2019-20 Boston Celtics Season

Ya the Hamilton comp was stat/position based. I clearly saw that the Kobe Bryant comp was going there (stat based) and was way more comfortable throwing a guy like Hamilton to compare. He should be better than Hamilton, unless things go wrong in his career (injuries).

A hot month is a hot month. We just need to relax a little. I remember Jeremy Lin being the next PG of the future at one point over a hot month. Not comparing Tatum to Lin, but hot month's in basketball happen all the time.

Let's see what Tatum has got in May. East might be vulnerable to the Celtics if they get healthy. Might be the best chance to make the finals.

I'm so confused by your comparison, Hamilton was a skinny SG, who played the same position Kobe did. The Kobe comp isn't perfect, but I see way more of his game in Tatum than Richard Hamilton. Heck if you want old school, you picked the wrong Richard, Richard Jefferson in his prime would have been a better comp, yet Tatum is already better.

Tatum is a hybrid, like Kobe mixed with I don't know. I draw a blank, guy that score on the perimeter like him, then get to the Basket with ease, which is the Kobe part. Yet then he can be a monster defensively in the paint. He add muscle and strength and seems more explosive now. The scary thing for the league is it looks like he can add a lot more weight and muscle.

Maybe Kobe mixed with Leonard. Yeah he's that special and just getting started.

Hamilton was a SG/SF who was listed at 6'7". Tatum is not Kobe. They aren't really all that similar. There's no comp. We've been over this. Kobe got to the basket with his speed. He could jump out of a gym when he was young and he might be the 3rd best athlete to put on a basketball uniform. Tatum isn't that. He's unique though. I'll give you that!!

Correction. Two hot months, but aren't we splitting hairs by saying that in 3 full years? The East was weak back then too. AL Horford was a matchup nightmare for Embid. Giannis and the bucks weren't as deep. He still got beat by LeBron in the end. It's not like he was Michael Jordan scoring 60 points against Bird in the playoffs.

He does face a lot of Kobe's moves. That being said-
-Tatum gets to the basket easily with his long strides and length as a advantage. Kobe never had that. That's how he gets to the basket easily. Just because he gets to the basket, doesn't make him Kobe.
-People here were directly comparing him to Kobe. I had to fully stop that one because I did see Kobe play. They couldn't be more different.

Tatum is a great young player. He deserved to be in the All-Star game, despite it being a beauty contest where the best players pick what is sexy nowadays.

There's still a distinction between comparing Tatum to top 20 all time. You want to talk about the best player on the floor? Kobe beat 3 HOF in the Celtics with only the help of Gasol back then to win a Finals. Tatum has a long way to go to reaching that. Tatum is going to pass LeBron someday, but it hasn't happened yet. I would still be hard pressed to pick the Celtics over the Lakers in a Finals matchup if I had money on the line. We saw what LeBron turns into first hand in the play-offs ever since he beat the HOF big 3 of the Celtics for the first time and got over that hump.

Add- If Tatum is even a HOF someday, it still is a ways for him to get to Kobe level off all time greats. Like Paul Pierce is a great example of that. Would you call Pierce one of the GOATS or just one of the best in his ERA?

Kobe was a GOAT (or generational talent) versus what Pierce was (a HOF talent). There's quite a distinction between even those two players.

First of all, trashing? The worst I said is that I'd rather compare him to a borderline HOF, rather than a top 20 talent all time. Seriously, out of all the variables, which is more egregious here?

No you're wrong too. This all started with "Who wants to start comparing Tatum to Kobe?"

When you say that, you are indirectly calling him the next Bryant or on that same level as a talent. If he had said. "I see some of Kobe's game in Tatum." I can see that. Nothing to be said.

Do you even know who Richard Hamilton is? BR gives him a 1.8% chance at the HOF, that is a borderline HOF player in your book? Tatum is 21 and having a better season than Hamilton ever had, how is that a good comp? Tatum is actually close to Kobe at the same age, Hamilton average 9 points. So yeah that is trashing him with a comp that just make zero sense stat wise or style wise.

I don't have any issue with saying pump the brakes it's way to early to be talking about the HOF. It certainly is. That doesn't mean you can't compare him production wise to Kobe. Who knows what he does going forward, yet we are talking about right now age 21 seasons. His game and stats match Kobe better than Hamilton and it's not even close. That certainly doesn't mean he's Kobe, but that's how impressive he currently is.

If you want to compare him to a borderline HOF player than pick out a borderline type guy, not Richard Hamilton. If you want to be overly negative maybe pick out a Grant Hill type comp.

Did you not see the second half of that sentence, I see similarities. Tatum has the production and has some similarities at his age. The TV announcers have litterally compared the two production wise on national TV. I litterally watched it! Like get back at me when they start comparing him to Hamilton on TV.

Again nobody said he's the next Kobe, you are litterally making that up by cutting quotes in half. 

Richard Hamilton lol it's like April Fool's came early😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😭😭😭

Rip Hamilton was a really good player, but I don't see any similarities. I don't see Kobe in Tatum either. Honestly it may be the jersey playing tricks on me, but I see Paul Pierce in Tatum. Really good shooter, slippery guy, great defender and just solid at everything. Pierce was a heavier player, but Tatum isn't particularly fast for a wing. I just see it.

Brown is taller Avery Bradley, Smart is guard Draymond Green, Hayward is a better Wally Szczerbiak and Kemba is a non flat-earther Kyrie.

17-3 run by Utah before Brad takes a timeout. He’s worse than Andy Reid at managing timeouts.

So you'd be happy that a young player like Tatum peaked at age 21? Then gets worse over his peak years? You don't think that is insulting? Think about that for a second.

Maybe just look at the whole sentence.

Again the statement was who wants to start comparing Tatum to Kobe, I see some similarities.