00:00What are your expectations for him tonight?
00:02I know you said the team.
00:02So I think he sort of eases his way back in.
00:04It's not going to be one of these like, oh, Tatum's here and everything's the same
00:09and he runs the offense and he's the guy.
00:12I don't expect that at all.
00:14I think it's going to be almost as easy a transition as it can be
00:19only because Joe Mazul's done a nice job
00:22and the different lineups that he's put out there,
00:24he's basically had Baylor Shireman now for a while,
00:27just kind of holding that spot.
00:29And he's done well, right?
00:30He's had some moments and whatever, but he's kind of fit in.
00:34But clearly it was just like waiting for Tatum to return.
00:37This isn't like all of a sudden you're flipping a switch
00:39and Peyton Pritchard, who's like your second leading scorer,
00:41second or third leading scorer, and he's starting all season
00:43and then you yank him out of there.
00:45This is one thing I've really liked when they're like, no, no,
00:47you're going back to being the sixth man.
00:49And it's not just because Simons has been traded.
00:51It's because we know Tatum's returning and Cato's done so well.
00:55So he stayed in the starting lineup.
00:57So now you're like Vucevic and Pritchard are going to be your main guys
00:59off the bench.
01:00Add Shireman to that list.
01:02So White and Brown have already played a ton in their career with Tatum.
01:07Sam Houser plays really well with Tatum.
01:10Yeah, that is good.
01:10There's all kinds of stats on that.
01:11Two-man lineup, yeah.
01:12And then Cato, he's familiar with at least, right?
01:14You're not throwing him in there right away with Vucevic.
01:15So I think all those guys know how to play with him.
01:19Clearly, it's been a while.
01:20I also was looking at numbers like how many shots Shireman, Walsh, you know,
01:26when Minot was there.
01:27Like the guys like that, how many shots they take per game.
01:30And if you basically give those shots to Tatum, Brown can still take 20 shots.
01:35I think Brown still will probably for the rest of the season be the team's
01:38leading scorer.
01:39But I don't think it's going to take long for Tatum to be the team's
01:43second leading scorer.
01:43Maybe not tonight, but I think in short order, he'll be back to being
01:47the team's second option.
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