The fact that they’re trying to gaslight us into thinking they were fair to the kid is nasty work

Of course, ESPN trying to make up and gaslight acting like they weren’t part of the Celtics constant criticism. And why is UD still there, I know it hurts him after all the comments he made about them and he still find a way to be hating, eat crow.

criticizing tatum like a top 5 player but don't treat him like that when he wins

I'm sorry I can't take Udonis Haslem seriously, he's such a Celtics hater. What is the point of him even talking about the Celtics? It'd be like Derek Jeter talking about the Red Sox.

What Luka needs is stop crying for fouls, his talent is undeniable, and he's already a young veteran, dude has been balling since early in his life.

Celtics win tittle Espn day 1: was tatum unfairly critized Day 2: did he silence his critics Day 3: did he do enough to silence his criticts Day 4: did we fairly critized him in the finals Day 5: were his criticts accurate Day 6: how can we bring up criticts again ??

ESPN's a joke = they criticize Tatum/BOS the entire playoffs, for winning too much & not losing enough, to now say "are we criticizing Tatum unfairly?", when you already knew the answer + who talks about the losing team after "The Finals"?? Where do they do that??

Yall were the ones criticizing 😂

ESPN being hypocrites once again. Ofc Tatum doesn’t deserve the hate, the NBA media is just pure negativity and hatred. Ppl dont actually love the game like they say they do, they like the narratives, they like media drama.

ESPN is the one peddling Tatum Criticism, us fans dont care if he doesnt win FMVP

I've seen Tatum score 46 points against Giannis, 50 points against Kevin Durant, and 51 points against Joel Embiid all in playoff games and people are still questioning whether or not he's a top 5 player even though he's been 1st team All-NBA for 3 consecutive seasons

Almost every ESPN 'expert' picked the Mavs to win the title because Tatum and Brown lost in 2022 and weren't as clutch as Kyrie and Luka who those same experts said were the possibly the two best closers of all time. The idea that Tatum doesn't get criticism.. you have commentators on your channel constantly talking about how Tatum shoots too many tough shots and makes things too hard for himself. He's never mentioned as MVP and players like Luka are always put ahead of him. He led the team in points, assists and rebounds in the playoffs, was the only Celtic to show up in game 4 and was the best player in game 5..and wasn't voted MVP mainly because a number of ESPN voters voted for JB. ESPN then being incredulous that he says he's always criticized.. classic ESPN fence sitting.

lol Lowe asking "Who are the critics??" and then putting up the UD feed after UD picked the Mavs to win, made fun of Bill Russell, and has generally crapped on the Celtics all year. ESPN is almost becoming self aware

ESPN and comment sections all over the internet have been saying Jayson isn’t good enough for years lol…

naaah ESPN we kept the receipts since 2018. yall kept trashing the Celtics and create false narratives about the J's. dont act like you're not the media and the critiques. man up and apologize to the Celtics rather than gaslight the entire viewers

Now these dudes going to act like they weren’t saying that Tatum and Brown should have been split… or that Tatum wasn’t a super star. And now they are trying all types of mental gymnastics.

OG Celtics fan here 👋 I think the majority of the criticism stems from making the finals so young, all the endorsements & him literally saying he wanted to be the face of the NBA, then not playing up to those expectations. He wanted the spotlight and disappeared into the shadows.

ESPN should put an apology out to the whole Celtics organization. 98% of everyone in the media picked Dallas with confidence.😂 say sorry to the Pacers too because I guarantee you they would have beat Dallas. They gave Celtics a much more harder series.

They never do this to Luka .... He's always gotten a pass since he entered the league ....Tatum has been getting crushed at an early age something Luka hasn't experienced with all of his bad habits and i can't stand the Cs but lets be real Luka has always gotten a pass ...

Udonis brings as much value with his takes as he used to as a player with Miami.

"We have to create a mountain for him to climb." And that right there, is what is wrong with ESPN. Creating drama which indeed is unfair criticism, for just ratings.

