{"id":37462,"date":"2025-02-27T01:24:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T01:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=37462"},"modified":"2025-02-27T01:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T01:24:34","slug":"jayson-tatum-opens-up-about-not-winning-2024-finals-mvp-they-voted-for-somebody-else-which-is-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=37462","title":{"rendered":"Jayson Tatum Opens Up About Not Winning 2024 Finals MVP: \u2018They Voted For Somebody Else, Which Is Cool\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hoopswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201759192.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"NBA: Jayson Tatum Opens Up About Not Winning 2024 Finals MVP: 'They Voted For Somebody Else, Which Is Cool'\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics in points, rebounds and assists in the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics beat the Mavericks in five games for their 18th championship in franchise history, but it was Jaylen Brown \u2014 and not Tatum \u2014 who won the Finals MVP Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the world we live in, and everything is narrative-based,\u201d Tatum told Michael Lee of The Washington Post. \u201cThe NBA has been around for almost 80 years, and there\u2019s only six people to lead a team in points, rebounds and assists to a championship. I\u2019m the only one that didn\u2019t win Finals MVP. I\u2019m the odd man out, and I\u2019m okay with that. They voted for somebody else, which is cool. I can control what I can control. Whoever people want to vote for is out of my control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tatum averaged 22.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists in the 2024 NBA Finals. However, he shot only 38.8% from the field and 26.3% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Brown averaged 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists while shooting 44.0% overall, 23.5% from 3 and 73.3% from the foul line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really want to insert myself in things that can be debated,\u201d Tatum said. \u201cDid he win a championship? Yes. Did he win gold medals? Yes. Was he always a part of winning seasons? Was he first team all-NBA? Those are things that you know are hard evidence. Yes or no. Face of the NBA? They can always debate. But it\u2019s like, I check off all the boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics have the second-best record in the East this season. They are 41-16.<\/p>\n<p>Tatum is averaging 26.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, no,\u201d Tatum said when asked whether he feels appreciated for what he has done. \u201cIf you took the name and the face away from all my accomplishments and you\u2019re just like, \u2018This is what this Player A accomplished at 26,\u2019 people would talk about [me] a lot differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tatum will be in the Hall of Fame one day. He has career averages of 23.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists. The Duke product has made six All-Star teams and four All-NBA teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics in points, rebounds and assists in the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks.\u00a0 The Celtics beat the Mavericks in five games for their 18th championship in franchise history, but it was Jaylen Brown &#8212; and not Tatum &#8212; who won the Finals MVP Award. &#8220;It\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":37469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37462","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>Jayson Tatum Opens Up About Not Winning 2024 Finals MVP: \u2018They Voted For Somebody Else, Which Is Cool\u2019 - 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