Jayson Tatum Rumors

Kevin Garnett on Victor Wembanyama: One thing I want to speak on is just Wemby's development. If I'm him, I’m working on core strength because when… Paul will tell you, I'm not the biggest guy, right? But he'll tell you when I sit down and post up, can you move me? Paul Pierce: No, he's strong. Garnett: I'm probably one of the strongest people you could ever run up on and look like how I look, but when it came down there to setting up on that block and then pitching and getting it off down there, yeah, I was the best at that. I would love to work with Big Fella, but this generation has a preference on how they want to work out. And I have to respect that. But yeah, I'm open to all… Listen, I'm looking for big years from not just Wemby. I'm looking for big years from Chet Holmgren. I'm looking for a big summer from Zion Williamson. I'm looking for a big summer from Kyrie Irving. I'm looking for Jayson Tatum to have a big summer.

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Then again, the Celtics’ desperation level simply isn’t at the level of the Heat’s. By all accounts, Boston could forge ahead with the Brown-Jayson Tatum dynamic duo and look for other ways to upgrade the frontcourt. To that end, league sources say the Celtics are among the many teams with interest in the New Orleans Pelicans’ Trey Murphy III (if they don’t land Antetokounmpo).

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Dru: “I understand that there's this sort of heat around Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics. I am not a believer that Jaylen Brown is not going to be a Celtic at the start of the season… I believe there's a very good chance Jaylen Brown is staying put with Jayson Tatum.” @WindhorstESPN

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Nick DePaula: Athletes shifting subsidiary brands are technically a contractual option within companies, but rarely happen. Recent key ones: 2020: Shai from Nike to Converse 2019: Jayson Tatum from Nike to Jordan 2013: John Wall from Reebok to Adidas 2009: Dwyane Wade from Converse to Jordan

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Jayson Tatum: "I've been very fortunate to be a part of a great organization, great ownership. Steve Pagliuca and Wyc Grousbeck were the two owners my first eight and a half years or so, and I can't say enough good things about them as owners, as people. With Bill Chisholm and his wife and his kids and his family, they've brought a sense of a different energy with the way that they interact with the fans and the crowd during the games."

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Fullcourtpass: The Boston Celtics “without a doubt” would trade Jaylen Brown to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo, per @KevinOConnor “The Celtics are making lots of calls and shopping all players except for Jayson Tatum”

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Savage: Wow The Boston Celtics are in on Giannis Antetokounmpo. They are making lots of calls and shopping all players except for Jayson Tatum. Per: @KevinOConnor

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That has allowed them to gain fans like soccer star in Kylian Mbappe, who listed both James and Doncic in his top five players list. Mbappe has a respectable list with Jayson Tatum, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant also mentioned. Those remain top talents in the league with Tatum notably recovering from an Achilles tear ahead of schedule to produce meaningful stats and aid the Boston Celtics to a postseason appearance.

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Shams Charania: You think about shoe deals, right? Kevin Durant, LeBron James locked in at Nike. Now Stephen Curry at Li-Ning. Those are really the three faces of this current generation of players. And you think about this next generation of guys, right? And Victor Wembanyama is at the the highest of stages now at the NBA Finals. Sources tell me his shoe deal is actually up in October as well. So, he's going to be a sneaker free agent coming up. And you think about the timing of this, right? He's 22 years old. He's about to be in the Finals. He just won conference finals MVP. He just won defensive player of the year. First unanimous ever. Anthony Edwards, he's locked in at Adidas. He's got a big deal, too. Luka Doncic locked in at Jordan. He's got a big deal. Think about other faces in the league. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, he's got a big deal at Converse. Jayson Tatum, he's also locked in at Jordan Brand. And so when you think all those other young faces are locked in, you have a guy like Victor at Nike. We'll see what happens with his future now on the shoe side.

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For starters, the rumors surrounding Jaylen Brown’s alleged discontent have quieted down for the past few weeks. The 29-year-old sparked all sorts of speculation about his future in early May, when he declared this his “most fun season” yet on a livestream just one day after Boston was bounced by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round. Beyond the strangeness of that comment coming after such a bad postseason finish, it was the fact that he spent the vast majority of this season without longtime co-star, Jayson Tatum (who was recovering from his Achilles tendon tear) that made the optics even worse. But the Celtics took measures, both publicly and privately, to insist that this storyline was overblown. As such, any exploration of the Antetokounmpo possibility — if there is one this time around — would likely be discreet. Still, the Bucks would be well served to flesh out the Celtics possibilities.

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Polymarket Hoops: Most points by a player age 20 or younger in a single playoff run: 351 — Jayson Tatum (2018) 335 — Tyler Herro (2020) 293 — Magic Johnson (1980) 235 — Dylan Harper (2026)

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The dream of a decade-plus of production for a franchise cornerstone also doesn't materialize very often. On average, top-five picks from 2000 through 2019 lasted 5.1 seasons with their original team, with 56% lasting until their fifth year (and their second contract) and 44% leaving before then. Only 6% played at least 10 seasons with their initial team. (Tatum will bump that figure to 7% next season.) And for now, only five of the 100 top-five picks in that period are still with the team that drafted them: Tatum and Brown in Boston, Joel Embiid in Philadelphia, Zion Williamson in New Orleans and Ja Morant in Memphis.

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It is far too early in the recovery process to predict when Donte DiVincenzo will return to action. Tearing an Achilles tendon is among the most serious injuries in the game, often keeping players out for a year or more. Boston’s Jayson Tatum returned in less than 10 months, but that is considered an outlier. Still, DiVincenzo is trying to follow Tatum’s lead. He flew to New York for surgery less than 24 hours after suffering the injury, following a similar timeline that Tatum went through. DiVincenzo has spoken to Tatum, Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard, all of whom have recently suffered the same injury, about their recoveries. “I just asked a million questions, and they’ve all helped me in different ways,” DiVincenzo said. “But all their journeys are different.”

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Daniel Donabedian: Luka Garza, Ron Harper Jr., and Jayson Tatum (among other Celtics) congratulate Joe Mazzulla for winning Coach of the Year on Instagram:

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