Former Warriors guard Nick Young took what can be most charitably described as a “poor taste” shot at Celtics guard Jayson Tatum over his performance in the NBA Finals.
First, to be clear, Jayson Tatum had a bad Finals performance. How bad? Tatum shot 31.7 percent from the field – which is awful. However, even worse, Tatum became the first player to record 100 turnovers in an NBA postseason.
So, he was bad, real bad. And reasons abound for why he performed so poorly. Though, former Warriors guard Nick Young has perhaps one of the most original explanations for Tatum’s disappointing showing: “His True Light Skin Colors Came Out.”
Interesting. An even more interesting take considering that Young used to play alongside Stephen Curry, the very light-skinned Warriors guard who won the Finals MVP. One wonders if Young ever spoke to Curry about the perils of letting his “true light skin colors” come out?