““I want kids to look up to me the way they look up to LeBron, Steph, and KD.”-Jayson Tatum

[DaRock]

No they do not nor does it look the same

Tell me what exactly is totally different that they do..
two 6-8" wings..shoot 3s, can handle the rock, can play from the elbow areas, both are good defenders(PG was actually great),
can rebound, play off the ball..

Now if you are saying PG game looks smoother like others have said, and I a agreed to a certain extent..

Now tell what you think is so different.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Now if you are saying PG game looks smoother like others have said, and I a agreed to a certain extent..

 

[DaRock]

So no thoughts about your first statement "no they don't play similar "..

 

[Born2BKing]

I think he's not as popular with the super casual/non fan people though, like say Ja Morant or LaMelo who might share fans with NBA youngboy and haven't watched an NBA game in the life

I never seen nobody wearing no Tatum jersey outside of during a Celtics game on tv. These numbers be confusing me.

 

[Born2BKing]

Tatum tries to be so perfect off the court and in the media. Damn bro you always gotta bring Duece around. We get it you're a great father.

A little imperfection would be OK but everything he says sounds so rehearsed

Yeah thats another thing. People tired of seeing that lil nikka Deuce everywhere, shyt done got corny. You got a job breh, you don't have to bring your kid to work everyday.

 

[HabitualChiller]

had literally the greatest Game 7 performance ever

 

[SchoolboyC]

Most points ever in a Game 7

 

[SchoolboyC]

Yeah thats another thing. People tired of seeing that lil nikka Deuce everywhere, shyt done got corny. You got a job breh, you don't have to bring your kid to work everyday.

The Celtics allow the players to bring their kids around. Al Horford's son be around the team all the time, in the locker room, sometimes even on the bench, y'all just don't care about Al

I'd much rather have a star who has his son all in the video than one who creating a bunch of broken homes

 

[Primetime]

Keep in mind, even before his legal problems, they were boo'ing Kobe for being a try-hard in all star games and opposing players stayed trying to punk/sucker punch him. He was still #1 in jersey sales 3 years in a row in the early '00s but was public enemy #1 in 2005 and it wasn't until 08/09'sh that he finally got universal admiration/adoration.

LeBron was public enemy #1 in 2011 and Skip Bayless made a career out of them allegations for the next decade. We also saw how the narrative of Curry evolved from a playoff underperformer who need KD to now KD needed him. Two things Kobe, LeBron, Curry all had in common despite all the criticisms: (1) they were viewed no worse than top 3 or better, esp in their MVP years. And (2) their broadcasted games were often tied to sizable viewership/rating spikes.

Granted, being face of the league doesn't mean the league is in a "good" place. Early 00s had Kobe, Iverson, TMac, Vince, KG, Shaq etc... yet the real-time perception of the league was shyt.

 

[GOAT]

My nikka

I have convos with elementary kids every fukkin day. Whenever we talk about basketball, none of them say Tatum is their favorite player, which is what the thread is about.

I don’t give a fukk about jersey sales. I’ve never seen a kid with a Tatum jersey..plenty of grown men, but no kids

You Boston homers need to relax

Tatum is elite. Top 5 player in the league & could win multiple titles & mvps. Kids just don’t gravitate towards him. Idk why it’s so hard to understand

My dude, do you scour the globe discussing ball with elementary kids regularly? You realize there are people that exist outside of your little community, right? Like, I'm supposed to dismiss actual data that shows he's one of the top sellers and most voted for all stars because of your interactions with a handful of kids in Atlanta?

Jeeesus.