Jayson Tatum has spoken truthfully about his MVP objectives and the way he gained’t let that get in the best way of his crew’s total success.
Tatum completed outdoors the highest 5 in MVP voting final season, regardless of being one of many leaders in scoring, assists, and rebounds for the complete common season.
He’s not seeking to promote his personal particular person sport in sacrifice of anything.
“Not chasing MVP, despite costing us video games,” Tatum mentioned after a preseason win in opposition to the Nuggets. “But when I’m in that dialog, which means we’re probably the greatest groups. Which means I’m enjoying the precise approach, and everyone within the crew is having success, and we’re stepping into the precise path.”
Tatum is arguably the very best participant on the Celtics and lots of people thought he would go to a different degree final season, nevertheless his teammate Jaylen Brown was the one who collected ECF MVP and Finals MVP awards.
“Everyone ought to have particular person objectives,” Tatum mentioned. “And we’re all mature sufficient and know what it’s to have crew success that nothing will get in the best way of what we are attempting to perform and be a particular and an amazing place than we was final 12 months and even higher this 12 months.
“Whether or not the fellows wish to make the All-Defensive crew, All-Star, or be MVP, it is best to have the ability to go after that. Which means you’re having a hell of a 12 months, that you simply’re dominating, being the very best model of your self, which we would like everyone to be.”
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