Pierce was actually pretty subpar during the 2010 Finals. I remember him having a few bad games in that series.
The thing is we haven't even seen Tatum peak yet, he's only 26, still has room for improvement. But already has the equal amount of All-NBA team selections Pierce has. There is no doubt Tatum likely surpasses Pierce once his career is...
Good post. Peak Ray was putting up space and pace numbers in the grind out, ugly, lower efficiency early 2000’s playoff runs.
Peak Ray would put a knife in an elite defenses heart in a way Tatum has never done.
Ray was better than Kobe on offense through 2005 ish. Pierce was better than Kobe on defense in basically his entire career.
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Bird is certainly better at midrange and free throws but he really wasn't that impressive at 3s. Sure that's because of when he played but I don't like giving guys skills they didn't have in a comparison of skills. He shot 3s at a very low volume and was only good at them for part of his career (and generally poor in the playoffs, even on low...
I love how we're just allowing spam now: http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?517893-Celtics-pass-Lakers-all-time-in-titles-on-Lebron-s-watch. Truly a failing board. Great job, Jeff.
Well thats the thing, Tatum tries to play like Luka or Pierce, but he just doesnt have the strength to be a bully. He’s slim hipped. Nor the craftiness to really manipulate shot blockers like those guys or Kobe or whoever.
He should be playing more like Haliburton, and hes decent when he does altho he doesnt do it AS well bc he doesnt have the...
Celtics now have the most titles all time and this when Lebron was playing with the Lakers. Since 2017 Tatum has more legit titles than Lebron as Tatum won his with fans in the stadium.
30-point playoff games
Tatum............. 29 in 113 games
Brown............. 13 in 104 games
Pippen.............. 6 in 208 games
Pippen wasn't the kind of guy that could come out and start taking over like Tatum and Brown
Stop it
Youre comparing Pierce and Tatum’s careers tho as if there’s any parallel whatsoever in the team they had around them the majority of the time.
When they both had finals caliber squads, they both played in two and Pierce was known as a strong finals performer and tough shot maker/clutch moment guy, and Tatum is known as the opposite.