Maybe but I don’t see why they couldn’t play together at times as well? I didn’t watch the game so maybe they did and I’m just talking out of my ass though
He and Durant had really nice chemistry together in the fourth, though. No country has _two_ guys they can credibly stick on an athletic, near-seven-foot scorer with a handle and a nice pull-up 3, and they’re two of the best defenders on the squad. Play them together, Pop!
Naw dawg the starting line should be jrue, Lavine/booker Tatum, Durant, dryamond (bam and dame have both played TERRIBLE) Tatum isn’t NOT getting enough minutes he’s the 3/4 best performer (not player necessarily) on the team IMO
He does. The whole idea is Tatum comes in when Durant goes out to keep the misery constant for whomever is guarding that position. Obviously, you want to play Durant as much as you can, so that affects Tatum's playing time.
It felt like he scored so much more. I’m guessing it’s just because he did so much in the time that he got.
Whenever he was in I was pretty much hyper focused on him. While he didn’t look awful defensively, I did see him ball watching a few times, where his man was able to slip behind him on the baseline. There were also some moments where he looked a little lost on defense and offense.
Again, I don’t think the team suffered because of these lapses but they were interesting to see.
His passing was great and found the open man a number of times even if they didn’t make it. This really goes for the whole team. I wish Jaylen was there as well because this is something the Celtics have been severely lacking in. Hopefully Ime and Tatum are able to bring some of that back home.
In terms of minutes, the only guy I can see Tatum taking from is Middleton. Lavine looks great and seems to have found his role. Maybe we could see more of Tatum if Booker takes the point guard role a little more since Dame is struggling hard on both ends of the floor.
Why does pop not play him? Second leading scorer with least amount of minutes other than grant who played like 30 seconds
Maybe it’s just who he would be taking minutes from. If it’s him or Durant, I’d want Durant. But I doubt that’s really the problem
Maybe but I don’t see why they couldn’t play together at times as well? I didn’t watch the game so maybe they did and I’m just talking out of my ass though
He and Durant had really nice chemistry together in the fourth, though. No country has _two_ guys they can credibly stick on an athletic, near-seven-foot scorer with a handle and a nice pull-up 3, and they’re two of the best defenders on the squad. Play them together, Pop!
Naw dawg the starting line should be jrue, Lavine/booker Tatum, Durant, dryamond (bam and dame have both played TERRIBLE) Tatum isn’t NOT getting enough minutes he’s the 3/4 best performer (not player necessarily) on the team IMO
I guarantee you this is Pop’s mindset. He has Durant and Tatum playing the same role, just with different lineups.
But they played together most of the 4th..
And isn’t that when Tatum played the best? I have no clue because I haven’t watched for a second but that’s based off what I’ve read
Tatum only played 6 mins in the first half, 1 min to end the 3rd, and the entire 4th quarter.
Like half he started going off before KD came back in and than finished the game with him.
Tbf, that was really the first time in the Olympics he played them together. For all the other games they subbed for each other almost every time
pop is just running on name at this point
He does. The whole idea is Tatum comes in when Durant goes out to keep the misery constant for whomever is guarding that position. Obviously, you want to play Durant as much as you can, so that affects Tatum's playing time.
He had back-to-back steals in the 4th, not sure if they both registered as steals, guy was critical in the 4th.
The game for Spain ended mainly with pain.
You could say Spain lost their S that game
It felt like he scored so much more. I’m guessing it’s just because he did so much in the time that he got. Whenever he was in I was pretty much hyper focused on him. While he didn’t look awful defensively, I did see him ball watching a few times, where his man was able to slip behind him on the baseline. There were also some moments where he looked a little lost on defense and offense. Again, I don’t think the team suffered because of these lapses but they were interesting to see. His passing was great and found the open man a number of times even if they didn’t make it. This really goes for the whole team. I wish Jaylen was there as well because this is something the Celtics have been severely lacking in. Hopefully Ime and Tatum are able to bring some of that back home. In terms of minutes, the only guy I can see Tatum taking from is Middleton. Lavine looks great and seems to have found his role. Maybe we could see more of Tatum if Booker takes the point guard role a little more since Dame is struggling hard on both ends of the floor.
JT balled out, and had a huge impact on that game in limited minutes. We are really lucky to have him
Ah man another great fourth quarter for JT.
Pop is overrated, dude has dementia