LOL ESPN is even doing segments on themselves.

Then suddenly the Media have common sense right after the celtics won it all. Lmao

UD HAS THE NERVE TO SAY THE EAST IS WEAK ? What was it when bron was there ? Was it competitive?

*$1.2M retirement plan archived and four income streams, daily profits.*

I hope Boston can win again, so annoying ESPN doesn't give enough credit to Celtics.

Unbelievable offensive force, bordering on impossible to stop. The question is, with all of the success he has had throughout his career, is he willing to make the changes he needs to make to be a champion. Difficult to make tough changes with 50 million in the bank!

Luka was like a robot so slow and kyrie folded like LJ in that finals against the mavs lol.

Absolutely, he has been unfairly criticized. Joel Embiid is constantly mentioned as a top 5 player and won a MVP and has never been out of the second round. I never hear him getting criticized.

Why are people obsessed with Tatum being "unfairly criticized?" He's a superstar. Every superstar deserves insane scrutiny. That's the consequence of that level of stardom and salary.

🥷☘️ Jayson Tatum through 7 seasons - 1x NBA champion (2024) - 5x NBA All-Star (2020-2024)(4x starter) - NBA All-Star Game MVP (2023) - 3x All-NBA First Team (2022,2023,2024) - All-NBA Third Team (2020) - NBA Eastern Conference Finals MVP (2022) - NBA All-Rookie First Team (2018) - 1,296 Threes Made - Youngest player with 1,000 career 3PM - 5 All-NBA Appearances - 5 ECF Appearances(and counting) - 2x Finals Appearance (and counting) - 1st player to score 51 in a Game 7 - Most 30-PT games in a season in franchise history - Scored the most points in an ASG - 1st Celtic to average 30+ PPG - 3rd in playoff points before turning 27 (needs 180 to pass LeBron in 1st) - 1st in playoff 3PM before turning 27 - The most wins since entering the league - The most playoff wins since entering the league Career stats 23.1 PPG | 7.2 RPG | 4.0 APG | 1.1 SPG |1 BPG | 2.3 TO | 46.0/37.5/84.4% | 58.3 TS | 11,852 Total Pts | 3,670 total Rebounds | 1812 total assists | 563 total STLS | 346 total blks | 1180 total TO | 513 GP Career playoff stats 38.7 MPG | 24 PPG | 8.0 RPG | 5.0 APG | 1.1 SPG | 1.0 BPG | 2.9 TO | 108 GP | 2574 total Pts | 845 total Reb | 505 total AST | 120 total STLS | 97 total blks | 305 total TO | 44.2/35.5/83.0% | 39 MPG 2022 ECF: W Tatum - 25/8/6 Butler 25/7/3 2022 ECSF: W Tatum drops 46/9/4 in a pivotal game 6, down 3-2 on the road vs Giannis and reigning champion bucks, goes on to win the series Jayson Tatum PPG per season: 2017-18: 13.9 2018-19: 15.7 2019-20: 26.4 2020-21: 26.9 2022-23: 30.1 2023-24: 27.0 Jayson Tatum career high's as a statline: 60 Points | 19 Rebounds | 12 Assists | 6 Blocks | 5 Steals Only player to score 50+ points in the: - Regular Season - All-Star Game - Play-In Tournament - Playoffs

Zack Lowe is a real one, Udonis is also a great addition. Others can suck it.

It's so funny that this question is asked by the media, who have criticized Tatum the most🙄🙄🙄🙄

as a heat fan, its so refreshing to listen to Haslem break down how most NBA players view certain situations

Not gonna lie Udonis Haslem has very good takes

Why does the media feel the need to focus on the 2nd best player on a team and the 5th best player of a finals series?

im a mavericks fan, but can't lie tatum has had some of the greatest eliminations games in boston celtics history. an underrated one was him snatching game 6 from philly last year in the fourth quarter despite shooting poorly up until then.

