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Originally Posted by GTO2.0
Randomly throwing Tatum out there once his team is a massive favorite to ship this year is just so LoL. Especially since he fails the FallGuy “needs too much help to win” test more than any other top 10 guy since the GSW run. Dude has had multiple AllStars and AllNBA guys basically his entire career.
I've been saying for a few pages now that the last 3 champions are low hold-time players, aka Curry, Jokic and now Tatum, which is the opposite of the perennially-losing ball-dominators like SGA, Luka, Lebron, Harden, Westbrook, etc... The champions and best teams are normally the low hold-time players like expert jumpshooters (Curry, MJ, Kobe, Bird), or fundamental bigs (Kareem, Duncan, Jokic).
The reason that I never mentioned Tatum earlier than the last few pages is because Tatum was never in the thread title and my narrative of "expert jumpshooters winning more frequently" didn't look like it could be supported by the Celtics while the Nuggets were still in the playoffs.
But with the Nuggets exposed as much weaker than last year's team, it's Tatum's time and sure enough, he's ANOTHER expert jumpshooter or low hold-time player, just like 3 of the previous 4 champions before him.
And I was surprised to see just how much Tatum's style looked like MJ regarding where each guy catches the ball and the types of shots/moves they use.... Otoh, other guys like SGA, Luka and Lebron - they play largely the same brand of "down-hill" basketball, which isn't 5-man basketball, so can't develop the great chemistry required for a great-performing cast, aka great team.. Again, notice how expert jumpshooters DEVELOPED great chemistry (Curry, MJ, Bird, Kobe, Tatum), but ball-dominators impose spot-up roles that can't develop great chemistry needed for great-performing casts, aka great teams.