Let Jayson Tatum have a game that Anthony Edwards just had in Game 1 of the WFC

[LexDiamonds]

Way too goofy to be the guy

 

[ALonelyDad]

The most important skill in today's game is Aura

 

[360Waves]

Casual NBA fandom is obsessed with aura, aesthetics and performative acts.

If you’re a talented player and you check these 4 boxes:

• Exudes natural swagger
• Has an aesthetically pleasing playing style
• Does performative tough guy shyt like constant scowling, trash talk, starting scuffles. Has “edge.”
• Plays a shyt ton of hero ball and loves to hunt for his shot in the closing minutes of games, especially the last shot.

Casual fans will love you. They’ll label you as a “killer” and forgive or overlook all of your failures. They’ll even give you a “clutch” label even if the statistics don’t back that. You’ll be put on a pedestal and rated far higher than you deserve.

Guys like Iverson, Kobe, Kyrie, Jimmy Butler and now Ant are all talented but highly overrated relative to their actual placing in history due to these exact factors.

The league is trying very hard to push Ant because they’re looking for their next American face and he checks all the right boxes, but if you’re really watching the games dude disappears constantly. Despite that he largely dodges criticism because he’s already developed that reputation for himself that casuals love.

These are the facts.

 

[Goat poster]

If his three ball aint falling it’s usually a tough night for him.

SGA is the exact opposite

He can get 30 without 3's any night

 

[The Solid One]

Casual NBA fandom is obsessed with aura, aesthetics and performative acts.

If you’re a talented player and you check these 4 boxes:

• Exudes natural swagger
• Has an aesthetically pleasing playing style
• Does performative tough guy shyt like constant scowling, trash talk, starting scuffles. Has “edge.”
• Plays a shyt ton of hero ball and loves to hunt for his shot in the closing minutes of games, especially the last shot.

Casual fans will love you. They’ll label you as a “killer” and forgive or overlook all of your failures. They’ll even give you a “clutch” label even if the statistics don’t back that. You’ll be put on a pedestal and rated far higher than you deserve.

Guys like Iverson, Kobe, Kyrie, Jimmy Butler and now Ant are all talented but highly overrated relative to their actual placing in history due to these exact factors.

The league is trying very hard to push Ant because they’re looking for their next American face and he checks all the right boxes, but if you’re really watching the games dude disappears constantly. Despite that he largely dodges criticism because he’s already developed that reputation for himself that casuals love.

These are the facts.

 

[360Waves]

There are people who will tell you with a straight face Kobe is top 3 all time or number 2 to Jordan. Let’s use reading comprehension here. You can be a great and accomplished player but still overrated relative to where you actually place in history. And Kobe most definitely gets a boost bc of dumb shyt like “aura” and “mamba mentality.”

 

[Killer Instinct]

The hate JT gets is rooted in more than hoops.

When JB has a pedestrian season next year despite being lauded as the franchise and having no Tatum around to impede him as an individual talent, you'll think Mary Shaw was posted up in here. Dead silent.

He's going to have more touches than he's ever had in his career & will finally be able to imprint his DNA into the team that Tatum has slowly eroded with his passive nature and inconsistenty. TheColi and First Take won't be able to blame that MCL in the middle of December, they'll just pretend like that they don't see it.

 

[Raquinotj]

No other star in the league has more threads uploaded than JT. He has a “bad game” and nikkaz pulling 20 threads to the first page threads like “Jayson Tatum is Not a superstar” “Siakam >>> Tatum” “are Tatum and Kuzma equals?”

 

[El Jefe]

and this is why i said in the past 2 play off series thread this man needs to get back to , adjustin and gettin the ball in the mid post and workin with his back 2 the basket and stop bein so predicatble either sittin on the three point line waitin for a catch and shoot or dribbling it down hill , the whole time

him just catchin the ball in the mid, workin - puttin pressure on the defense to collapse helps the overrall offense

 

[T-K-G]

and obviously much better father.

Tatum said he got a son to raise
But Antman don't know nun bout doooot

 

[obarth]

Tatum is at his most sympathetic/nobody is talking about him status at the moment. Is this about hating on Anthony Edwards (and missing the irony of doing so while propping up your player for getting hate) or keeping Tatum's name on the first page? It amazes me how willing people are to defend the players they're bias towards, at the expense of other players, instead of just being the change they'd like to see. Just be honest, a lot of y'all love hot take, purposely negative, surface level NBA rhetoric, despite screaming from the rooftops how much you hate it.

 

[Trojan 24]

Coli loves them a Tupac in a business suit

 

[Trojan 24]

He tried it, Goatbe got more rings then everyone on his little list combined even without Shaq

 

[PaperEnterprise]

Lol it’s game 1

 

[Blessings]

ANT is 4 years younger than Tatum