Game Thread GAME# 59: CELTICS @ BLAZERS - FEBRUARY 25, 2020 - TUESDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

[UKRAINEFAN]

Honestly, I wish he would go one on one more during the game. Get aggressive. We could really use 12-15 points from him every night. Fuck passing.

I think you like Melo's style of ball also, don't you? We just might have different ideas on what is good basketball.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Blazers fans rooting for the Lakers now.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

he freaking led the league in FT% like a few yrs ago

It seems like he’s been really off this year though.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I think you like Melo's style of ball also, don't you? We just might have different ideas on what is good basketball.

We need points off the bench. Period. Doesn't matte how we get them. Simons should play to his strengths and get some threes up and attack the basket with aggression.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Alex Caruso should just get it over with and shave his head

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Hey Tortured- STILL don't think Celtics have a superstar?

You can ask me that over and over in the same game vs this version of the Blazers and my answers gonna be the same.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Do you not want playoffs? And if so, why are you watching? To watch the young players develop? If not, why?

Fuck no I don’t want the playoffs for what? To get slaughtered as the 8th seed to Lebron James and Anthony freaking Davis? We couldn’t even win 1 game against him and he didn’t have Lebron as a teammate then.

This season has been done for months. Give me the lottery pick, good health next year and run it back one more time.

 

[AldoTrapani]

You can ask me that over and over in the same game vs this version of the Blazers and my answers gonna be the same.

Wait you don’t think freaking Tatum at 20 years old isn’t a superstar? Whoa

 

[KSF-ERIC]

You can ask me that over and over in the same game vs this version of the Blazers and my answers gonna be the same.

Have you seen Tatum's stats against OTHER teams over the last few weeks? He is doing this to everybody.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Fuck no I don’t want the playoffs for what? To get slaughtered as the 8th seed to Lebron James and Anthony freaking Davis? We couldn’t even win 1 game against him and he didn’t have Lebron as a teammate then.

This season has been done for months. Give me the lottery pick, good health next year and run it back one more time.

So why do you watch? Why don't you find something else to do and come back next year?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

What more do you want out of a superstar, Tortured? He took his team to a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals in his rookie year and now he is dominating the league night after night.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Have you seen Tatum's stats against OTHER teams over the last few weeks? He is doing this to everybody.

I have and you realize you can be very good and not Lebron or something right? He’s like maybe top 20 in the NBA.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

The Athletic on Jayson Tatum playing like a superstar:

https://theathletic.com/1629815/2020/02/23/jayson-tatum-superstar-status-boston-celtics/

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

What more do you want out of a superstar, Tortured? He took his team to a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals in his rookie year and now he is dominating the league night after night.

23 and 7 is dominating the league? He’s good, probably really good.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I have and you realize you can be very good and not Lebron or something right? He’s like maybe top 20 in the NBA.

LeBron is the only superstar in the league? Can't there be more than 1 superstar? What is your definition of a superstar?

 

[illmatic99]

did AD just break he's elbow?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

23 and 7 is dominating the league? He’s good, probably really good.

Look at his last 10 games. He is blossoming into a superstar before our very eyes. It's called taking a leap and he just took it.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Tatum's last 8 games before tonight:

30 ppg. 8 rpg 50% FGs 47% on 3s

We saw more of that tonight.

He is dominating teams every night, Tortured.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

did AD just break he's elbow?

???

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Tatum's last 8 games before tonight:

30 ppg. 8 rpg 50% FGs 47% on 3s

We saw more of that tonight.

He is dominating teams every night, Tortured.

Good for him? Why do you care if I think he’s a superstar or not? I think he might be someday. You keep asking and trying to turn this into an argument.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Celtics’ Jayson Tatum ‘has reached a new height. Superstar level.’

 

[Wade Garrett]

Tatum's last 8 games before tonight:

30 ppg. 8 rpg 50% FGs 47% on 3s

We saw more of that tonight.

He is dominating teams every night, Tortured.

