Whoever organized for Jayson Tatum and Derrick White to do their post-game media availability collectively after their second preseason sport towards the Denver Nuggets deserves a increase.
Celtics followers love Jayson Tatum and Derrick White. I wouldn’t say that love comes from Jayson and Derrick’s participating post-game interviews. And that’s nice. They aren’t being paid to be post-game podcasters.
Earlier than every reply, the Celtics teammates shared a glance and a smile — even for an innocuous query about beating among the best groups within the league within the preseason.
Like most NBA superstars, Jayson Tatum prides himself on having a selected model concerning pre- and post-game “suits.” When a reporter accused him of getting a pretend watch, Tatum had one of many extra actual reactions we’ve seen from him
Tatum has at all times been comparatively frugal. His mom, Brandy, didn’t let him spend any of the cash from his first contract on issues outdoors of requirements. If he needed to spend cash, that needed to come from endorsements. So, I suppose it’s attainable the watch is pretend. Tatum’s response would recommend that the “child’s watch” in all probability prices greater than my automobile.
A part of what made the Boston Celtics so dominant final season, outdoors of their overwhelming expertise, was their dedication to profitable the margins each night time, like limiting turnovers and the opposing staff’s free throw makes an attempt.
The Celtics weren’t an elite offensive rebounding staff final yr; they ranked 14th in offensive rebound share. Nonetheless, Mazzulla carried out having gamers, typically guards, crash the offensive boards from the corners — an efficient tactic as I’m certain you’ll be able to image Jrue Vacation and Payton Pritchard hovering in from the corners to safe further possessions for the Celtics offense.
Tatum could have scoffed on the concept of a paltry two offensive rebounds for Derrick White within the second preseason sport towards the Denver Nuggets, but when White had been to common two offensive rebounds per sport, that might have ranked him second within the NBA final season when it comes to offensive rebounds per sport for gamers underneath six-foot-seven.
Seeing the fellows smile and chortle up on the stage was refreshing. Extra of that might be a welcome change to the post-game pressers.
