Kobe Bryant's influence on today's NBA players is very huge, many outstanding young people in the NBA today regard Kobe Bryant as an idol, one of the players is called Kobe Bryant's disciple by many people, this person has been personally trained by Kobe bryant to teach skills, and this season's performance also shows the style of Kobe's disciple.
This player is Tatum, who did not feel good in the season's opener, but even so, he shot resolutely, and finally scored 20 points on 7-of-30 shooting, and the team lost to his opponent by 4 points. Tatum's style of play shows Kobe-like paranoia, and many people criticize him for saying that this style of play will hurt the team.
However, everything has disadvantages and benefits, and Tatum's paranoid approach also has advantages, that is, his confidence will not waver, his ability to resist pressure is getting stronger and stronger, as long as his confidence does not decrease, he will soon find his state. It turned out that this was indeed the case, and in the next 3 games, Tatum rebounded strongly from the field of shooting efficiency, with 8 of 14 shots in the second game, 12 of 24 shots in the third game, and in today's fourth game, Tatum shot 28 more times, hitting 14 goals and scoring 41 points.
From 30 points in the first game to 28 points in the fourth game, Tatum only separated 5 days, in just 5 days, Tatum changed from a blacksmith to an efficient scorer, with the strong rebound in the next few games, Tatum averaged 27.5 points, 8.2 boards and 4.5 assists this season, and the shooting rate also increased from 23.3% in the first game to 42.7%, which showed the style of Kobe Bryant's disciples.