“Time flies,” Tatum said. “I was drafted in 2017… My son was born here. I bought my first car here. And for me, I admire and love the relationships I’ve built within the organization, all the coaches that I’ve had, obviously, the front office, security guards, trainers, chefs, the fans, the people that work at the Garden, the ball boys that do our laundry. The relationships I’ve built over the last seven, eight years, I can’t imagine starting over and leaving them or this place.
Source: Andscape
Source: Andscape
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John Karalis @John_Karalis
Will the C’s go back-to-back? Knicks catching up? Are Tatum & JB HOFers?
I’m excited to announce that for the next 8 weeks, I’ll be hosting a video Q+A in the @Autograph app where I’ll be answering YOUR Celtics questions 📷
Join here to send in your Qs: link.ag.fan/karalis pic.x.com/I2XEj2ibi2 – 12:32 PM
Will the C’s go back-to-back? Knicks catching up? Are Tatum & JB HOFers?
I’m excited to announce that for the next 8 weeks, I’ll be hosting a video Q+A in the @Autograph app where I’ll be answering YOUR Celtics questions 📷
Join here to send in your Qs: link.ag.fan/karalis pic.x.com/I2XEj2ibi2 – 12:32 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Jayson Tatum: We have to get better one game at a time sportando.basketball/en/jayson-tatu… – 9:35 AM
Jayson Tatum: We have to get better one game at a time sportando.basketball/en/jayson-tatu… – 9:35 AM
Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
Boston #Celtics forward Jayson Tatum feels a weight lifted with his first #NBA title. The five-time All-Star knows championships are how Celtics legends are remembered in #Boston. @andscape @espn shorturl.at/Yn89K – 8:41 AM
Boston #Celtics forward Jayson Tatum feels a weight lifted with his first #NBA title. The five-time All-Star knows championships are how Celtics legends are remembered in #Boston. @andscape @espn shorturl.at/Yn89K – 8:41 AM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Jordan Walsh getting involved in a reads/spacing drill alongside Jayson Tatum. Walsh talked yesterday about feeling more trusted into year 2. pic.x.com/pk220Qov1U – 12:36 PM
Jordan Walsh getting involved in a reads/spacing drill alongside Jayson Tatum. Walsh talked yesterday about feeling more trusted into year 2. pic.x.com/pk220Qov1U – 12:36 PM
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“It feels different in real time like, man, I’m a part of history,” Tatum told Andscape after a Celtics practice on Oct. 11. “You see when Paul Pierce, KG, all those guys come back, the pride that they have because they are ingrained in history. You can just feel the energy when those guys come back. They know they did something special. That’s what you always wanted to do. I know with the championship I’m in that room. I understand the energy they feel when they come back. It’s a sense of pride, sense of joy, like you accomplished something special. Hopefully, it’s not just one for me. “To be a part of Celtics history, you have to have won a championship. We have 18 now. All the best players here have won a championship. You are held to the highest standard. You at least have to win one. It felt good to get that. I’m happy about that.” -via Andscape / October 21, 2024
With 11,852 points scored through seven seasons, it’s expected that the five-time NBA All-Star will ultimately go down as one of the greatest Celtics ever. But without a title, Jayson Tatum knew he truly couldn’t be in the conversation amongst Celtics greats. While the 26-year-old isn’t satisfied with one ring and has a lot of hoop left, he felt like getting a title in Beantown finally gave him the ability to stand alongside Pierce, Garnett, Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and other Celtics legends. “It was lot of weight. I’ve been close so many times,” Tatum said. “It felt like, ‘Damn, maybe this is not meant to be.’ Those thoughts creep into your mind. There was doubt in the toughest moments. But then on the flip side, I knew we were going to knock it down one day. It meant everything when we did it.” -via Andscape / October 21, 2024
Jayson Tatum always enjoys seeing Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett sitting courtside at Boston Celtics games. The Celtics star forward takes note of the love fans give them that is much more than just respect for being Hall of Famers who donned the green and white. The respect and adoration comes from “The Truth” and “KG” playing major roles in bringing a 2008 NBA championship to Boston. After finally bringing a title to Boston himself in 2024, Tatum feels amazing about having a “footprint” in Celtics lore and has pictured himself sitting courtside at the TD Garden receiving the highest love from the fans after he retires. -via Andscape / October 21, 2024