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I actually defended Jason Tatum last hour, and if you did not catch it,

my take is, before I get to my NFL predictions and Nick Wright,

is the Celtics culture is so paralyzed by threes now.

And it's a very strong culture from Danny Ains, Udoka, Missoula, Brad Stevens,

and Tatum is such a collaborative player that instead of beating people off the dribble,

which he could, he gets very much into a, hey, I'm going to stay, be part of the team,

I'm going to take threes,

and I thought last night was a prime example of sometimes even Phil Jackson, the Zen Master of the Triangle, I'm going to let Michael and Kobe impose their will. They're going to do what they're going to do. Lawrence Taylor, line up where you got to line up, make plays happen. I think sometimes Tatum, who can beat almost everybody in this league on the wing off the dribble,

settles because he's collaborative. We have threes. The Celtics are last in the NBA in free throws and third worst in layups.

And they just stick to threes. And when they have these bad night shooting them, warriors used to have these. They just keep shooting them. And I'm like, no, Tatum, get open, get me buckets. I don't care where they're at. Eight straight possessions. Impose your will. But again, collaborative, smart, great kid, Duke kid. I'm going to be part of the team. We shoot threes here. I don't like it. Okay, so I do this

four times before a start of a season. When there's coaching changes and free agencies done,

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