{"id":26782,"date":"2025-01-18T07:36:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T07:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=26782"},"modified":"2025-01-18T07:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T07:36:39","slug":"celtics-jayson-tatum-downplays-constant-criticism-with-mic-drop-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=26782","title":{"rendered":"Celtics&#8217; Jayson Tatum Downplays Constant Criticism With Mic Drop Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Tatum swiftly addressed his haters<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Jayson-Tatum-4.jpg\" alt=\"Celtics' Jayson Tatum Downplays Constant Criticism With Mic Drop Moment\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\"><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2003558\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The ongoing clash with Celtics star Jayson Tatum and former NBA guard Brandon Jennings looks to have come to an end \u2014 thanks to a mic drop comment from the Boston forward.<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Globe\u2019s Gary Washburn asked Tatum if being the \u201cfocus of a lot of shots\u201d by opposing teams in-game and on social media drives him to want to play \u201cmore angry\u201d after the Celtics\u2019 blowout win over the Orlando Magic on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. 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