Paul Pierce believes Jayson Tatum is on trajectory to surpass all-time great forward

[murksiderock]

No way you just quoted me with this bs. You nikkas been on his head since he joined GS

Talk about me directly, please. Because I'm not included in that "yall nikkas" umbrella...

 

[Oldschooler]

I already have Tatum and Brown over Pierce as far as careers thus far

Tatum yes, Brown no

 

[Oldschooler]

Your thread title made it seem like PP was talking about Tatum surpassing him. I was about to say no shyt. He's better than PP on every statistics except for maybe clutch shots. But talking about better than KD. Hell no. KD got hurt and started becoming a bytch by moving around too much to chase his ring. The issue here is that anyone who watched the league the last 15 years will agree that KDs peak is unmatched it's up there with LeBron. He was good immediately and never looked back until his achilles injury. He also made big waves at the Olympics looking like the alpha sitting neck and neck with Bron and Kobe. KD was also a great defender when healthy. Also I don't think Tatum will ever win an NBA MVP.

 

[UpNext]

Nah. I still think Tatum has work to do to pass Kawhi, KD is wreckless talk. I don't see it, at all. Like KD was giving folks 35 a game in the finals.

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Your thread title made it seem like PP was talking about Tatum surpassing him. I was about to say no shyt. He's better than PP on every statistics except for maybe clutch shots. But talking about better than KD. Hell no. KD got hurt and started becoming a bytch by moving around too much to chase his ring. The issue here is that anyone who watched the league the last 15 years will agree that KDs peak is unmatched it's up there with LeBron. He was good immediately and never looked back until his achilles injury. He also made big waves at the Olympics looking like the alpha sitting neck and neck with Bron and Kobe. KD was also a great defender when healthy. Also I don't think Tatum will ever win an NBA MVP.

Tatum isnt a better player than Pierce. Pierce is more skilled than Tatum. Tatum has more accolades. Put prime Pierce on these stacked Celtics teams, in this 3PT friendly and spacing era, and he’d have more accolades too. Tatum averages 10 3s a game. Foh if you think he was a better player than Pierce.

Tatum this season 26.8 PPG on 10.1 3PA
Pierce 05-06 26.8 on 4 3PA

Like hell Tatum was better