On May 15, Beijing time, when Tatum slammed 51+13+5+6 three-point and 0 turnovers in the seven-game battle, surpassing Curry to create a new record in the history of the seven-game battle, he successfully sent the 76ers with "double MVP" home to play a great battle that went down in history. It's just that on the topic of whether Tatum has become a leader of the new generation of NBA, more than 60% of Tencent News netizens do not recognize, undoubtedly he is still far from taking over as a new "façade", specifically due to five factors.
When the Celtics once lost the battle of Tianwang Mountain, losing the game point 2-3 on aggregate, Tatum successfully played five quarters of good ball in G6 and G7, of which G6 led the team to reverse by 16 points at the end of the game, and led the team to a victory over the 76ers by 51 points in the seven-game battle, breaking the historical record of 50 points set by Curry two weeks ago.
Although Tatum led the Celtics to a miraculous comeback to advance to the Eastern Finals, he has won 5-1 in six career games, and smashed 51 points and 0 turnovers in seven games, plus advanced to the Eastern Conference for the fourth time in his career, but public opinion still does not recognize him as a leader of the new generation.
I haven't won a big prize in my career
As the 2017 scout, Tatum is already in his sixth season in the NBA, and he has yet to win a convincing individual award. The most significant part of Tatum's career right now is a first-time Eastern Conference MVP (first established last year), an All-Star MVP, a four-time All-Star and a two-time All-Star First Team.
Tatum, 25, has yet to win a regular-season MVP, while Alphabet has already won a regular-season MVP at age 24, and Jokic was also credited with an attribution MVP at age 26. Tatum currently does not have a single stat award such as scoring title, which is also a lack of honor.
Overall inconsistent performance in the playoffs
Tatum has led the team to the playoffs for the first six seasons of his career, and has advanced to the Eastern Conference finals four times, as well as the Finals last year. Among the new generation of stars, Tatum's leadership is absolutely unique, even leaving other players, such as Doncic, Morant and Trae Young.
It's just that Tatum has repeatedly had an unstable performance in the playoffs, just after the series with the 76ers, Tatum has only scored 7 points on 1-of-7 shooting, and there is also a sluggish performance of 1 of 14 in the G6 game and 5 of 21 in the whole game, but fortunately 4 consecutive three-point redemptions in the last quarter. Tatum has had a lot of troubles in the playoffs, and thanks to Jaylen Brown, he stepped up to take on the core responsibility for him.
The benchmarking benchmark player standard is too high
Tatum is known as "Kobe Bryant's protégé", so his reference player is naturally Kobe, and Kobe Bryant's early career once partnered O'Neal for 3 consecutive championships, which is naturally a big gap with Kobe. At the same time, Tatum is also in the top Celtics in NBA history, and there are too many great legendary superstars in team history, so Tatum is not really carrying the banner of the Green Shirts if he has not led the team to a championship.
Neither style nor popularity is top-notch
As a leader of the new generation, in addition to personal strength and team leading achievements, it also needs super popularity. In this regard, Tatum's style of play is not a particularly fan-absorbing type, inferior to Morant, whose wind explodes; The popularity is also not a top type, inferior to Doncic and Zion, so it has not yet become the new "face" of the league.
The absence of 1 championship lays the foundation
Any player who wants to become the new leader of the league undoubtedly needs to have a championship status, and Janku has become the absolute face of the league for nearly a decade because they all have 4 championships, and Durant also has 2 championships. Tatum does not yet have a championship, so if Tatum can lead the team to victory this year, he can truly become a leader of the new generation.
(Text/Drunken Lying Float)