Kevin Durant was surrounded and rendered ineffective today by the Boston Celtics. This match was capped off by Jayson Tatum rising above Durant to put a sledgehammer to his hopes. His performances have been abysmal, to say the least. Fans of his have been saying that he will blow up. But, that has come a cropper. He has been individually sterile and hasn’t provided anything to the team.
Fans are now comparing Tatum to Durant. Tatum’s performances have been clutch this entire playoff series. Not only that, he has performed well and put an impetus to a team which was down in the dumps.
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I think Jason Tatum maybe surpassing Kevin Durant right before our eyes in the NBA hierarchy
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) April 24, 2022
Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce has now weighed on this. He has put out a tweet saying that Tatum has surpassed Kevin Durant in the eyes of the NBA hierarchy. Fans had mixed reactions over this tweet of the 2008 NBA winner.
NBA Twitter over this Pierce tweet
via Imago
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 26: Paul Pierce attends the 2017 NBA Awards at Basketball City – Pier 36 – South Street on June 26, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
Pierce won the 2008 NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics. He has now put the above opinion on Twitter. This has led to some mixed reactions, at least. Durant is, after all been one of the best. Hence, some fans will be defensive about this tweet. Meanwhile, Celtics fans are whole heartily agreeing. Some fans are saying that Tatum has already surpassed even Pierce. These are some of the absolute cr?me de la cr?me of the sinkhole that is NBA “twitter”:
https://twitter.com/GoodfellaWGM/status/1518059084636905474?t=z6hxAjSgSEJ8AS9qeQmHxA&s=19
He’s surpassing you too, lil bro. https://t.co/kGfUdKVC0c
— KoBron Lakers Fan 🐍🐐 (@LakersLFG) April 24, 2022
KD's burners boutta be going crazy with this one #NBATwitter https://t.co/H2SGRaimGn
— Patrick Worldpeace (@itsmrworldpeace) April 24, 2022
https://twitter.com/GoodfellaWGM/status/1518059084636905474?t=z6hxAjSgSEJ8AS9qeQmHxA&s=19
You on to something but the fans gonna be mad cause of their love of the past & not be looking @ what’s happening now https://t.co/g3ADDIBI06
— I was in da areas… (@G_Chyld7x) April 24, 2022
Kevin Durant and Jayson Tatum
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May 30, 2021; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) attempts a layup against Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant (7) during the first half of game four in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports
For a third game in a row, Durant struggled against the physicality, length and creativity of a Celtics? defense that?s had every answer to the test of KD and swallowed the Nets to take an 3-0 series lead with a 109-103 victory at Barclays Center ? an arena that sounded more like Boston?s TD Garden.
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Everyone was swarming Durant. Brooklyn was neutered the entire game. Irving, too, didn’t provide anything. Bruce Brown and Blake Griffin were better than them in this match.
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Meanwhile, Tatum is on a high right now. He scored 39 points to extend the lead over the Nets. He has been an absolute game winner for the Celtics. Others, like Jaylen Brown, supported him well too. Durant was, even, scared to take a shot against Tatum.
Piece may just be right. We might just be seeing Tatum surpassing Durant this season.Nets, for now, look no close to coming back and reversing this deficit. For Durant, that is a sledgehammer to his legacy.
