something that was clearly wrong with it is good – and he has improved on his flaws every year in the league. I saw some stat that said since March through the playoffs/olympics, Tatum shot sub 30% from 3 on like 200+ attempts. If he can get his mid range and 3 back, MVP season might be loading.
Conscious-Chain-7477
Maybe he’s trying to stop dry humping the ball before his shots
Aromatic_Tower_405
Apparently no one in the lrague has noticed that every time JT/JB are heavily criticized they have always come back with the problem fixed. Please keep the criticisms coming. I have no doubt he’ll fix his shot. Can’t wait
Willis050
I give him a lot of credit for post championship working his ass off to correct his mechanics
693275001
Need Drew hanlen gone
Icebreaker335
Jumper won’t be back to 2021 levels unless Hanlen ditches telling him to dribble like Kyrie lol JT was the best one dribble scorer in basketball last year whenever he takes too many dribbles he fucks his shot up
TheOnionWatch
Hopefully this also means his wrist is fine, and it’s just poor mechanics.
iAmTheRealLange
If he gets his shot back with his newly added playmaking it’s a fucking wrap lol
Atlos
I’m more worried about his rim finishing. He had so many “barely missed” layups that he needs to fix.
totalmayo
Ramona knows the parade doesn’t actually go into the Charles, right?
Dumpling_Emperor
I’m here for REVENGE TATUM.
Haptiix
This is good to hear because his jumper had seemed broken since like April of this year
Barttttttt11
Jayson Tatum pull up 3 back on the table please god
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hopefully he can get his shot back. he shot 37% from 3 in the regular season last year but in the playoffs it just completely dropped down
He needs to get his shot back AND go up strong. Too many soft layup attempts are making his confidence low as those lauups either don’t go in or get swatted.
Good cuz his jump shot has been ass since May. Glad to see he noticed that too
The anti Ben Simmons
Holding out hope to get him back to his 2019-2021 mechanics
He really needs to get that wrist surgery but I’m hoping this will have positive impacts overall
**This** is the news story I’ve been waiting to hear. Between the Championship, the Olympics, the Asian tour and the new baby, I was legitimately worried that Tatum just wouldn’t have the *time* to address this rather *major* lingering issue. Obviously we have no idea if he’s successfully been able to tweak the shooting form, but the fact that he’s addressing it is a great sign. If he’s able to regain his once awesome shooting form, the sky is the limit for him.
It was pretty obvious to me that something was wrong. I was just worried it was his wrist so this to me is more promising. Hopefully they can iron it out!
Waiting for Hanlen to get fired
i felt like him gaining all that muscle is what hurt his shot. hopefully he can get it back without losing his gains at the rim.
Speaking into existence the Celtics having a healthy postseason run with KP AND JT shooting at a normal clip
Wait then who’s taking Decue to school? /s
I feel like Tatum will always fluctuate a little with his jumper. He’s super long and has limbs going everywhere so there is more room for slight hitches to form. This plus him being a rhythm shooter, he can get in funks that look bad.
Early in his career he would slump and then he would meet with Hanlen for a few days and the shot was back. The past couple seasons have seemed way more uneven, I am hoping they can come up with a couple little tricks for Tatum to use when he has a tough stretch.
Regardless, I’m not super worried about the shot, we just remember very clearly the playoffs and Olympics, but ultimately his shot was fine most of the season. What really excites me is that we washed the league all playoffs with a broken jumper Tatum and almost no KP. Its cool other teams improved but I don’t think anything improvement is bigger than healthy KP and fixed jumper Tatum.
This isn’t the first time this has happened, and likely won’t be the last. And it isn’t only him, either. Every NBA player deals with shit like this. People don’t realize how dialed in shooting motions are, and with how frequently these guys take shots it’s easy to tweak the motion and develop bad habits, even though they are super noticeable to untrained eyes of people watching on TV. He will be fine
Celtics are going to be a force this year
Any one able to spot the yips in reference?
I CAN NOT WAIT. NO FUNTIME INJURIES!
This might be the best news of the offseason so far. Tatum acknowledging that his jumper has a hitch or something that was clearly wrong with it is good – and he has improved on his flaws every year in the league. I saw some stat that said since March through the playoffs/olympics, Tatum shot sub 30% from 3 on like 200+ attempts. If he can get his mid range and 3 back, MVP season might be loading.
Maybe he’s trying to stop dry humping the ball before his shots
Apparently no one in the lrague has noticed that every time JT/JB are heavily criticized they have always come back with the problem fixed. Please keep the criticisms coming. I have no doubt he’ll fix his shot. Can’t wait
I give him a lot of credit for post championship working his ass off to correct his mechanics
Need Drew hanlen gone
Jumper won’t be back to 2021 levels unless Hanlen ditches telling him to dribble like Kyrie lol JT was the best one dribble scorer in basketball last year whenever he takes too many dribbles he fucks his shot up
Hopefully this also means his wrist is fine, and it’s just poor mechanics.
If he gets his shot back with his newly added playmaking it’s a fucking wrap lol
I’m more worried about his rim finishing. He had so many “barely missed” layups that he needs to fix.
Ramona knows the parade doesn’t actually go into the Charles, right?
I’m here for REVENGE TATUM.
This is good to hear because his jumper had seemed broken since like April of this year
Jayson Tatum pull up 3 back on the table please god
This is like when Tiger rebuilt his swing
Does anyone know how long Poz is out for?