Jayson Tatum is getting into Staff USA camp with a spring in his step after successful the NBA championship.
He feels as if a weight has been lifted off his shoulders for the reason that expectations positioned upon him have been fulfilled.
“100%,” Tatum instructed ESPN. “Simply being on the matter of debate of so many debates or no matter it’s … ‘Can he lead a staff? Is he a top-five participant?’
“There’s nonetheless numerous issues I suppose they’ll debate. However now I’ve executed one thing that they’ll’t debate: I’ve received a championship. Having that underneath my belt, like clearly it’s nonetheless conversations available or no matter individuals need to say, however they at all times received to discuss with me as an NBA champion.”
There was loads of chatter surrounding the C’s ahead and what successful an NBA championship would imply for his legacy.
As a result of his inconsistent performances all through the sequence in opposition to Dallas, Tatum wasn’t topped Finals MVP.
That honor went to his working mate, Jaylen Brown. However as Tatum stated, nobody can take the title away from him.
Although Tatum’s focus is on successful gold with Staff USA, his Celtics coach again dwelling is able to defend the franchise’s title.
“Joe is already attempting to attract up sh*t for subsequent season,” Tatum stated. “And I used to be like, ‘Joe, f*ck that. We simply received a championship. Get pleasure from it. Calm down.’
“Like, I’m not anxious about any units that he’s attempting to place in proper now. We had fun about it, as a result of he’s simply so pushed — which all of us are, nevertheless it’s like, man, we labored so exhausting for this. So we received to get pleasure from it.”
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