Also on the Starting 5 on the topic of Tatum criticism:
Interviewer:
It seems to me that Jayson has to deal with unfair criticism-
Joe Mazzulla:
-Gets to deal with.
Interviewer:
Yeah.
Joe’s Response:
He gets to deal with it. It’s the ultimate compliment. You know, and that’s what we talked about. Like, this is what you asked for. You asked to be one of the best players in the NBA on the best team in the NBA, with an opportunity, uh you know to be an icon for the league for a long, long time. This is what you asked for.
There are basketball things he needs to work on to take his game to the next level, but when people criticize him for the absolute dumbest shit, (i.e. liking Kobe Bryant or being a cornball), it’s a good mentality to have.
People aren’t talking about this sort of stuff if he wasn’t one of the top like 8 players in the NBA.
Director asks JT about Kobe, they put it in the documentary. This wasn’t Tatum’s direction to start his segment with this, this is how the producer and director wanted to start his segment, knowing it would create drama
Also on the Starting 5 on the topic of Tatum criticism:
Interviewer:
Joe Mazzulla:
Interviewer:
Joe’s Response:
There are basketball things he needs to work on to take his game to the next level, but when people criticize him for the absolute dumbest shit, (i.e. liking Kobe Bryant or being a cornball), it’s a good mentality to have.
People aren’t talking about this sort of stuff if he wasn’t one of the top like 8 players in the NBA.
Director asks JT about Kobe, they put it in the documentary. This wasn’t Tatum’s direction to start his segment with this, this is how the producer and director wanted to start his segment, knowing it would create drama