Who were the critics? Cmon now.😂😂😂😂

“West basketball is different , they will be tested” Beats them in 5 😂 stay on that side ESPN

Congratulations Tatum🎉❤🎉

I personally think the NBA product gets diminished every time someone says the east is “weak”

The criticism of Tatum feels similar to KD critics. Their performance and abilities are so high, and so the expectations for them always are going to move higher.

Tatum shoots 38% fg for the finals series and his team won 4-1.. He is lucky he is surrounded by great talent since he was drafted. Every year he will only need to win 1 or 2 playoff series to win a ring because he is always have great teammates while playing in a weak conference. He doesn't even need to show up to win.

How is it obvious when they just got embarrassed?

I feel like im being gaslit this is insane lmao Tatum was getting skewered all post season while he was in the midst of accomplishing something only 5 other players have ever done. Insane

“Who were the critics?” ESPN!!

What they don't know is, the internet hates Tatum. I never see a highlight mixtape, it's always a post shitting on him. Add in the fact that he's young, Jayson is talking about NBA Twitter. Just my take.

UD don’t have enough basketball knowledge as far as information on the Celtics cause he was so worried about the Heat. Tatum never was in a losing situation, Boston was always winning since he’s been drafted. Had Isiah Thomas, Kyrie, Kemba, as PGs.

He has. Like Steph, he beat everyone but Steph yet get flack. Make that make sense

Nah this isn’t the most dominant Celtics team. It’s not even close

Here goes the sports media narrative to pin Tatum Vs. Brown, and who's better, and whose team is it. I know they've been doing it, but they're gonna turn up the 🔥

Didn’t i say i don’t wanna see haslem back on here talkin bout the Celtics after they win ? Come on ESPN do better

Ever since Andre Iguodala won the finals mvp that award really means nothing lol, good to have but honestly doesn’t matter, we just want Chips.

I cant wait till we use these receipts next season after we raise Banner 19

DO people forget he already has a Larry Bird ECF trophy as well? He was the first one to do so. Now that he's a champ the narrative will shift to: "Well he needs a MVP or a FMVP."

They are literally just bringing UD to hate on the Celtics dont think hes given a non bias answer when asked about them since hes been on ESPN

“We never question Dirk Nowitzki work ethic” Yes the media did. Funny how that one championship changes things. But before 2011 and especially before 2006, all types of criticisms including work ethic was lashed at Dirk.

Teams were banged up? Each team had 1 player injured, so did the Celtics. They played without Porzingis throughout the entire playoffs and the finals except 1 1/2 games.

Nope, none of the criticisms of the Celtics were unfounded, but they were required in order to help them become champions.

Why is espn like “was the people who criticized him being unfair?” You guys were leading the criticism narratives around him😂

Yes he has and the Celtics. All sports should apologize for seriously thinking the Mavs were going to win easily.

They all say the catch phrase “what they gonna say now” because YOU as media consistently criticize them (unfairly) for ratings all the time!! At least Dom admits they “have to create story lines.” On top of that, you’re not graceful and quick enough to give them their flowers, apologizing and accepting that y’all were wrong. It’s embarrassing, very.

Tatum is elite. he is a better version of PG13. he's also become a great leader. He's not necessarily KD, but not far. He is in between PG13 and KD which is amazing. Steph did not win NBA Finals MVP 3 times and he is considered by many a top 10 player. Get over it haters Tatum is now the best SF in the game. SGA, Edwards, Tatum, Giannis, Wemby.

1st who knows what the eastern conference playoffs would have been like with if the Knicks were healthy. 2nd what Canty said about Luka is the most ludicrous thing ever. Mute him for a week.

Hate only comes from someone in a worse place than you. Keep your head up Kings & Queens. If they’re hating, you must be doing something right!

ESPN's marketing strategy consists of manufacturing narratives and then criticizing those narratives when proven wrong. It creates an endless loop of content 😂

I’ve never seen a player get criticized for not being the best player on his team after scoring 31 in a close out game to win the Chip. Ever. Why do they keep talking about that? They didn’t do that to Steph, KG, DWade. It’s weird.

