Tatum is actually up in several while blowing away his previous years shooting numbers from the field.
Tatum is what?
Tatum is basically the same from 3 (.356 this year, to .350 last year), he's been much better from 2, but he's been worse from the free throw line.
Meanwhile, his rebounding is down, his points are down, his assists are down, his steals are even, his blocks are down, and his turnovers and turnover % are career highs, by a LOT, on slightly less usage (32.7 to 30.0).
Brown's been worse from the field, better from 3 and worse from the free throw line.
His rebounding is down, his points are down, and his assists are down. Of course, everyone around here is consistently ignoring the other end of the court, where Jaylen has been pretty great all season long, his steals are up, his blocks are up, his turnovers are at almost career lows (even with being on pace for the highest offensive fouls in his career), his turnover rate is down, also on slightly less usage (31.4 to 28.6).
The reason Jaylen's rebounding is so much lower is because unlike Tatum, Brown is spending his time on the defensive end running around the circle guarding the opposing team's fastest players night in and night out, while Tatum hangs around guarding guys in the corner grabbing boards off the back end of the rim. Tatum's offensive rebounding % has dropped from 3.2 to 2.1 this season (Jaylen is at 2.0). And when Tatum comes off the floor, he's usually replaced by Al, leaving Brown out there with KP and Al. Tatum almost never plays with 2 bigs.
This thread should be "take"n out back and shot.