00:00So when Tatum comes back, what are your expectations for this team come playoff time?
00:07My expectation is that Tatum is a more limited version of himself.
00:13Like, we're not going to see the 40 minutes.
00:15We shouldn't see 40 minutes a game from Tatum putting that kind of stress on his body
00:19because he will not have that big ramp up that other guys have.
00:25So I would think that even if he starts, it'd be more limited minutes.
00:30And there is a possibility that he just comes off the bench throughout the rest of the season
00:36and they just make it a consistent lineup that way where he can get his minutes
00:42and he'll just be kind of like the ultimate sixth man.
00:45But however they distribute it, I still think he'll be limited.
00:48He'll definitely be limited to start.
00:50And then when the playoffs come around, maybe they pump it up to 25.
00:54Maybe 30 minutes.
00:55But it won't be the 38, 39, 40-minute type of performance.
01:00But he'll still be some version of himself.
01:03And when you think about what these guys have been able to do without him,
01:08if you just take Jordan Walsh out and put 70% of Jason Tatum in, that's a major upgrade.
01:17So I think you're going to see a team that does what it's been doing,
01:23but now has that other guy that you can go to.
01:27When you add Vucevic into the mix who can space the floor,
01:32multiple guys who can attack Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum with that space
01:36and now having a spacer out there and with the defense stepping up.
01:40You have a team that can challenge now to come out of the East,
01:43which is a complete shock.
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