?Never Compare Either of Those Lames to Kobe Bryant?: Crashing Out of the Playoffs, NBA Twitter Ignites Against Jayson Tatum and Devin Booker

Jayson Tatum played a key role for Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals after the Heat gained a commanding 3-0 lead. Tatum and co. won three back-to-back games and forced a Game 7 on Miami. However, when it mattered the most, Jayson Tatum failed to deliver his best. The 25-year-old netted just 14 points for the Boston Celtics while the Heat eliminated them with a 84-103 Game 7 win. Apparently, Jayson Tatum is now facing the music from basketball enthusiasts.

Though Devin Booker and the Suns were eliminated before Tatum and co., certain fans now think that Booker has an upper hand over Tatum. However, NBA fans seem to be incensed at both the stars. Besides, fans also have a problem with comparing these two vanquished players to the legendary Kobe Bryant.

Fan slams Jayson Tatum with a Devin Booker claim

Jayson Tatum has rendered spectacular shows for Boston throughout the post-season, including a 51-point display against the 76ers. Moreover, Tatum’s 33 points were crucial for Boston to successfully avoid an embarrassing sweep. However, in the most crucial Game 7, Jayson Tatum scored 14 points and trailed behind his teammates Jaylen Brown and Derrick White.

Jayson Tatum’s fatigued display and the Celtics’ subsequent exit has prompted quite a lot of fans to call Tatum out. A user named Andrew Leezus took to twitter and ridiculed Jayson Tatum. Andrew Leezus tweeted,?“Jayson Tatum with 14 in an ELIMINATION game. NEVER compare him to Devin Booker again.” Though Devin Booker put in better numbers than Tatum in the Conference Semi-Finals, Booker failed to make it to the next round. Besides, Booker scored only 12 points when the Nuggets knocked his side out. However, Andrew Leezus thinks the famous Booker-Tatum comparisons are hilarious after Tatum’s crash out.

Andrew Leezus might think Booker is better than Tatum. However, many fans think both of these stars are not good enough. Furthermore, some fans even dragged the two stars’ mentor Kobe Bryant into the conversation.

Fans bring in Kobe Bryant as Tatum, and Booker faces fury on Twitter

Both Devin Booker and Jayson Tatum grew up idolizing Kobe Bryant. Therefore, the two have time and again given homages to the Black Mamba. Nonetheless, the NBA world was not so happy with the antics of Booker and Tatum. Besides these two disciples of Bryant, Devin Booker in particular has been compared to the mighty Mamba himself. Now that the two ‘Kobe fanboys’ have crashed out of the season, fans think that they should never be compared with Kobe again. “Never compare either of those lames to Kobe again,” said a fan.

Another fan demands that the Kobe comparison must stop.

Fan trolls both Booker and Tatum.

A fan said this, perhaps hinting at those Kobe-DBook comparisons.

Fans can’t take the comparisons with Bryant any more.

This fan smoked Jayson Tatum and his earlier gesture of texting Kobe Bryant.

Fan shows no mercy to Jayson Tatum and Devin Booker.

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What are your thoughts on Kobe Bryant’s two disciples and the comparisons that revolve around them? Who was better this season, Jayson Tatum or Devin Booker?

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