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• An appreciation of Jayson Tatum, the anti-load management superstar

Chris Forsberg highlights the incredible durability of Jayson Tatum, who unlike many NBA superstars is consistently available for the Celtics....2025
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• Tatum: Celtics ‘owe it to fans' to play better at home

After leading the Celtics to an impressive road win over the Heat, Jayson Tatum admitted the team needs to step it up on its homecourt....2025
• Where Jayson Tatum found added inspiration in Celtics’ win over Knicks

Tatum scored a game-high 40 points in the 131-104 win over the Knicks....2025
• Knicks unable to slow down Jayson Tatum in 131-104 loss to Celtics

The Knicks were defeated by the Boston Celtics on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden....2025
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed

Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images With fewer available future draft picks to trade but transactions that still need to get done, the value of the speculative capital cratered at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. Let’s take a time machine back one full week and ask ourselves a question. How many first-round draft picks is Luka Doncic worth? Six? Seven? All of them? Surely whoever is tra...2025
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• Ben Simmons’ 3 NBA buyout suitors, ranked by where he can actually make an impact

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Let’s rank the best destinations for Ben Simmons on the buyout market. It looked like Ben Simmons’ days as an NBA player were numbered. After missing the entire 2021-2022 season with a back injury following his trade from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Brooklyn Nets, Simmons returned to play only 43 games during the 2022-23 season and just 15 games dur...2025
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• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2025 major deal made as they happen

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Let’s give out instant grades for the big moves at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. The 2025 NBA trade deadline will forever be remembered for a deal that took place a few days before the buzzer. The Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks completed the trade of the century by exchanging Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis over the weekend. The NBA has been on fire...2025
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• Meet the 2025 NBA All-Star Game reserves with full rosters announced

Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/NBAE via Getty Images Here’s the full 2025 NBA All-Star roster, explained after the reserves were announced. The 2025 NBA All-Star Game feels like a ceremonial passing of the baton from one generation of basketball superstars to the next. LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevi Durant were each voted as All-Star starters, but there’s so much more young talent h...2025
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• NBA PER (Week 14): Zion Williams Ranks No. 12 With 28.2 Mark Since Return

Zion Williamson has a 28.2 PER across five games in January since returning from his hamstring injury and ranks 12th overall for the season. NBA PER (Week 14)1. Nikola Jokic: 32.72. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 30.53. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 29.44. Mark Williams: 27.95. Anthony Davis: 26.86. Karl-Anthony Towns: 25.57. Daniel Gafford: 24.88. Luka Doncic: 24.79. Victor Wembanyama: 24.310. Joel Embiid: 24...2025
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• Every NBA All-Star candidate in 2025, and the 24 players who should actually make team

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Here’s a big list of deserving NBA All-Star candidates, plus our picks for the players who should make the team. It feels like the NBA is stocked with more elite talent than ever before. That’s going to lead to a lot of hard feelings as it relates to the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. There are only 12 spots on the All-Star roster in the Eastern and Western Con...2025
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• The Thunder snatched the Celtics’ chain in possible NBA Finals preview

Photo by Joshua Gateley/Getty Images The Thunder ate the Celtics’ lunch and proved their ready to win the championship right now. The Oklahoma City Thunder are on a rocket ship to the top of the NBA. It feels like they’re speed-running the tanking-to-championship playbook in a way the league hasn’t really seen before, and the scary thing is they’re still at the very beginning of what shoul...2025
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• Jayson Tatum stars in Minnesota as short-handed Celtics overcome Timberwolves
Jayson Tatum put the short-handed Celtics on his back to lead Boston to a 118-115 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite missing Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis through injury, the Celtics prevailed on the road to record a third straight win over the Timberwolves. Led by Tatum’s 33 points, eight rebounds, nine assists and three […] The post Jayson Tatum stars in Minnesota...2025
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• NBA All-Star voting has 3 things fans got right, and 3 things they got wrong in 2025

The best and worst of 2025 NBA All-Star fan voting so far There are always more deserving players for the NBA All-Star Game than there are spots on the team. As the league changes to a bizarre new All-Star format this season, the voting for the starters remains the same. Three front-court players and two backcourt players will be chosen from each conference, with the fan vote making up 50 percent ...2025
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2025 by who should win the award right now

Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images Let’s rank the candidates for the 2025 NBA MVP award. What makes an NBA MVP? For some, the award should go to the best player alive regardless of team performance. To others, MVP has a stronger narrative pull for players who elevated their team to new heights (see: Derrick Rose in 2011) or who broke through unthinkable glass ceilings (see: Russell Wes...2025
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• LOOK: Jayson Tatum shows off new back tattoo of himself holding NBA championship trophy

Tatum commemorates the Boston Celtics' 2023-24 championship with a tattoo of him holding the Larry O'Brien trophy...2024
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• Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum channels his Mamba Mentality after going up 3-0 vs. Nets
Jayson Tatum just led the Boston Celtics to an incredible 109-103 win over the Brooklyn Nets on their own home floor. The Celtics are now just one win away from advancing to the next round and in the process, hand Kevin Durant and Co. an early summer vacation. Tatum is not resting on his laurels […] The post Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum channels his Mamba Mentality after going up 3-0 vs. N...2022
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• Celtics star Jayson Tatum honors 3-year-old son Deuce with latest tattoo
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum may be preparing for the Tokyo Olympics with Team USA, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have time to get some more ink. Tatum already has tons of tattoos from head to toe, but his latest one holds a special place in his heart. Check it out: Jayson Tatum now […] The post Celtics star Jayson Tatum honors 3-year-old son Deuce with latest tattoo appea...2021
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• Jayson Tatum reportedly turned away from L.A. nightclub
Jayson Tatum is having a fantastic rookie season and looks like he may have been the steal of the NBA Draft, but the first-round pick learned this week that nightclubs may not be willing to overlook his age just because he’s a budding NBA star.With the Boston Celtics in Los Angeles to face the Clippers on Wednesday, Tatum tried to join some teammates for a night out at Warwick in Hollywood. A TMZ ...2018
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"The East starters will be Giannis Antetokounmpo (captain), Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Damian Lillard and Tyrese Haliburton."

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"Boston’s Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 36 points on 11-of-27 shooting (3-of-11 from 3-point range); he went 11-for-13 from the free-throw line."

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"NBA Finals 2022: Ranking all 30 players in Celtics-Warriors; Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum tough call at No. 1"

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"Growing up, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum had one favorite player above all, Kobe Bryant."

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"Kyrie Irving had a notable message for Jayson Tatum as he left the Boston Celtics."

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"Around the NBA: Nikola Jokic, Nuggets hand Lakers third straight loss; Jayson Tatum, Kyle Lowry go wild"

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"Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum on Friday introduced his newborn son, Jayson."

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"If Jayson Tatum keeps looking this good, he could shoot Duke to Final Four"

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"The Blue Devils are 7-1 even though Harry Giles, Jayson Tatum and Marques Bolden still haven't played"

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"In Lexington, it was Jayson Tatum who stole The post Top Junior Recruit Jayson Tatum Posterizes Defender at Nike EYBL in Lexington (VIDEO) appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"Jayson Tatum takes over the top spot in our Class of 2016 pre-season rankings."

• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed
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• Ben Simmons’ 3 NBA buyout suitors, ranked by where he can actually make an impact
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• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2025 major deal made as they happen
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• Kyrie Irving Says Dream Was To Team Up With Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum In Boston

Kyrie Irving said he was still in the "grieving process" over Luka Doncic getting traded away from the Dallas Mavericks. But while he acknowledged how much he'll miss Doncic, Irving expressed excitement to finally team up with Anthony Davis. Irving even went back to several years ago when he thought that he might end up teammates with Davis on the Boston Celtics. Irving said that dream included th...2025
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• Meet the 2025 NBA All-Star starters

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game have been announced. The 2025 NBA All-Star has a wild new format, but nothing about the voting has changed. The All-Star starters are still determined by conference, with fan voting up 50 percent of the final tally, while player voting and media voting each take up the other 25 percent. After three rounds of fan...2025
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• How Jayson Tatum and the 2017 NBA draft fuels the storied Celtics-Lakers rivalry
Magic Johnson said Tatum refused to work out for the Lakers. Tatum's camp says that isn't true. Here's what happened -- and why the 2017 draft is a now defining moment in Lakers-Celtics lore....2025
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• The Thunder snatched the Celtics’ chain in possible NBA Finals preview
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• Predicting USA Basketball’s next Olympics men’s roster for 2028 Los Angeles Games

