Re: Tatum. It's tough to be dominant when there's a ball-dominant player on your team like Kyrie. Last year during the playoffs, here were his averages (when we all thought he was incredible):
35.9 min, 13.7 fga, 47.1% fg, 32.4% 3ptfg, 4.4 reb, 2.7 ast, 1.2 stl, 18.5 pts
His stats for these playoffs:
33.6 min, 12.8 fga, 45.1% fg, 32.1% 3ptfg, 6.8 reb, 1.9 ast, 1.3 stl, 15.4 pts
So it comes down to taking one more FG, shooting a tick higher, and then he'd be averaging almost the same stat line as last year.
The first series he averaged:
35.5 min, 14.3 fga, 50.9% fg, 53.3% 3ptfg, 5.5 reb, 1.5 ast, 1.3 stl, 19.3 pts
He had a bad first two games of this series, but they split on the road, so no harm, no foul. Then the last two games he's averaged:
36.1 min, 14.0 fga, 46.4% fg, 10.0% 3ptfg, 10.5 reb, 3.5 ast, 1.5 stl, 18.5 pts
So I don't really think Tatum is the problem here. The problem has been Kyrie and Hayward mostly. Rozier as well.