For the 2nd straight year, and he was 4th in MVP voting. There will be some who says he's not top 5 if everyone is healthy (although I don't think anyone takes Durant over him anymore), but it's pretty much undeniable that he's been one of the five most productive players over the last two seasons.
Like hundreds of millions of people on planet Earth play or have played basketball. Even being in the NBA is basically insane.
I remember when Scal said he was closer in talent to Lebron than to the fans. Then, a retired Scal, went out and toasted some good players.
At Penn State I played in some pickup games with John Amaechi.. future journeyman center in the NBA.. he’d shoot three pointers all game until someone made the mistake of trying to guard him.. at which point he’d take a few long strides to the hoop and dunk. The size difference from normal humans is the first thing you notice.. and pretty much everything else after that makes you realize you couldn’t compete against him in any way.
Literally every single player in the Association could make same statement as Tatum and they would be 100% correct.
It doesn't even matter. He is right, and it is one of the qualities that does make him one of the best of the best. We were all at home or in the stands shitting all over ourselves while those guys were out there knowing what they can do and keeping their cool when things weren't going exactly their way.
Want to amplify this, because it's absolutely one of the things that most annoys me about fan culture.
Is this first paragraph what you think the world should be like or is it supposed to be a description?
Of course Rickey was correct, greatest player in my baseball-watching lifetime IMO.
Agreed.
This was my reaction too. I saw the interview live and it didn’t seem arrogant at all. It honestly seemed like he was almost saying it out loud to convince himself of something he was thinking.
I love these videos. When a guy like Rob Oppenheim shows up to play golf, everyone hears there's a Tour Pro there, and every scratch golfer in the vicinity wants a piece. Most of them hit it further than Rob, but about 5-6 holes in, you see them realize they aren't even playing the same sport he is. He's probably top 250-500 in the world over the past 15 years (although I guess having your PGA Tour card 4 times means you've been better than that for brief stretches). He just doesn't make bogeys playing course set ups that we play. He makes bogeys playing from 7,500 yards, with rough that's 6 inches deep and the greens rolling at a 13.
Ba-bingo.
If these guys didn't think they were great they wouldn't approach greatness.
I remember old, fat, post-coaching ML Carr would destroy people in Waltham. Fun to watch.
I don't care about the context. This is the attitude I want the best player on the team to have. People say he's too passive. I want him shouting from the rooftops that he's one of the best players in the world.
Given age, yeah JT would ptobably be my first pick too.
Damn. Forgetting Pierce's performance against Cleveland in his title year is bs.
Additionally, Rivers was teammates with Dominique Wilkins when he dropped 47 in a losing effort against the Celtics in Game 7 of the Conference Semis in '88.
yeah but Tatum played defense, passed to his teammates, and won…unlike Dominique
I think you're right, but I'm always going to have PP's back. Love that guy.