Saying the Mavs had no margin for error as the underdog who were picked by every single “expert” is a great bit of revisionist history from said experts

Dude shot 38.7% fg in the Finals and padded his stats in the 4th qtr of a 25 pt blowout in garbage time in a desperate attempt to STEAL Finals Mvp from JB. Kobe would be ashamed Meerkat Mentality Smh

Show all the clips of Stephen A saying they should be broken up one needs to be traded because it won’t work

UD don’t have enough basketball knowledge as far as information on the Celtics cause he was so worried about the Heat

Good thing Brown and Tatum got a good bond. Its a team effort!!

I think KP’s health (and if he stays/produces) is going to be the determining factor in keeping them at the top (or close to it). Keeping White, and Holiday, as well as a potential replacement for old man Al are gonna be paramount as well

Basically UD said I’m Miami Heat at heart lmao

Ppl saying the east was weak but the Celtics been one of the best teams in the east for the past 5 plus years and beat. every team in the east. Mfs sounds dumb saying everyone was hurt

Espn so one sided, when Tatum lost in 2022 at the same age as Luka yall criticised him but its different for Luka "he's young, he grow" bs

Jokic led the playoffs in points, rebounds and assists last year. Be leary of Haslem's numbers and facts, they may be inaccurate.

Canty that’s a HORRIBLE take

He did better in the eastern conference finals and finals. The media has no story so they needed to create one with him. Just evil. He was the mvp of both rounds.

People complain about Luka's defense at least as much as about his constant looking for fouls

I get he wasn’t finals MVP but He was great their last two wins so he did his part in helping the Celtics win.

Moses Malone knows about getting in shape because he was skinny when he played for my Spirits of St Louis team and lost their last game in the ABA. Next time I saw him (in the NBA) he was called Chairman of The Boards because Artis Gilmore told him he needed more booty.

Let’s discuss the ending. What are your thoughts?

He hasnt been criticized for what has been the problem. He plays the game on and off the court. He definately is not happy he didnt win the finals mvp. He thinks the mamba mentality is to play gor your legacy over team. he definately thinks about how he can be viewed the kobe of the team and makes his teammates walk around on egg shells if they happen to play better then him cough cough jaylen brown.. its all happy happy joy joy is what they are saying but jaylen went out there this year and just said i dont care im balling and dont care what anyone says

Luka needs to get a new body this off season. Time for him to get into a serious workout,and body building.

Yall forgot JB won the FMVP?? Yall barely speaking on, dude

The 86 Celtics had 67 wins not 65 Zach!

where's all the Luka criticism, ESPN?

Jayson Tatum is the current King of Celtics , & Protector of the Realm. J Brown is Jayson's Hand , Holiday Master of War, White Master of Whisperers, KP Lord Commander of the Kings Guard, Horford Master of Laws.

tatum > melo all time

People like Foxworth should not be a media member

Tatum is a good solid player but he's not elite. He had a great team around him. Luka was the best individual player but Boston had the better team and it showed. Kyrie did not show up like great players are supposed to.

Yeah, 6'ft'7'' and doing layups and jumpers will get you criticised!

Now i'm a die hard lakers fan since wilt was there and this is the one and only time i've rooted for a Boston team to win. But the trash the media did, i wanted bean town to win. When shaq went to boston I WAS DONE WITH HIM.

Greeny is a Jets fan😂 nobody should take his word seriously

As the saying goes, you cant please everyone

"Who are the critics"?????? My guy turn on a TV. Every sports show or loser with a youtube channel has been calling him a choker and said he's been carried by superteams his whole career.

Yes Tatum has been unfairly criticized by the trash talking heads in sports media and the dumb kids that think they know ball on social media. Its gone beyond criticism and into the realm of hate. Real hoop heads and actual basketball analysts have been fair and always gave him credit for the player he is.

Please get UD off my Tv screen. Super biased against the Cs

Luka is 25, he is unfairly criticized, Tatum is 26, criticism comes with his position. UD is brain dead…