Jayson Tatum is somehow about to lead a team in points AND rebounds AND assists that goes 16-3 en route to an dominant, uncontested title after winning the conference by 14 games and somehow everyone will think LESS of him afterward. Truly wild stuff.

Jayson Tatum reflects on primarily being a playmaker during these Finals: “We’re so close to to what we’re trying to accomplish — why would I let my ego or need to score a lot of points get in the way of that?”

It’s gotta be so hard to be the face of a team up 2-0 in the NBA Finals and have your reputation/legacy get worse. Somehow, Jayson Tatum has done it. What a talent.

Per @ESPNBet on #NBAFinals MVP market: The Celtics' Jrue Holiday opened +5000 and slid to +12000 (120/1) prior to Game 2. Now, Holiday is all the way into +800, the fourth choice behind Jayson Tatum (-110), Jaylen Brown (+180) and Luka Doncic (+650). pic.twitter.com/keE9…

Celtics scoring 15+ (2024 NBA Finals): Jrue: 19.0 | White: 16.5 | Brown: 21.5 | Tatum: 17.0 | Porziņģis: 16.0 "The panic button is within eyeshot. Credit the Celtics. We said they look like the '04 Pistons. This looks like a great team vs. a 1-man show." — @Chris_Broussard

On the @adedpodcast last week, I talked about Jason Kidd's atrocious Game 1 defensive gameplan. He made adjustments & the result was better. BOS struggled from deep and Tatum went 6-22 FG. But Kidd still continues to fail the team. Brief thread of his Game 2 tomfoolery: 🧵 ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/mu1k…

Off Jayson Tatum passes in the NBA Finals, Jrue Holiday and Derrick White have an 84.4 eFG% combined (White 5/8 with four 3-pointers, Jrue 6/8 with one 3-pointer). Tatum assisted on all 11 makes.

Celtics 2024 finals stats after 2 games PPG Brown (21.5) 2nd Jrue (19) 3rd Tatum (17) RPG Tatum (10) 2nd Jrue (9.5) 3rd Al (7) APG Tatum (8.5) 2nd Brown (4.5) 3rd Jrue (4) SPG Brown (3) 2nd White (2) BPG Porzingis (2.5) 2nd Brown (1.5) 3rd White (1) MVP Brad Stevens

Interesting nugget. Tatum has the worst FG% of a player with over 150 FGA in the Finals since the merger. I think one Dallas issue(amongst others) have the vibe he has a monster game in him. Nevertheless, I enjoy stirring the Tatum pot. I just don't see him Top 7-8 in the league

Joe Mazzulla stood by Jayson Tatum despite a tough shooting night... He's not alone. One member of the show "liked his floor game"

Finals 2s Jaylen - 12-16 (75%) Jrue - 11-14 (78.6%) Porzingis - 10-13 (76.9%) White - 4-8 (50%) Tatum - 8-24 (33.3%)

1. I don’t hate Tatum (that’s ridiculous), nor do I ‘hate on’ Tatum. 2. I absolutely do not think he sucks. 3. I just don’t think he’s the best player or most valuable player on the Celtics. Hes prob the 3rd best player, and maybe 4th most valuable in their playoff run this…

"This is a Boston team that hasn't had to play great basketball to win. You had Kristaps Porzingis in Game 1, Jrue Holiday in Game 2, Derrick White in there. You're not even saying 'hey Tatum and Brown you got to put up big numbers'." -DP on the #NBAFinals

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Starters the last time Boston lost in Dallas: Celtics — Smart Schroder Tatum R. Williams Horford Mavs — Luka Hardaway Finney-Smith Porzingis Powell

2024 NBA Finals PER: 1. Daniel Gafford: 32.1 2. Kristaps Porzingis: 31.1 3. Luka Doncic: 27.2 4. Jrue Holiday: 26.6 5. Jaylen Brown: 20.6 6. Derrick White: 17.2 7. Al Horford: 15.7 8. PJ Washington: 14.7 9. Derrick Jones: 10.8 10. Sam Hauser: 9.6 11. Jayson Tatum: 8.8 12. Kyrie…