Is Jayson Tatum the new Kobe in the league?

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he not even paul pierce

During 2004 First Round against Indiana, Pierce went 4-17 with 4 turnovers and posted a 9-7-4 line.

During 2005 First Round against Indiana, Pierce went 2-11 with 2 turnovers and posted a 12-9-5 line.

During 2008 ECSF against Cleveland, Pierce went 2-14 with 6 turnovers to post a 4-5-4 line....and later in the series went 6-17 to post a 13-5-3 line and 3-8 with 5 turnovers to post a 14-5-2 line.

During 2008 Finals against LA, Pierce went 2-14 with 3 turnovers and posted a 6-6-3 line.

And god forbid we mention the 2010 ECSF against Cleveland cause that was late in his prime....but he put up 5-17 for 13 points, 4-10 for 14 points, 4-15 for 11 points, and 3-8 for 9 points in consecutive games before finishing the series off with a 4-13 for 13 points game.


Claiming Tatum ain't on Pierce's level cause of one bad game is disrespectful, Pierce had plenty games like that.
 

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During 2004 First Round against Indiana, Pierce went 4-17 with 4 turnovers and posted a 9-7-4 line.

During 2005 First Round against Indiana, Pierce went 2-11 with 2 turnovers and posted a 12-9-5 line.

During 2008 ECSF against Cleveland, Pierce went 2-14 with 6 turnovers to post a 4-5-4 line....and later in the series went 6-17 to post a 13-5-3 line and 3-8 with 5 turnovers to post a 14-5-2 line.

During 2008 Finals against LA, Pierce went 2-14 with 3 turnovers and posted a 6-6-3 line.

And god forbid we mention the 2010 ECSF against Cleveland cause that was late in his prime....but he put up 5-17 for 13 points, 4-10 for 14 points, 4-15 for 11 points, and 3-8 for 9 points in consecutive games before finishing the series off with a 4-13 for 13 points game.


Claiming Tatum ain't on Pierce's level cause of one bad game is disrespectful, Pierce had plenty games like that.

You can nitpick games like this with any all star wing thats not Lebron, KD or Jordan.

Paul Pierce played on shytty teams with shytty teammates pre big 3.You can take Tatum off the current Celtics and it would still be the best Celtics team pre big 3 going back to the 80s. Unfair comparison.

Celtics wouldve had a squad around Pierce when he was 27/28/29 he wouldve showed out in the playoffs

And no I dont Tatum is better than Pierce at his best(yet).
 
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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.

1998 WCF Game 4
1999 WCSF Game 4
2003 WCSF Game 6
2004 Finals Game 5
entre 2005 season
2006 First Round Game 7
2008 Finals Game 6
2011 WCSF Game 4
The Kobe hate is very very strong within you. You need to stop letting your personal bias cause you to use you fairly intelligent brain to type of essays with cherry-picked stats and clear slant to make a point. Why the fukk would you mention any game where Kobe was a teenager to start? And then you use an injury riddled 2005? Like what was in your head when you typed this shyt? How does that have anything to do with a playoff game that was in reach with another star on your team? Bron has 40 points. If Tatum is just average they win. None of the games you posted represent any of that. Most see you as a Bron stan so they just ignored it but I got 2 minutes this morning. The myth of quitting in 2006 in a blowout as the lone star versus a deep ass Boston team? Did this nikka say 2008 finals game 6, congratulations on being the first person on history to point that out. I don’t even want to read your reply, the fact that a bunch of Bron stand and Kobe haters backed you is proof enough. You could’ve made a much better argument and you chose the hater route. I could’ve given you better Kobe examples than this nonsense that you wrote. The knock on Tatum is that sometimes he seems out of it, everyone has bad games, it’s different than looking like you’re high out there and disengaged.
 
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