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images LeBron James and Stephen Curry won’t be there. Let’s predict Team USA’s men’s basketball roster for 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The United States men’s basketball national team is an Olympic dynasty. Team USA’s triumphant gold medal run at the 2024 Paris Olympics made it five straight gold medals — and eight of the last nine — for the program. This par...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Let’s rank the championship picture in the NBA ahead of the stretch run. The 2023-2024 NBA season is 70 percent in the books. While parity has been a defining theme of this season, at this point the championship picture is fully starting to crystalize. The Boston Celtics are currently the only team in the league on pace to win 60+ games. The West has ...2024
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• Where Jayson Tatum found added inspiration in Celtics’ win over Knicks
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• How Cooper Flagg has surged to the National Player of the Year favorite this season

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Flagg’s performance in a marquee matchup against North Carolina was indicative of his stellar season. When it comes to college basketball, there’s no bigger star currently than Duke sensation Cooper Flagg, who has taken the country by storm as the next big thing in the sport. Flagg, a 6’9”, 205-pound forward from Maine, has been touted for his elite two-way...2025
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• Meet the 2025 NBA All-Star Game reserves with full rosters announced
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• Blake Griffin reveals NBA MVP pick and why he loves LPGA star Nelly Korda

Photo by David Nemec/Getty Images Blake Griffin is teeing up at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, where he spoke at length about his game and the NBA. ORLANDO — Now that we are roughly halfway through the NBA season, plenty of discussions surrounding who will win the 2025 MVP Award have begun to take place. Will it be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Oklahoma City? Or will Denv...2025
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• Warriors dealt embarrassing 40-point loss by Celitcs in worst home defeat in four decades

Jayson Tatum led six Boston players in double figures with a game-high 22 points on Monday as the Celtics steamrolled the Golden State Warriors 125-85 in San Francisco as part of the NBA's Martin Luther King Jr. Day slate....2025
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• The Celtics’ blown 3-on-1 break shows how unserious they are right now

The Celtics’ botched 3-on-1 fastbreak exemplifies their recent struggles. The Boston Celtics were dominant on their run to an NBA championship last season, finishing the year 80-21 overall when you combine their regular season and playoff record. Their title defense hasn’t been as easy thus far. Boston is just 8-8 over its last 16 games after falling to the Atlanta Hawks, 119-115, in overtime on S...2025
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• Every NBA All-Star candidate in 2025, and the 24 players who should actually make team
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed
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• How Cooper Flagg has surged to the National Player of the Year favorite this season
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• How Jayson Tatum and the 2017 NBA draft fuels the storied Celtics-Lakers rivalry
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• WATCH: Steve Kerr’s awkward moment being ignored by Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown
Steve Kerr found himself caught up in a very awkward moment with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown following the Celtics’ blowout win over the Warriors on MLK Day. There appears to be no love lost between the Celtics duo and the Warriors head coach following a summer of turbulence throughout the 2024 Paris Olympics. Tatum […] The post WATCH: Steve Kerr’s awkward moment being ignored ...2025
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• The Thunder snatched the Celtics’ chain in possible NBA Finals preview
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• Jayson Tatum and Matthew Tkachuk throw out first pitch, recreate viral photo at Cardinals’ game

Former prep classmates Jayson Tatum and Matthew Tkachuk were back in St. Louis on Sunday This spring two former classmates at Chaminade Prep High School in St. Louis closed in on glory in their respective sports, and as they did so a photo of the two of them together quickly went viral on social media. While Matthew Tkachuk and the Florida Panthers were closing in on the Stanley Cup, Jayson Tatum...2024
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• Payton Pritchard thinks the Boston Celtics could win Olympic gold in men’s basketball

Could the Boston Celtics win an Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball? Payton Pritchard thinks so. The Paris Olympics are drawing to a close, and Team USA is in a dominant position in men’s basketball. A huge 122-87 win over Brazil in the quarterfinals takes USA to a 4-0 record in the games, with an average win margin of 24.75 points. It’s exactly the kind of performance the team wanted in Paris,...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked
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• NBA World Brutally Roasts The All-Star Game
Jayson Tatum dropped a record 55 points but a lot of fans weren’t happy about this year’s All-Star Game, in which most players barely tried (when things got relatively close at the end). Here are the best reactions that NBA Twitter has to offer: The best moment of the all star game is brown and […] The post NBA World Brutally Roasts The All-Star Game appeared first on Basketball ...2023

