Tatum just channeled his inner Kobe…

[Kawhi_Why_Not]

Whoring? He's averaging 28/6/5 on 53.6%TS in the Bucks series. That's after his 46-pt performance. So he hasn't been that good for the majority of the series. His strength is his 3PT shooting and they're giving him open looks in drop coverage. Kobe wasn't a 3PT chucker like JT, he was a superior athlete with a better all-around offensive game.

Has Kobe ever averaged 37 PPG for 3 straight playoff games against the MVP-DPOTY Giannis bucks level team?

[ImKobe]

Has Kobe ever averaged 37 PPG for 3 straight playoff games against the MVP-DPOTY Giannis bucks level team?

He averaged 39/10/4 on 50% shooting in a 4-game road stretch in the '01 Playoffs vs Kings and Spurs, both teams were elite on the defensive end. He only took 8 threes total.

Stop comparing JT to Kobe, his skillset is very different and not as diverse, even when comparing him to '01 KB.

[TheGoatest]

LMAO

Those early 00s Kings teams were the epitome of an "All-O, No-D team". The Kings took that torch from the 1992-93 Phoenix Suns and then passed it on to the mid-00s Suns.

[bison]

The mentorship with Kobe is paying off. Jayson Tatum is probably better than Paul pierce ever was at this point.

[CelticBaller]

game 6 lebron

[CelticBaller]

The mentorship with Kobe is paying off. Jayson Tatum is probably better than Paul pierce ever was at this point.

yeah at this point we can all comfortably say that lol

[ShawkFactory]

Whoring? He's averaging 28/6/5 on 53.6%TS in the Bucks series. That's after his 46-pt performance. So he hasn't been that good for the majority of the series. His strength is his 3PT shooting and they're giving him open looks in drop coverage. Kobe wasn't a 3PT chucker like JT, he was a superior athlete with a better all-around offensive game.

[TheGoatest]

The mentorship with Kobe is paying off. Jayson Tatum is probably better than Paul pierce ever was at this point.

Tatum worked out with Kobe in the offseason between his rookie and 2nd season. Tatum then proceeded to somehow have a worse 2nd season than his rookie one.
It took him a whole season to shake the Kobe off and return to his normal career improvement trajectory path.

[3ba11]

KB had 42/6/5 on Duncan when the Lakers were in danger of going down 1 - 3 in the '04 Semis, and that's an injured Kobe in one of the toughest defensive seasons in league history, against a Spurs' defense that held teams to 84 pts a game and had a 94 DRTG

C'mon bruh... that's WAY too much proof and confirmation that Kobe was far superior

It's kind of like pointing out things in the 2018 Playoffs - Lebron averaged 33/9/8 against the #6 SRS Celtics, but the current Celtics are #1 SRS, so it isn't the same.. Lebron actually wet the bed against #1 SRS teams like the 07' Spurs, 08' Celtics, 14' Spurs, or 11' Bulls - he only did okay when he didn't have to defeat maximum defensive attention (carry scoring load) like the 16' Finals

[tpols]

What you young fellas saw from Tatum is what it would be like watching a rich mans prime Kobe.

To put it in perspective, Kobe had a slithery drive game, extreme poster ability, extreme creative finishing ability on top of being a dead eye shooter and playmaker. And bail out specialist when need be.

[AlternativeAcc.]

What you young fellas saw from Tatum is what it would be like watching a rich mans prime Kobe.

To put it in perspactive, Kobe had a slitheryy drive game, extreme poster ability, extreme creative finishing ability on top of being a dead eye shooter and playmaker. And bail out specialist when need be.

So we can expect a Kobe-like game 7 from Tatum tonight? (Kobe averaged 22 on 38% in game 7's)

[FultzNationRISE]

People make these threads whenever he has that one big game out of every handful he plays, but he's really not consistent enough for people to be calling him that guy IMO.

He's a really good defender, and I think he deserves a lot of credit for bringing that value to the table when his shot's not falling, unlike a lot of other stars. But as a competitor, I just don't think he's a guy who's gonna go in and bully his team to the finish line come hell or high water. He needs his jumper to fall.

Hey, once in a while it does and he has a huge game. He's a good player obviously.

I'm just personally not about to call him an ELITE player.

[ShawkFactory]

People make these threads whenever he has that one big game out of every handful he plays, but he's really not consistent enough for people to be calling him that guy.

He's a really good defender, and I think he deserves a lot of credit for bringing that value to the table when his shot's not falling, unlike a lot of other stars. But as a competitor, I just don't think he's a guy who's gonna go in bully dudes come hell or high water. He needs his shot to fall.

He’s gotten way more consistent with his decision making and when to put his head down and go at the basket. 6 months ago he’d 100% of the time settle for a bailout shot but it’s different now.

He’s scoring 28 a game in this series and he hasn’t particularly played well. That’s kind of indicative of what he can be I think.

[tpols]

So we can expect a Kobe-like game 7 from Tatum tonight? (Kobe averaged 22 on 38% in game 7's)

We can probably expect a 0 point game from Tatum tonight since he doesn't play tonight. But tomorrow id expect more. Kobe would have eviscerated this Buck team minus middleton their star second option out.

All in all, we have to appreciate Kobe for what he was. Tatum is a Durant type. He's long and skilled and great but didn't have Kobes overall arsenal by a long shot. Watching Tatum has to make us appreciate how good prime Kobe was even more.

[Hey Yo]

He averaged 39/10/4 on 50% shooting in a 4-game road stretch in the '01 Playoffs vs Kings and Spurs, both teams were elite on the defensive end. He only took 8 threes total.

Stop comparing JT to Kobe, his skillset is very different and not as diverse, even when comparing him to '01 KB.

Who's Tatum's Shaq?

Any comparison should be made post Shaq cause that's when Kobe finally became first option