There were a lot of statements that Jayson Tatum launched against those who doubted the Boston Celtics throughout his whole tenure. After he and the rest of the Jaylen Brown-led squad dismantled these claims by winning the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks, greener pastures were set for him like joining Team USA for the Paris Olympics. Before embarking on the challenge of international play alongside Jrue Holiday, he had one final and stern message for those naysayers.
Jayson Tatum helped the Celtics ravage the rest of the league by winning the NBA Finals in five games. If this was not enough, he also led the team in total points, rebounds, and assists. This was such that they got over the mountaintop of immortality. The nail in the coffin was that Brad Stevens and the rest of the front office entrusted him to stay with the franchise. As a result, he got an extension up to 2030 which is valued at around $314 million.
Jayson Tatum claps back
Despite all of this and getting picked up for Team USA duties in the Olympics, the Celtics superstar is still receiving a lot of vitriol. Some were saying that he got carried by Jaylen Brown. Meanwhile, others posit that he did not deserve the contract that was given to him at all.
He finally addressed all of this in his latest statement during his arrival at Team USA’s training camp for the Olympics, via Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe.
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