• 76ers take 3-2 series lead vs. Celtics: Uninspired performance sinks Boston in Game 5
The Philadelphia 76ers comfortably handled the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Tuesday, taking a 3-2 series lead with a 115-103 win. Here’s what you need to know: Joel Embiid led the 76ers with 33 points, one of five Philadelphia players to score in double figures, adding seven rebounds. Tyrese Maxey scored 30 points as the team shot 50.6 percent from t...2023
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• Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, Panthers’ Matthew Tkachuk Were Once High School Classmates

The two stars have known each other for a long time, dating all the way back to high school....2023
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• NBA Finals 2022: Ranking all 30 players in Celtics-Warriors; Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum tough call at No. 1
Curry vs. Tatum is the toughest debate of the Finals...2022
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• Celtics' Jayson Tatum wears armband with Kobe Bryant's number in Game 7 win over Heat
Tatum 'wanted to honor' Bryant in the biggest game of his career...2022
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• James Harden leads 76ers past Celtics in Game 1 with Joel Embiid sidelined
The 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 119-115 on the road in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday. Here’s what you should know: James Harden tied his playoff career-high with 45 points, six rebounds and two steals. Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum scored a team-high 39 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. 76ers star Joel Embiid missed Game 1 with a right knee injury. Philadel...2023
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• Celtics star Jayson Tatum honors Kobe Bryant with No. 10 at the Olympics
Growing up, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum had one favorite player above all, Kobe Bryant. Tatum would mimic Bryant’s moves while working on his own craft. Now, with the Tokyo Olympics around the corner, Tatum is set to wear the No. 10 jersey for Team USA. It’s the same number Bryant wore when he played […] The post Celtics star Jayson Tatum honors Kobe Bryant with No. 10 at th...2021
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• Celtics vs. Heat: Jayson Tatum wins first-ever Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP award
Tatum led the Celtics to a Game 7 win over the Heat...2022
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed
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• Blake Griffin reveals NBA MVP pick and why he loves LPGA star Nelly Korda
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• The Thunder snatched the Celtics’ chain in possible NBA Finals preview
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• Kyrie Irving Says Dream Was To Team Up With Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum In Boston
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• Celtics' Jayson Tatum traveled before making game-winning 3-pointer vs. Raptors, NBA says

Tatum beat the Raptors with a buzzer-beater in overtime, but it shouldn't have counted...2024
• Celtics' 11-game win streak comes to a shocking end

Up 22 with nine minutes left, Boston was in control. Then Dean Wade got hot. Finally, Jayson Tatum drew a foul call in the final second, only to see it overturned....2024
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• Nikola Jokic fooled Celtics into lane violation, but the refs still blew the call

Nikola Jokic proved his basketball genius once again. The Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets played a possible 2024 NBA Finals preview on Friday night in Boston. The Celtics were putting their undefeated home record on the line at 20-0. The defending champion Nuggets were out to prove they are still the team to beat in the NBA despite not having one of the five best records in the league. The game ...2024
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• How the Celtics freed up Jayson Tatum for his stunning game-winning 3-pointer against the Sixers

Joel Embiid's long heave that would've sent the game to overtime came after the buzzer...2023
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• Jayson Tatum gets painfully honest on Celtics’ Game 4 loss to Warriors
Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics looked to be on their way to a crucial victory against the Golden State Warriors after being in control for the most part of Game 4 of the NBA Finals. However, when the final buzzer sounded, they were on the losing end. While Stephen Curry dominated and punished their […] The post Jayson Tatum gets painfully honest on Celtics’ Game 4 loss to Warriors...2022
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• Celtics vs. Nets: Jayson Tatum's buzzer-beating layup leads Boston to Game 1 victory over Brooklyn
Jayson Tatum stole Game 1 at the buzzer in unbelievable fashion...2022
• Jayson Tatum gets brutally frank after Team USA’s embarrassing loss to Nigeria
Team USA forward Jayson Tatum could be replaying in his head the images of their shocking defeat to Nigeria in their exhibition game last Saturday. It’s only Team USA’s third defeat since 1992 so it was a huge reality check for coach Gregg Popovich and his boys ahead of their stint in the Tokyo Olympics. […] The post Jayson Tatum gets brutally frank after Team USA’s embarra...2021
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• Damian Lillard’s shocking role in Celtics star Jayson Tatum’s Team USA commitment
It looks like Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard has been in contact with a lot of different players this offseason, including Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum. In fact, according to a recent report from Brian Windhorst of ESPN, Lillard played a big role in Tatum’s decision to join Team USA for the Tokyo Olympics […] The post Damian Lillard’s shocking role in Celtics s...2021
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