” Caught me off guard, that’s for sure “, do not hide Jayson Tatumthinking back to the explosive output of Marcus Smartat the beginning of November 2021. This one had specifically called into question the two best scorers of the team, Jaylen Brown and Tatum therefore: They don’t want to pass the ball. “
Asked about JJ Redick’s podcast on this episode, Jayson Tatum begins by recalling the context of this statement: “ You have to understand what it’s like to be in the NBA, especially since we had just squandered an 18-point lead in Chicago. It was the start of the season, we were at two wins and five losses. Everyone was frustrated and a little on edge. “
Rather than reacting hotly in the press, Jayson Tatum had preferred to let a few days pass before publicly acknowledging that he was ” not perfect “but that he knew” how to play basketball “. Meanwhile, in addition to a collective meeting, the All-Star had gone directly to his teammate to calm things down.
” I wasn’t mad or anything. I just waited for the next day. I saw Marcus at the training center, we sat down and talked. It was a very good discussion actually. We had had time to sleep. The adrenaline of the match had subsided. He apologized for what he said, the fact that he shouldn’t have said it in the media and that his words were misinterpreted. I didn’t feel offended.“
Saying such things in the media does not help anyone.
That day, the winger had started by letting go of his leader: ” ‘I’m not perfect, man. I make mistakes. I still have a long way to go to get where I’m trying to go.’ We ended the conversation about us being in this together and trying to get by. Trying to say such things in the media doesn’t help anyone because that’s all they’re going to talk about for the coming week when they reference the Celtics.“
To extinguish the fire, the Greens had the good idea to chain four victories in five matches. ” It wasn’t the end of the worldcontinues Tatum. There is no death of a man, we have passed that now. “Simply because the Celtics, in the game, have reacted collectively since, despite a series of ups and downs in the weeks that followed.
“ We all know everyone’s game plan, which is to get the Jays to pass the ball. They have done a phenomenal job in this area “, recently greeted Marcus Smart, at the heart of their best series of the year of nine consecutive successes. Long behind in the standings, Boston is now firmly in sixth place in the East.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Jayson Tatum | 56 | 36.1 | 43.4 | 32.9 | 84.8 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 25.7 |
| Jaylen Brown | 46 | 34.3 | 46.0 | 35.3 | 77.3 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 23.7 |
| Dennis Schroder | 49 | 29.2 | 44.0 | 34.9 | 84.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 14.4 |
| Derrick White | 4 | 30.3 | 37.8 | 23.1 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 12.2 |
| Marcus Smart | 50 | 32.7 | 41.1 | 31.1 | 78.3 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 11.7 |
| Al Horford | 51 | 28.3 | 44.5 | 30.7 | 83.5 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| Robert Williams | 47 | 30.0 | 73.2 | 0.0 | 69.3 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 9.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 10.0 |
| Josh Richardson | 44 | 24.7 | 44.3 | 39.7 | 85.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 9.7 |
| Grant Williams | 55 | 23.2 | 49.0 | 44.6 | 89.8 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 7.5 |
| Romeo Langford | 44 | 16.6 | 42.9 | 34.9 | 58.8 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| Payton Pritchard | 49 | 12.3 | 37.8 | 36.1 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.7 |
| Daniel Theis | 2 | 17.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| Jabari Parker | 12 | 9.4 | 47.4 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| Enes Freedom | 35 | 11.8 | 52.6 | 40.0 | 85.7 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 41 | 10.8 | 37.8 | 23.6 | 84.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| justin jackson | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Sam Hauser | 11 | 4.9 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Brodric Thomas | 8 | 4.9 | 27.3 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| Juancho Hernangomez | 18 | 5.3 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 66.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Bruno Fernando | 20 | 2.9 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Luke Kornet | 1 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| cj miles | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
