00:00They felt like during that discussion earlier this morning, you were wearing Tatum colored glasses.
00:07So I'll say this about that Tracy McGrady sound is that like he's pointing to the Memphis game and he's
00:12pointing to the Minnesota game.
00:14And yeah, Tatum struggled shooting in the majority of those games for sure.
00:20But the big difference with those games was the live ball turnovers like and that wasn't on Tatum.
00:25I don't want to point the finger, but if he's pointing the finger at Tatum and saying the offense looks
00:29janky right now because Tatum is back in.
00:32Well, they're turning the ball over like nobody's business and they've been the best team at not doing that all
00:37season long.
00:37Yeah, I mean what he's suggesting and and we talked about this earlier is that he his return is affecting
00:50the offense the way it was running when it was Jalen.
00:54But and I could I could see that and that was his concern, but you knew that was going to
00:58happen was his concern before coming back.
01:01But you knew that was going to happen like all the basketball heads should know that you're asking guys to
01:07do a specific thing when Jason Tatum's not out there.
01:11So you're asking Pete Pritch to have a different role.
01:15Derek White's role is going to be different.
01:18Sam House's role.
01:19Their roles are going to be completely different when Tatum's not there.
01:23Jalen Brown role still the same.
01:25Now you get Tatum back and all those other guys have to now step their roles into a different role
01:33that they've been playing all year long where Derek White, you no longer are the two or Pete Pritch, you're
01:40the three.
01:40You now have to drop down a notch because Tatum eventually is going to come back to being the two
01:47where Jalen's role doesn't change.
01:49And so you could kind of see that because we're in uncharted waters here.
01:53We've never seen a guy be out 10 months, come back at the end of a season and a playoff
01:59run and him be your best player on the team or one of your best players on the team.
02:05And now try to incorporate him into the office.
02:08But isn't that on Tatum to make sure his return doesn't cause an issue for a team that's going to
02:11the playoffs and is the odds on favorite to get to the finals?
02:14Yeah, but he's been playing fine.
02:15He hasn't been a ball hog.
02:16No, I'm just saying that this uncharted territory is also uncharted for the team.
02:20It's not that the team was awful.
02:23I think we all thought when he came back, we'd all be begging for his return.
02:27And that's not the case.
02:28I think there's more stress and pressure on him than we may have thought when he first got hurt.
02:32Yeah, but he's easing his way in though.
02:34And Meggo, right?
02:35I mean, like you watch him play.
02:36He's not trying to overtake the game.
02:38He's easing his way in.
02:40He's kind of...
02:40No, he's not shooting well.
02:41Well, yes, percentage is not well.
02:43Right.
02:43But he's not...
02:44That's how you gauge shooting.
02:45Right, but he's not forcing shots.
02:46He's not forcing...
02:47He's still scoring points is what I'm saying, Curtis, but he's not forcing shots.
02:51He's not, like, you know, trying to take over.
02:53He's still, like, kind of easing his way back into it.
02:56Where...
02:57I think what was encouraging about the third quarter against Minnesota was that he looked...
03:01Like, when he came out of that halftime, he was not afraid of contact.
03:05Right.
03:05He started going to the hoop.
03:06Because I think where people get frustrated when they're watching is the pain point that everybody has with the NBA,
03:12which is, oh, my God, there's another three.
03:14Right.
03:15And I get that.
03:15Like, I totally hear that.
03:17And that's frustrating when they're not falling.
03:18But I think that he just needs to get to a point where he is comfortable enough to be like,
03:23all right, I'm starting the game.
03:24I'm going right in for contact.
03:26I'm not...
03:27I'm finishing at the hoop.
03:28And that just takes a little time.
03:30Yeah, that definitely does when you're coming off...
03:32And I would only imagine coming off a blown Achilles.
03:34You know, he's probably got a lot of things running to his head.
03:37My thing was watching him, as long as he's not turned into a black hole, like, where it's like, oh,
03:43he gets the ball and then that's it.
03:44He's just hawking it.
03:45And I don't...
03:45From watching him play, I think he's kind of fell into his role of being like, hey, all right, I'll
03:51step aside and kind of, you know, work me into it.
03:54You're saying the injury thing is in the back of his mind at all times.
03:58Always.
03:58Kind of like when Shime orders an Italian sub with extra...
04:02Yes.
04:03He thinks of the empty airfield.
04:05Extra hot.
04:06If I'm ever going to do that, I'm always prepared.
04:09Like, I don't want to run into an empty airfield situation.
04:12Always in the back of his mind.
04:14Like, you order a sub, do you have to know immediately where the nearest meds room is?
04:19Yeah, you know, you take stock of that for the most part.
04:22Do you travel with Depends now?
04:24No, never have.
04:25There is a little bit of breaking Celtics news this morning.
04:29There is, and I just saw someone talking about this in the Twitch chat.
04:32So, according to CBS Sports, North Carolina fired Hubert Davis Tuesday night.
04:39One of the names that emerged very quickly was Brad Stevens.
04:44Well, according to CBS Sports, Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens
04:50has already removed his name from consideration for the Tar Heels job, sources told CBS Sports.
04:57So, he's not going anywhere for that UNC job.
05:01Yep, that's a good sign.
05:02I love how swift that was, too, to get that out of the way quick.
05:06He's younger than Cora.
05:08Yeah, he's 49.
05:09Yeah, he's a young dude.
05:10I mean, he also looks, I mean, it's not shocking that he doesn't age.
05:13But, like, I feel like the only thing he'd go back to college for would be in Indiana.
05:19Because that's where he's, you know, born and raised.
05:21That's, like, the history.
05:22Bringing back Indiana basketball wouldn't mean a lot.
05:24But I don't think we're anywhere near that right now.
05:27Yeah, maybe that could be that, like, if that was one of his, like, goals as he was coming up
05:31as a coach, like, that would be, I don't know.
05:33Did he go to Indiana or is that, like, you know, some guys want to go back to that?
05:36No, he went to DePaul, I think.
05:37Okay.
05:38So, yeah, I mean, I guess it's like anything.
05:40We talked about it with Brady is what's that itch like for you when it comes to, are you satisfied
05:50or do you feel like I'm whole as the GM of the Celtics or whatever his role is, like, the
05:57head of basketball operations?
05:58Does that make you feel whole or is that, is there, are you always missing to being in the mix
06:06of being the head coach and what all the, you know, design and plays and, you know, the practices, like,
06:12do you miss that and does that become bigger?
06:16It seems like he's super happy in this role.
06:19I mean, I don't, right, right.
06:21But does he have that other one, like Curtis says, where if the right opportunity comes up, he would say,
06:27ah, I want to get back out there and coach again.
06:30You know, that's the biggest thing.
06:31You can be super happy in this things.
06:34Like, you don't have to be miserable in this things.
06:37He has a great job.
06:38Right.
06:38Of all the things Wick did, maybe the most underrated was elevating him and putting Missoula as the coach.
06:44Like, what a master stroke.
06:47Yeah.
06:47That was.
06:48Like, brilliant.
06:50Is there been a better move by an owner when you consider you lose Danny Ainge and then you improve?
06:55Right.
06:55Like, like Brady loves what he's doing.
06:58But, you know, it's more about how much do you miss being on the sideline as a coach.
07:05And like Brady, it's difficult because, you know, he's getting older and he's playing the sport.
07:09But Brad Stevens is still young enough where if the right opportunity presented itself, he loves what he's doing.
07:17But would that opportunity be something that he would go, ooh, I would want to do that more than being
07:24the VP of basketball operations?
07:26He wants to see you out there.
07:26Bye.
07:26Stop.
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