Jayson Tatum on potentially not winning Finals MVP: I would not be the slightest bit sad
Malika Andrews: With the Celtics one win away from the title, the Finals MVP race is far from decided. But how important is winning the Bill Russell Trophy to Jayson Tatum? Jayson Tatum: “Isiah Thomas didn’t win Finals MVP every time. Tim Duncan didn’t win Finals MVP every time. Larry Bird. Steph Curry only has one. Kobe won two out of five championships. As a competitor, you want to win and accomplish everything in front of you, absolutely. But I would not be the slightest bit sad, you know, that I didn’t win Finals MVP. I would be ecstatic just to win the Finals.”
Source: Twitter @malika_andrews
Source: Twitter @malika_andrews
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Malika Andrews @malika_andrews
“As bad as people want to see me finish the job, I promise I want that 100 times more.”
Ahead of the biggest game in TD Garden in 16 years, our conversation with Jayson Tatum: pic.twitter.com/lRdqXi6Wdx – 4:01 PM
“As bad as people want to see me finish the job, I promise I want that 100 times more.”
Ahead of the biggest game in TD Garden in 16 years, our conversation with Jayson Tatum: pic.twitter.com/lRdqXi6Wdx – 4:01 PM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
“This is absolutely the most important game, I would argue, of [Jayson Tatum’s] career.”
@chiney says JT needs to close out this series in Game 5 👀 pic.twitter.com/5dzN8hxsbD – 3:18 PM
“This is absolutely the most important game, I would argue, of [Jayson Tatum’s] career.”
@chiney says JT needs to close out this series in Game 5 👀 pic.twitter.com/5dzN8hxsbD – 3:18 PM
Ben Golliver @BenGolliver
Story: LeBron ended Jaylen Brown’s first playoff run at TD Garden. Ditto for Jayson Tatum. Boston saw Kyrie stomp Lucky, Steph go nuclear & the Heat take Game 7.
The Celtics can exorcise parquet demons with a Finals clincher @washingtonpost @PostSports washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06… – 1:59 PM
Story: LeBron ended Jaylen Brown’s first playoff run at TD Garden. Ditto for Jayson Tatum. Boston saw Kyrie stomp Lucky, Steph go nuclear & the Heat take Game 7.
The Celtics can exorcise parquet demons with a Finals clincher @washingtonpost @PostSports washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06… – 1:59 PM
Malika Andrews @malika_andrews
With the Celtics one win away from the title, the Finals MVP race is far from decided.
But how important is winning the Bill Russell Trophy to Jayson Tatum? pic.twitter.com/ozLvwedoVE – 11:53 AM
With the Celtics one win away from the title, the Finals MVP race is far from decided.
But how important is winning the Bill Russell Trophy to Jayson Tatum? pic.twitter.com/ozLvwedoVE – 11:53 AM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
When the Celtics traded Marcus Smart, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown became the longest tenured Celtics
Sam Hauser tells @TermineRadio and @SamMitchellNBA how the move turned them into the leaders of the Celtics #NBAFinals
Hear the full interview here: sxm.app.link/NBAFinals-Inte… pic.twitter.com/alIMM8qQDc – 11:32 AM
When the Celtics traded Marcus Smart, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown became the longest tenured Celtics
Sam Hauser tells @TermineRadio and @SamMitchellNBA how the move turned them into the leaders of the Celtics #NBAFinals
Hear the full interview here: sxm.app.link/NBAFinals-Inte… pic.twitter.com/alIMM8qQDc – 11:32 AM
Lev Akabas @LevAkabas
Can the Boston Celtics keep their core together after this year?
: wp.me/pc2RuA-1lz1P0
They can run it back in 2024-25, but Tatum’s potential supermax and White’s impending free agency will make 2025-26 very difficult financially pic.twitter.com/9bpWUzPrhS – 10:51 AM
Can the Boston Celtics keep their core together after this year?
: wp.me/pc2RuA-1lz1P0They can run it back in 2024-25, but Tatum’s potential supermax and White’s impending free agency will make 2025-26 very difficult financially pic.twitter.com/9bpWUzPrhS – 10:51 AM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
“I’d be the first to say I wasn’t super thrilled to find out I was going to be a dad. (I) quickly realized that it was the best thing that ever could have happened to me.”
On Father’s Day, Jayson Tatum opened up on how raising Deuce shaped his NBA career
nytimes.com/athletic/55686… – 8:49 PM
“I’d be the first to say I wasn’t super thrilled to find out I was going to be a dad. (I) quickly realized that it was the best thing that ever could have happened to me.”
On Father’s Day, Jayson Tatum opened up on how raising Deuce shaped his NBA career
nytimes.com/athletic/55686… – 8:49 PM
Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
Jrue Holiday to @YahooSports: “I don’t think anybody knows that type of pressure that you get when you’re signed to a team like the Celtics.” Kyrie spoke about it, Tatum and Brown live it. It is different in Boston: sports.yahoo.com/2024-nba-final… – 8:03 PM
Jrue Holiday to @YahooSports: “I don’t think anybody knows that type of pressure that you get when you’re signed to a team like the Celtics.” Kyrie spoke about it, Tatum and Brown live it. It is different in Boston: sports.yahoo.com/2024-nba-final… – 8:03 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Kyrie Irving admits he didn’t embrace Celtics history, Jayson Tatum did
nbcsports.com/nba/news/kyrie… – 4:23 PM
Kyrie Irving admits he didn’t embrace Celtics history, Jayson Tatum did
nbcsports.com/nba/news/kyrie… – 4:23 PM
John Karalis @John_Karalis
I think Kristaps Porzingis was mimicking Al Horford at the beginning of this video… But who at the end? Tatum? pic.twitter.com/X417imGUgY – 1:56 PM
I think Kristaps Porzingis was mimicking Al Horford at the beginning of this video… But who at the end? Tatum? pic.twitter.com/X417imGUgY – 1:56 PM
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“Joe did a great job today of reminding us that it’s OK to smile during wars,” Tatum said. “It’s OK to have fun during high-pressure moments. We would love to win tomorrow, more than anything. But if it doesn’t happen, it’s not the end of the world. We have more opportunities. So just setting that (mindset) of ‘Don’t surrender to that idea that we have to win tomorrow.’ We would love to, absolutely. But Game 5 is the biggest game of the season because it’s the next game on the schedule. So (it’s) going with that mindset and just have fun. That’s really what we talked about today. Get back to having fun and being a team and how special we are and the team that got us here.” -via New York Times / June 17, 2024
Between his mother making sure he saved his NBA salary and having a baby to take care of, it helped him not get caught up in the lifestyle of excess. “I know that having Deuce at that age grounded me,” Tatum said. “Because whatever decision I wanted to make, I had to make sure that he was taken care of.” -via New York Times / June 16, 2024
Tatum said he was “a little selfish” when he learned he would be a father because he was about to chase his dream and didn’t want anything in the way of it. He worried it would affect his draft stock and the perception of him as a 19-year-old entering the league. “I’d be the first to say I wasn’t, like, super thrilled to find out I was going to be a dad,” he said. “(I) quickly realized that it was, like, the best thing that ever could have happened to me. There’s nothing better than being a dad.” -via New York Times / June 16, 2024