His 3-point shooting isn't always the deadly weapon he thinks it is. He shot 37.6 percent in the regular season, which is fine, but entering Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Saturday night, Tatum was at 26.6 percent from long distance in this year's playoffs.
He relies on his stepback jumper too often, especially against smaller opponents, or when there is plenty of time on the shot clock and a better look to be found.
The offense is at its most efficient and aesthetically pleasing when Derrick White and Jrue Holiday are the initiators and chief decision-makers - rather than Tatum or Jaylen Brown, as exceptional as they are as offensive players.
Tatum can bring that aesthetically pleasing offense to a standstill when he 'gets into his bag' and goes into his skills-and-drills, isolation-ball mode.
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