{"id":32490,"date":"2025-02-11T02:22:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T02:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=32490"},"modified":"2025-02-11T02:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T02:22:31","slug":"breaking-nba-trainer-reveals-vision-celtics-had-for-jayson-tatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=32490","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NBA Trainer Reveals Vision Celtics Had for Jayson Tatum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198063240-e1739211979408.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198063240-e1739211979408.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198063240-e1739211979408.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198063240-e1739211979408.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"NBA Trainer Reveals Vision Celtics Had for Jayson Tatum\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Photo by Brian Fluharty\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jayson Tatum has improved his game year-on-year since entering the NBA. As a rookie, the St. Louis native was primarily a catch-and-shoot threat with a fiesty mid-range and low-post game. However, during his tenure with the Boston Celtics, Tatum has developed into one of the most gifted scorers of his generation.<\/p>\n<p>Tatum works with renowned NBA skills trainer Drew Hanlen. The pair are both from St. Louis, and Tatum has trusted him with his overall development since his high school days. In a recent interview with Hanlen on my \u201cCeltics Chronicle\u201d YouTube channel, the skills trainer explained what led Tatum to become a more perimeter-based scorer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Brad Stevens was coaching, the Celtics were like, \u2018Hey, we want his shot profile and shot diet to change,\u201d Hanlen said. \u201cAnd we want a lot less long twos and a lot less mid-range twos in general.\u2019 It didn\u2019t really matter what I thought, there might be times where we\u2019d say, \u2018Hey, well, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant.\u2019 And you start naming off these guys and say, all of them had great mid-range. And they\u2019re like, yes, but here\u2019s the data. He\u2019s scoring 0.88 points when he shoots these shots, but he\u2019s shooting 1.06 when he takes threes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tatum is a career 37.3% three-point shooter. He\u2019s also knocking down 35.9% of his off-the-dribble threes this season, which are known for their high degree of difficulty. Clearly, the Celtics had a vision for the type of player they wanted Tatum to become, and his consistent improvements have turned that vision into a reality.<\/p>\n<p>At 26 years old, Tatum is an NBA champion, a three-time All-NBA First-Team selection and a six-time All-Star.<\/p>\n<h2>Celtics Have Added a Versatile Defender<\/h2>\n<p>Even though Tatum is a top-five or top-seven talent in the NBA, the Celtics have consistently looked for ways to improve the roster. Brad Stevens added Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis during the summer of 2023. Those additions led to a championship last season.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with Joe Mazzulla\u2019s team halfway through their title defense, Stevens has moved to add further depth to the wing position. Torrey Craig has signed with the Celtics for the remainder of the season. He was recently waived by the Chicago Bulls. During a recent media availability on Feb. 8, Craig explained why he chose to join the Celtics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a competitor in the league, you always want to play for something and compete for something,\u201d Craig said. \u201cI\u2019m a super competitor and I want to play basketball the right way at the highest level. Just to get an opportunity to come play with these guys was like a no-brainer\u2026They\u2019re a deep team, super talented. Well-coached, well-disciplined. They play the right way. They know what it takes to win playing defense. Playing together and having each other\u2019s backs. You can just see it. The team chemistry and they allow each other to feed off each other and play together and I think that\u2019s why they\u2019ve been so dominant these past couple years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig will bring defensive versatility and physicality to Boston\u2019s bench. As a genuine veteran, he will likely compete for rotation minutes between now and the end of the season. How well he does in those minutes will dictate how much playing time he gets during the postseason.<\/p>\n<h2>Celtics Shouldn\u2019t Fear The Knicks<\/h2>\n<p>On Feb. 8, the Boston Celtics secured a 131-104 over the New York Knicks. Tom Thiodeau\u2019s team has been cited as one of the Celtics biggest threats in the Eastern Conference. However, the Knicks have now lost both of their games against the Celtics this season.<\/p>\n<p>When speaking on NBC Sports Boston\u2019s postgame show, Brian Scalabrine declared that New York isn\u2019t on Boston\u2019s level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re the Knicks, it all comes crashing down,\u201d\u00a0Scalabrine said via NBC Sports Boston\u2019s postgame show.\u00a0\u201cYou are now reminded, once again, that you are not on the same level, and you have a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics shouldn\u2019t take New York lightly, as they will continue to improve over the second half of the season. However, as of now, the Cleveland Cavaliers appear to be Boston\u2019s biggest threat. Of course, if Mazzulla\u2019s team can rediscover their dominance from the 2023-24 season, then nobody should be able to stop them en route to the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics had visions of Jayson Tatum becoming a perimeter threat, and the St. Louis native has proven them right<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":32491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: NBA Trainer Reveals Vision Celtics Had for Jayson Tatum - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=32490\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: NBA Trainer Reveals Vision Celtics Had for Jayson Tatum - 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