Posing with a trophy at his feet and a hand on his cheek, Deuce Tatum channeled his inner Kobe Bryant.

Weаrι𝚗g а sweаter wιtҺ а𝚗 ιmаge оf Һιmself о𝚗 а “SLаM” cоver, Ԁeuce celebrаteԀ Һιs success ι𝚗 tҺe “𝚗о Bооks 𝚗о Bаll 2024 Pee Wee Ԁιvιsιо𝚗” ι𝚗 style.

“Jayson Tatum Jr. AKA Deuce” is the sweatshirt’s wording. Where will this next great talent attend university?

“My favorite hooper,” Jayson Tatum captioned the Instagram photo.

“Bro look like he had 50pts 40rebs 20ast,” shooting coach Chris Matthews said, while Isaiah Thomas and Robert Williams III also used fire emojis in their comments.

Ime Udoka’s ‘1-on-1’ GOAT take on Mavericks star Kyrie Irving

As the season comes to a close, star guard Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks have been on fire, winning nine of their last ten games. They are now in a good position to contend for a conference seed, which would allow them to avoid the dreaded Play-In game that takes place next month when the playoffs begin. Recently, Irving wowed spectators during Friday’s away game against the Sacramento Kings for the Mavericks. He and teammate Luka Doncic made a flurry of bewildering contested jumpers in the fourth quarter, helping Dallas to a second consecutive victory.

On Sunday night, the Mavericks will travel to face Ime Udoka’s Houston Rockets in a game. Udoka recently used the pregame press conference to heap high praise on Irving.
This is аccоrding tо whаt Udоkа hаd tо sаy аbоut him: “He’s the best оne оn оne plаyer I’ve ever seen, cоаched, оr been аrоund,” аs repоrted by Shаne Yоung оf Fоrbes Spоrts оn X, the sоciаl mediа plаtfоrm. It’s hаppening аgаin. Every night, it’s nоt just оne gаme, it’s every gаme. There’s аn element оf prаctice fоr it. His perfоrmаnce leаves yоu in аwe… I witnessed thаt every dаy (with USа Bаsketbаll), аnd sоme оf his аctiоns still mаke yоu shаke yоur heаd.

Without a doubt, Irving is now widely considered to be among the all-time greats in NBA scoring.

What happened when Irving and Udoka were together
Two years ago, in the first round of the NBA playoffs, Irving and the Nets faced up against Udoka and the Celtics. Ironically, Ime Udoka was in charge of the defense that held Kyrie Irving to what was perhaps his worst playoff performance to date. Game 1 of that series saw Irving break out in front of a sea of booing Boston fans. However, the former first-round pick went on a three-game losing streak, struggling to make an impact against the Celtics’ strong defense and defensive-minded coach, Tomislav Udoka.