Tatum All Time Playoff Scoring

[KyRo23]

I don’t see this really talked about, but Tatum is on a great pace for all time playoff scoring currently.

He is currently at over 2,200 points in 6 seasons, not counting this one. For comparison, Jordan is at 5,900 in second place. Realistically how high can Tatum get? It would be pretty hard to pass LeBron up, but I can see Tatum getting pretty up there by the time it’s all said and done.

He already passed Giannis and is pretty close to some vets who have played twice as long as him. Pretty cool to see

[Mavrelous]

I read the title as Batum All Time Playoff Scoring, took me a while until I realized it's Tatum...
He has the team to continue being contender for 3-4 years, he will be top 40 by end of these PO most likely, and top 10 before turning 30.

[Zespetjest]

Playing on east is unreal easy to get to playoffs, so do those stats mean anything at all?

[Hatrick Ewing]

Theoretically, he is a good player but idk Grady Dick balls but he a rookie he good tho. NBA YOUNGBOY LFG

[MarcusBrody]

I'm actually pretty impressed. I wouldn't have expected him to be ahead of Giannis already, but it makes sense on reflection.

As Mavrelous said, Boston looks well-positioned to contend for the immediate future and the East looks notably weaker than the West both in current and emerging teams, so that will likely means tons of playoff games. It's obviously hard to predict anything in the NBA further out than 5 years, but he could easily be at 4500-4800 points at 30 and then just scoring another 1000 would put him in the all time top 5. Seems pretty doable.

If Boston can stay good and he can stay healthy, catching Kareem and Jordan seems very possible. I don't see Tatum as quite the level of player to ensure a deep playoff run with basically whoever is around him, so it of course depends on Boston continuing to make deep runs.

[KyRo23]

Playing on east is unreal easy to get to playoffs, so do those stats mean anything at all?

Of course it means something. Giannis plays in the east too and has been passed by Tatum. Celtics have been one of the best teams the past handful of seasons, it is earned for him IMO

[TheNG]

Total playoff stats means nothing. It benefits players who win 4-3 almost twice over players who win 4-0.

[AleksandarN]

I don’t see this really talked about, but Tatum is on a great pace for all time playoff scoring currently.

He is currently at over 2,200 points in 6 seasons, not counting this one. For comparison, Jordan is at 5,900 in second place. Realistically how high can Tatum get? It would be pretty hard to pass LeBron up, but I can see Tatum getting pretty up there by the time it’s all said and done.

He already passed Giannis and is pretty close to some vets who have played twice as long as him. Pretty cool to see

Most points without a championship?

[Mavrelous]

I don’t see this really talked about, but Tatum is on a great pace for all time playoff scoring currently.

He is currently at over 2,200 points in 6 seasons, not counting this one. For comparison, Jordan is at 5,900 in second place. Realistically how high can Tatum get? It would be pretty hard to pass LeBron up, but I can see Tatum getting pretty up there by the time it’s all said and done.

He already passed Giannis and is pretty close to some vets who have played twice as long as him. Pretty cool to see

Most points without a championship?

That would be Karl Malone, highly unlikely for anyone to reach his total and not win.

[KyRo23]

Total playoff stats means nothing. It benefits players who win 4-3 almost twice over players who win 4-0.

I feel this is kind of short sighted. Over a players career, you're going to have seasons where you have both. You're going to have seasons where you lose in the first round, times you win a ring and play a lot of games, hard series, short series...

If you take a look at the top playoff scoring list, it looks pretty good to me. It's just how basketball works. A few short series of 4-0 over your career is not really going to effect your all time point total, especially if you play 15 years.

Here is the list -

LeBron
Jordan
Kareem
Kobe
Shaq
Tim Duncan
Durant
Malone
Erving
West

There is the top 10. The nitpicking of shorter series to longer series seems moot at that point

[SweaterBae]

I read the title as Batum All Time Playoff Scoring, took me a while until I realized it's Tatum...
He has the team to continue being contender for 3-4 years, he will be top 40 by end of these PO most likely, and top 10 before turning 30.

Super bummed about Batum, he never developed into a #2. Hell, he was never a #3.

[reload141]

Playing on east is unreal easy to get to playoffs, so do those stats mean anything at all?

Come on now.

Can’t you just acknowledge that he’s still such a good player and that he could absolutely become close to Jordan in that 2nd spot for playoff scoring?

Making the “East is so easy argument” is getting boring.

[Zespetjest]

Playing on east is unreal easy to get to playoffs, so do those stats mean anything at all?

Come on now.

Can’t you just acknowledge that he’s still such a good player and that he could absolutely become close to Jordan in that 2nd spot for playoff scoring?

Making the “East is so easy argument” is getting boring.

Yeah, truth is boring, that’s why fake news are selling more.

[Zespetjest]

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[Haldi]

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Meanwhile the west gonna be an absolute bloodbath and will have to face a fully rested Celtics team in the finals

[UcanUwill]

Playing on east is unreal easy to get to playoffs, so do those stats mean anything at all?

Not to be downer or baiter, we know of course it means something, a lot actually. Obviously, Tatum is great player, but to challenge these records, guys usually need to luck out and get on great team early on. Tatum got that, he is big reason why team has been as good as it was, but far from the only one.

[cupcakesnake]

Playing on east is unreal easy to get to playoffs, so do those stats mean anything at all?

Not to be downer or baiter, we know of course it means something, a lot actually. Obviously, Tatum is great player, but to challenge these records, guys usually need to luck out and get on great team early on. Tatum got that, he is big reason why team has been as good as it was, but far from the only one.

Extremely rare trajectory for a big-time prospect to get drafted by a ready-to-go playoff team. It's a big head start in building an all-time great career. Happened for Bird, Magic, Kobe, Duncan, Barkley. It is much more common for a big talent to spend their early years at the bottom of the pyramid, or at least on a team that doesn't have the talent to win in the playoffs.

The 2017 Celtics won 53 games and went to the Conference FInals. They then traded for Kyrie, signed Gordan Hayward, and drafted Jayson Tatum. Funny that only one of those things worked out in the long run!

Tatum deserves some credit. He's an extremely easy star to build around since he's super versatile and a high level defender. He makes any lineup better and can plug gaps, play different roles. But yes Boston has had really strong talent over Tatum's whole career. Kyrie, Horford, Hayward, JB, Smart, Time Lord, Rozier, Kemba, Brogdon, Derrick White, Jrue, Kristaps, and a constant stable of good defensive personnel.

[ChipotleWest]

I have a feeling Porzingis is going to come up small in the playoffs. He did with Dallas.

[Homer38]

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Injuries are part of the game and that's always going to be the case....You can just control what you can control...Like the Bulls in the 1990s were healthy for most of the time come playoff time and sometimes their opponents had injuries like Orlando in 1996 when they were depleted as the series progressed but it wasn't their fault.

[Marrrcuss]

Total playoff stats means nothing. It benefits players who win 4-3 almost twice over players who win 4-0.

You all have an acute talent for tearing down any and everything.