Zach Lowe He Jayson Tatum is not one of the five best players in the NBA but he is something around 7th 8th 9th 10th People want him to be better than that and he is not quite on the level of the top four to five guys

Marks Jaylen Brown's trade value isn't that high around the rest of the league I had an analytics guy tell me We view Brown as the seventh-best player on a team

Marks There is a spirited debate going on in front offices right now regarding Jaylen Brown There's on one side the analytics debate and the analytics do not view Brown as a high-level player A negative net rating over the last four years in Boston minus 10 when he was on the court this year

Zach Lowe on Sam Presti defending SGA by blaming social media What social media How about the coaches of half the NBA teams Hes trying to make it sound like its just these lunatics on SM and poor Shai has all these people attacking him Its people in the league head coaches on the record

Bill Simmons I have him Jalen Brunson above Nash Kidd Sam Jones Harden Gervin and Luka

Perkins Whether it's being out of shape or him dealing with some type of injurywhen it comes to being reliable Luka is starting to get in that territory of Joel Embiid When you need him the most and it comes postseason time he's not available and if he is available he is never close to 70

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum on watching the Knicks in the NBA Finals Im not rooting for anybody Im also not rooting against anybody I think it does help that Ive won a championships already so helps me sleep a little better at night