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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2707418, member: 488"] It's tough to compare them because Tatum just turned 20 and Redick is at the tail-end of his prime. I think it can be argued either way. Redick is a below average defensive player (I don't know exactly how bad), but his shooting and passing coming off screens has kept that offense above water all year and especially in the playoffs with guys like Covington struggling. In sum, he's a huge net positive for a team that protects the rim as well as Philly. Tatum is solid defensively, perhaps above average if you want to give him the benefit of the doubt for contributing to the league's top ranked defense (I don't know how much of that is coaching/scheme, but then again, the same point could be made against Redick). On the other end he's been super efficient and looks poised to emerge as one of the league's best scorers over time, but he's feasted on a healthier diet of shots than Redick, who has been an artist at drilling unthinkably tough shots under duress, moving away from the basket. At the end of the day, I think both clubs would keep their guys. Redick's infusion of shooting is one of the primary reasons for the turn around they've had, and it's one of the primary reasons they continued to win when Embiid went down. Tatum has held his own as a rookie on the #1 defense in the league, something I absolutely did not expect him to do, and posted outrageous shooting splits for a player in his age-19 season. Taking the needs of both teams into account, the difference between great shooter and all-time great shooter meant more to Philly than it did to Boston, and the opposite is true defensively. JMO. [/QUOTE]

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