For years, NBA followers have debated about Jayson Tatum.
Nobody can deny that he’s among the finest gamers within the league, but he doesn’t appear to get sufficient credit score.
Some blame Boston Celtics followers for overhyping him, whereas others argue that his numbers don’t impression profitable due to his stacked groups.
Others, like Paul Pierce, argue that it has to do together with his persona.
Within the newest version of Kevin Garnett’s podcast, the Celtics legend claimed that Tatum was arguably the perfect American participant on the planet proper now, but he didn’t get his flowers as a result of he wasn’t ‘flamboyant’ (through NBA Central).
Paul Pierce says Jayson Tatum is the perfect American basketball participant on the planet and will not get sufficient respect as a result of he’s not flamboyant
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 6, 2025
There could be some reality to that.
Tatum isn’t outspoken; he hardly ever talks trash, and when he does, followers mock him.
Granted, which may additionally must do with the truth that non-Celtics followers often despise the Celtics, however that’s nonetheless not truthful.
Tatum has confirmed that the narrative about him not being clutch or not delivering within the playoffs isn’t true anymore.
He additionally had just about the identical numbers as Jaylen Brown within the NBA Finals when Brown was chosen because the Finals MVP.
This sounds completely much like what occurred when Tim Duncan was a perennial MVP candidate.
His critics claimed that his recreation was boring, and it appeared like his impression on each ends of the courtroom typically went neglected.
Anthony Edwards may wish to have a phrase about Pierce’s assertion, however even when Tatum is the perfect or second-best, Pierce may need a sound level right here.
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