Since the beginning of Feb Tatum’s been very inconsistent
Only a 14 game span but he’s had 5 incredible games (last night, Cleveland 3/1, Detroit 2/15, Charlotte 2/10, Brooklyn 2/1), 5 outright stinkers (NYK 2/27, 2/23 IND, 2/12 MEM, 2/8 PHI and 2/3 PHX. All games he shot below 40%) and 4 games that were somewhere in between. (NYK 3/5, PHI 2/25, BKN 3/3, and DET 2/6).
Of the definite playoff teams faced, he’s had 1 incredible game, 4 stinkers and 2 decenpretty good games.
Considering the competition level of this sample size I think it’s fair to say that while he’s been very good he hasn’t been MVP level in this period of time.
Just to try and fully understand your post.. put the stats for each game listed. One thing I would say is that when he's not scoring his assist and rebound numbers are up.. which would seem good.
Incredible games:
Cleveland 3/1 - 36 min, 41 pts (13-21), 11 reb, 8 Asst
Detroit 2/15 - 34 min, 38 pts (15-24), 9 reb, 7 Asst
Charlotte 2/10 - 37 min, 41 pts (13-21), 4 reb, 4 Asst
Brooklyn 2/1 - 29 min, 31 pts (12-19), 9 reb, 4 Asst
Stinkers:
NYK 2/27 - 37 min, 14 pts (6-18), 7 reb, 9 Asst
2/23 IND - 42 min, 31 pts (9-25), 12 reb, 7 Asst
2/12 MEM - 38 min, 16 pts (3-16), 7 reb, 3 Asst
2/8 PHI - 37 min, 12 pts (5-15), 8 reb, 9 Asst
2/3 PHX - 38 min, 20 pts (3-15), 6 reb, 5 Asst
In Between:
NYK 3/5 - 49 min, 40 pts (12-20), 11 reb, 6 Asst
PHI 2/25 - 36 min, 18pts (7-17), 13 reb, 6 Asst
BKN 3/3 - 38 min, 22 pts (10-23), 13 reb, 5 Asst
DET 2/6 - 39 min, 34 pts (11-24), 11 reb, 6 Asst
The main thing I'm seeing when looking at the stats is that Tatum has not been getting to the line in a lot of the last 9 games. In three of those games he had over ten FTs... but in the other 6 he's been: 2-4, 2-2, 1-1, 1-2, 1-2, 2-2.
Giannis has had one game all season where he only shot 4 FTs...almost every game is above 8.
Doncic has two games with only 4.
Surprisingly Jokic doesn't shoot a lot of FTs and has 5 games in the last few with under 4 FTs
Embiid has one game under 4FTs..second game of the season.
Not sure what that means, but the eye test is telling me Tatum isn't driving to the basket as much and isn't going to the hoop in the same way as he was in the beginning of the season. Wonder if he's trying to protect his wrist.