avon barksdale
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I miss the game tonight but looking at the highlights that boy looks and shoot like kobe
Is Jayson Tatum the new Kobe in the league?
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murksiderock
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It'll remain to be seen. He's only in Y5 and there's a comp here that makes sense. Y5 Kobe was ascending as well and wasn't the polished player he'd become later...
He was certainly more athletic than Tatum and probably a more aggressive on-ball defender too, but I get the comps of Y5 Tatum to Y5 Kobe. I always said Tatum was Paul George, a Famer in his own right. He may be PG with a slightly higher ceiling, I don't know if that's quite Kobe but the comp isn't crazy...
He was certainly more athletic than Tatum and probably a more aggressive on-ball defender too, but I get the comps of Y5 Tatum to Y5 Kobe. I always said Tatum was Paul George, a Famer in his own right. He may be PG with a slightly higher ceiling, I don't know if that's quite Kobe but the comp isn't crazy...
No, Jayson Tatum is the first Jayson Tatum. There will only be ONE Kobe.
At JT's age, Kobe was Frobe, and I don't see that when I watch JT. He has a lot of room to grow and he's objectively taken a step forward (you can almost legitimately see the game slowing down for him) but I don't believe he's the heir to Kobe Bryant -- now or five years from now -- and that's cool, too. He has a few tricks from Kobe in his bag but he's going to be great in his own right. I think there will be another guard to come along in the MJ/Kobe vein, but I don't think he's here yet.
This.
He gotta keep his head up and stop hanging his head when things get tough. I don’t ever recall seeing Kobe with a defeated attitude, he got pissed-off and put the team on his back to win or die trying. Tatum doesn’t have that level of aggression on the court to be the next Kobe and that’s alright.
I blame Bradley Beal for that.
IllmaticDelta
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he doesn't play like kobe at all IMO; he's more T-mac in his style
stepbackj34spud
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Jayson Tatum plays nothing like Kobe
stepbackj34spud
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Jayson Tatum plays nothing like Kobe.
Jayson Tatum plays nothing like T-Mac either.
Jayson Tatum plays like Jayson Tatum. He has his own style.
Jayson Tatum plays nothing like T-Mac either.
Jayson Tatum plays like Jayson Tatum. He has his own style.
Y'all gotta stop treating past athletes like unassailable gods. Kobe's 2nd half of 2006 Game 7 against the Suns was probably the most famous example of "defeated athlete giving up on the series" in modern NBA history. Kobe was a very aggressive shooter but once you get past the hype he was still a human just like all the other players.
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He plays like Paul George should have developed into playing.
Peak Indianapolis Paul George with a better mental approach to the game. Somewhere along the way George went astray a bit...probably after that leg injury
Peak Indianapolis Paul George with a better mental approach to the game. Somewhere along the way George went astray a bit...probably after that leg injury
murksiderock
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^^^^bruh he isn't at Peak PG yet. PG at his peak was a legit MVP candidate with an every night scoring assault, this was all post-injury, Tatum isn't every night wrecking shyt yet...
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