Wasn't he really close to Kobe?
Since the accident, Tatum's been dominating.
Maybe a little extra incentive.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Good for him? Why do you care if I think he’s a superstar or not? I think he might be someday. You keep asking and trying to turn this into an argument.

You were saying Boston had no superstar. I said yes they did. And you said he was only playing well tonight because we suck. So I tell you he's been doing it against everyone. It's a conversation.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Wasn't he really close to Kobe?
Since the accident, Tatum's been dominating.
Maybe a little extra incentive.

Yep. Tatum is the Kobe of this generation but to Tortured, he's just a "good" player.

 

[HailBlazers]

Yep. Tatum is the Kobe of this generation but to Tortured, he's just a "good" player.

You gonna take that @TorturedBlazerFan ?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Jayson Tatum has officially arrived as a superstar

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

You were saying Boston had no superstar. I said yes. And you said he was only playing well tonight because we suck. So I tell you he's been doing it against everyone. It's a conversation.

Not really I said I didnt think Boston had a superstar and I still dont, I think superstars are like top 5 NBA players - Tatum isnt that to me. I said he’s really good, I think their team is very good. I think Doncic, Harden, Lebron, Dame, Giannis, are the NBA “superstars” or 5 best players. When Healthy KD and Steph are up there too. Theres nothing “wrong” with being a top 20ish player:

Maybe Tatum and Kemba carry them to a title it could happen. The Blazers arent good this year and having a big game against them isnt surprising, yes Tatum has played well the last few weeks.

The thing is you then continued to ask me like 3-4 times about Tatum and have gone on a google “tatum+superstar” spree to try to prove your point. Which is fine, but I obviously have my opinion and some random journalists opinion isnt that important to me.

Seriously though if you ranked NBA players this year, Do you have Tatum top 10? Cause I wouldnt. Its opinions though and your free to have yours, Im not gonna ask you over and over about it 2 minutes after I asked the first time...

 

[Wade Garrett]

Yep. Tatum is the Kobe of this generation but to Tortured, he's just a "good" player.

And to you, Carmelo is the clutchest player in NBA history.
I think Tatum is on his way, but a superstar?
Dame just got there. Let's give Tatum more time, and TBF a break .

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Not really I said I didnt think Boston had a superstar and I still dont, I think superstars are like top 5 NBA players - Tatum isnt that to me. I said he’s really good, I think their team is very good. I think Doncic, Harden, Lebron, Dame, Giannis, are the NBA “superstars” or 5 best players. When Healthy KD and Steph are up there too. Theres nothing “wrong” with being a top 20ish player:

Maybe Tatum and Kemba carry them to a title it could happen. The Blazers arent good this year and having a big game against them isnt surprising, yes Tatum has played well the last few weeks.

The thing is you then continued to ask me like 3-4 times about Tatum and have gone on a google “tatum+superstar” spree to try to prove your point. Which is fine, but I obviously have my opinion and some random journalists opinion isnt that important to me.

Seriously though if you ranked NBA players this year, Do you have Tatum top 10? Cause I wouldnt. Its opinions though and your free to have yours, Im not gonna ask you over and over about it 2 minutes after I asked the first time...

So you don't think Anthony Davis and Joel Embiid are superstars? And obviously, as you said, Curry and KD are superstars. So it we're talking Top 9 there. Jokic not a superstar? Westbrook who won MVP less than 3 years ago? If it's only Top 5 to you then Dame wasn't a superstar last year because he wasn't Top 5 last year. I guess we just have different definitions. I think there can absolutely be 10-15 superstars in the league. That is how the NBA is marketed. Tatum has become a superstar and it's why Boston is a Top 5 team in the NBA.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

And to you, Carmelo is the clutchest player in NBA history.
.

Statistically,. It's not up for discussion. It's a fact. Carmelo is the most clutch regular season player in NBA history. As for Tatum- there is a moment in a great player's career when he becomes a superstar. That moment has taken place over the last few weeks. He is now a superstar.