Post by cf0022 on Jan 7, 2022 2:53:39 GMT -5
The only thing they can do is just play better basketball. Tatum needs to become a better all around player on the offensive and defensive end etc, etc. Will he? Are the celtics even trying to make him that? Who knows right now. There is nothing racist about that. The way the world is going people are becoming so closed off on certain things in general they are abusive in their own right these days. I see it all the time. They spend more time on social media than becoming better players. Over time they might through a balance of the two. But a lot of these players have not learned certain aspects of their games.
Tatum at times this game looked like a legitament susperstar on both ends but his weakness was amplified at the end. Will he improve? I don't know. Will he take charges making millions of dollars? I don't know. Can they design something else to stop that kind of shot? Maybe. There were two guys there though. It wasn't just tatum. The other player was late getting over and Barrett shot it before the other player could get there. The easiest way for Tatum to stop that kind of shot is to just take a charge but the way the nba is now I kind of doubt that will change. Smart will do that and is paid to do those things. Tatum is not. They were basically relying on Tatum's length and the other player to get over there in time and swat it. I'm not sure who the other player was. I think it was Richardson and he was shorter than Tatum. I don't think it was Horford. It may have been.
Edit:I just watched it it was Horford and Robert Williams in the area guarding closest to the inbound and they basically just stood there and didn't help on the shooter with a second left at all. Had one of them helped they could have swatted it. The celtics were set up correctly where they had SMart on Fournier and Tatum, Horford and Williams were all up high guarding the inbounds in the area to swat the shot. The issue is Horford and Williams did not move to help Tatum whatsoever.
They also gave up a big lead but again that's them doing the same crap again and again. This team is streaky and gets behind and gets up big and can make runs to get back in it and blow leads for the same reasons. They just don't have that in them to put teams away. I get people will say this team wants to win but their actions say otherwise. They may in their hearts but standing around isn't going to get it done.
Tatum at times this game looked like a legitament susperstar on both ends but his weakness was amplified at the end. Will he improve? I don't know. Will he take charges making millions of dollars? I don't know. Can they design something else to stop that kind of shot? Maybe. There were two guys there though. It wasn't just tatum. The other player was late getting over and Barrett shot it before the other player could get there. The easiest way for Tatum to stop that kind of shot is to just take a charge but the way the nba is now I kind of doubt that will change. Smart will do that and is paid to do those things. Tatum is not. They were basically relying on Tatum's length and the other player to get over there in time and swat it. I'm not sure who the other player was. I think it was Richardson and he was shorter than Tatum. I don't think it was Horford. It may have been.
Edit:I just watched it it was Horford and Robert Williams in the area guarding closest to the inbound and they basically just stood there and didn't help on the shooter with a second left at all. Had one of them helped they could have swatted it. The celtics were set up correctly where they had SMart on Fournier and Tatum, Horford and Williams were all up high guarding the inbounds in the area to swat the shot. The issue is Horford and Williams did not move to help Tatum whatsoever.
They also gave up a big lead but again that's them doing the same crap again and again. This team is streaky and gets behind and gets up big and can make runs to get back in it and blow leads for the same reasons. They just don't have that in them to put teams away. I get people will say this team wants to win but their actions say otherwise. They may in their hearts but standing around isn't going to get it done.