Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman are willing to give the Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum a pass for his early season struggles but see signs for concern about Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz’s start to the season. ✔ Subscribe to ESPN on TRvideos: es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoTRvideos ✔ Subscribe to ESPN FC on TRvideos: bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoESPNFC ✔ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on TRvideos: bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN ✔ Watch ESPN on TRvideos TV: es.pn/TRvideosTV ESPN on Social Media: ► Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/espn ► Like on Facebook: facebook.com/espn ► Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/espn Visit ESPN on TRvideos to get up-to-the-minute sports news coverage, scores, highlights and commentary for NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, College Football, NCAA Basketball, soccer and more. More on ESPN.com: www.espn.com
Mitchell...Tatum is on a team loaded with studs, 2 deep maybe everywhere. Utah has Mitchell basically. Neither is falling off tho, no concern over either
They should of never got Hayward, should of just kept developing the young guys because they are stars in the making and have a higher ceiling than Hayward would ever have
Damn they got the hardest job in the worlds. They’d talk about anything from what the players had for breakfast to what brand of socks they be wearing.
I think they decline because I expected better from them especially Jayson Tatum I thought he would be averaging 22 points a game because of the stats they put up last year
i wouldn’t say donovan mitchell is having a bad season or in “decline” i would say that he is forced to take a lot of shots because of who he plays with, not saying that his teammates aren’t good, but he is probably the best offensive player and he’s only in his second season. He is probably gonna take some bad shots and make a few mistakes. And with tatum, the celtics are still integrating hayward into the game and still experiencing more injuries to other players on top of that. That team is still really good, but haven’t gotten better since last year while other teams have acclimated to the play style of this era. Individually, the celtics players are great but they’re still trying to gel togather
Decline Mitchell??? Go watch his numbers right now hahaha 22 points per game, he is better clutch and overral player than HYPED Simmons. Simmons has the shit marketing.
Donovan shooting numbers have dropped to low but the rest of the team can't shoot they are all shooting bad on the team I think it is a whole team thing not Donovan thing.
Both are in their second year. Teams have had an entire season to play against them. The scouting reports are in the jury is back. Both players are guilty of being able to single handedly determine the out come of ball games. So,dont wage how good they are now compared to last year. They are both monsters and will be fine. The worst thing that can happen to a first year young player is to become solid during the regular season and raise havoc in the play offs. Simply,because the word is out. The lid is blown off the cover. Grown men with wives and kids to feed are going to take them serious. That's it and that's all. Stephen A,knows exactly what Im saying.
Funny how people was saying Tatum is the best player on the Celtics after one playoffs and it’s no longer Kyrie team, that’s why a lot of people don’t know sports you can’t judge a guy so early in his career you need Atleast 2 seasons.
Naw yall just need to quit overhyping athletes after one decent season. Anyone can have 1 good season. Wait til a player does that for 3-4 consecutive years before putting them on a petistol
Jason is now a second option now Kryie is back so he's gotta adjust. But Mitchell has no excuse he's declining because teams are showing up every night to see what he's got
Called it. Taytum is not a superstar. Probably not even a star. Mitchell will continue putting up similar numbers as long the situation in Utah remains the same but I can see him improving.
Tatum game is declining because of Kyrie Irving because he needs the ball . Irving takes 20 to 24 shots and makes 7 to 9 .. I will take out Kyrie out for 5 games and see hot Boston Celtics play
older people have to understand that this younger generation is built differently mentally. We had decent upbringing from our parent and they werent hard on us because how our grandparents treated our parents. Id never treat my child the way my mother treated me. so the Mental toughness isnt there as it used to be for older players. So change your expectations because our generations results are corellated directly with our mentality and clout
meanwhile did they forgot that the JAZZ waived D.ROSE? the guy also can facilitate the ball yeah.. i really wish drose be in jazz instead of in the timberwolves
Mitchell is what? A 5'9 guard, who's averaging 20 pts in the NBA, and dropped 31 on the Sixers.....I'm lost, what is he supposed to be averaging, 35? smh.
Stephen A & Max both made good points...the Celtics may actually have "too much"...Tatum got used to being the go to guy with Kyrie out & now that he's back (not so much Heyward) he's not being depended on as much & him being as young as he is, is trying to find his way so far this season...Mitchell is a volume shooter who doesn't have anyone else on his team who can really create for themselves...hence the bad shot selection & low shooting percentage...it wasn't great last year, but this year he's having a much harder time getting open looks...both will be fine...in the case of the Celtics, sometimes less is more...Rozier is a little lost too not playing as many minutes...Celtics can overcome, not sure about the Jazz
Tatum is not on a decline. Hes just quiet atm. It’s the Celtics ball-sharing system which working against his finest attribute, his iso game. Simple shit. Fuck a analyst...
I agree with one thing the Jazz need Hayword and the celtics do not. Otherwise this topic really is irrelevant. The individuals are fine the teams themselves are not even ok.
Remember last year amidst all of the ROTY debate when Mitchell said that if you gave him an extra year to practice with a pro team we'd see how unfair it is? Well I'm waiting for the leap
Stephen your such a hack, putting lebron, Kobe, Kevin Durant over Tim Duncan. What a fuckin hater. Tim at the end of his career outperformed all of them when it came down to the last minutes of the biggest games. Not to mention he was unstoppable the whole game when he was younger.
What the nba needs is NO soft tryna go the easy way to victory type of players... players who stick to their organisation no matter what. As no one talks about him...lets take for eg aldridge. If he hadnt went to the spurs how good wud the trail blazers be right now.. Would anyone rate dirk as high as he is now of he had switched teams? Lebron shud hav stayed cavs...kd shud hav stayed thunder. Its coz the best players are soft making the league predictable even before the season even starts...FACTSSSSSS
I think Donovan Mitchell is more polished than Tatum he should be an All -Star but Tatum has everything to be a Superstar if he really puts in the work
ESPN is getting weaker and weaker! It is a team game so one person is not solely responsible for the outcome of a game. And we are only around 15 games in to this season. Get a fucking grip! If you can not find things to talk about for 2 hours a day First Take, then cut the show to 1 hour a day, or 3, 2 hour shows a week. FFS. Weak as, soft, marshmallow type shit y'all putting out. Yet i still clicked on the video so the joke is on me i guess. Never the less, get your shit together, god damn!
A sophomore slump is very common for nba star rookies because teams have the whole summer and next year to focus more on the player and expose weaknesses they will be fine tho they just have to adjust and will back to allstar level
