« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2017, 07:38:08 AM »
Doeds Tatum have potential to be this year's Evan Turner? He's not the distributor that Turner was when he was here and Smart's playmaking has come a long way (I'm assuming he'll still be coming off the bench) but if Smart's shooting it still a problem is it possible the second unit offense is run through Tatum? Might he be ready for that kind of scoring load if it's against bench opposition?
That's a bad comparison.
Turner was a facilitator (4.4 assists per game) but a horribly inefficient scorer with a lifetime eFG of .452. Turner drove the offense but didn't finish.
Tatum isn't a facilitator but should be a far more effective scorer and shooter. He won't drive the offense but he'll be the finisher.
Maybe I didn't explain that right. I'm not saying I think Tatum's game is going to be similar to Turner's, I think it's possible that he could play a similar role on the team as the linchpin of the second unit offense. Not as a facilitator but as a go-to scorer against opposing benches.
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