{"id":43946,"date":"2025-03-17T09:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=43946"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:35:12","slug":"breaking-news-celtics-jayson-tatum-sends-5-word-message-amid-historic-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=43946","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Celtics\u2019 Jayson Tatum Sends 5-Word Message Amid Historic Season"},"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\/03\/MixCollage-16-Mar-2025-04-08-PM-5675-e1742160562103.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MixCollage-16-Mar-2025-04-08-PM-5675-e1742160562103.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MixCollage-16-Mar-2025-04-08-PM-5675-e1742160562103.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MixCollage-16-Mar-2025-04-08-PM-5675-e1742160562103.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Celtics\u2019 Jayson Tatum Sends 5-Word Message Amid Historic Season\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Jayson Tatum #8 of the Boston Celtics reacts against the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Boston Celtics are the reigning champs, and Jayson Tatum the reigning Finals MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Yet discussions remain about Tatum\u2019s true value due to a variety of factors from the strength of his supporting cast to the willingness to defer he possesses, which is necessary for those role players to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tatum remains confident in himself. He made that known, suggesting he hears the criticisms and questions, he is unbothered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTopic of discussion these days,\u201d Tatum posted on X on March 15.<\/p>\n<div id=\"39718aa3932fe61917042b144a07b037\">\n<article>Topic of discussion these days<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Topic of discussion these days <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/siTlnoPKhz\">pic.twitter.com\/siTlnoPKhz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jayson Tatum (@jaytatum0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaytatum0\/status\/1901121378364842472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Celtics faced and beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-113 on Saturday. Tatum had 20 points, 8 assists, and 8 rebounds, though he was inefficient, shooting 42.1% from the floor and going 1-for-7 from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Over his last five appearances, though, Tatum is averaging 31.2 PPG, and he was shooting 38.5% from deep before going cold against the Nets.<\/p>\n<h2>Celtics HC Joe Mazzulla Praises Jayson Tatum\u2019s Availability Amid Historic Season<\/h2>\n<p>Per Stathhead, Tatum is on track to be one of six players to average at least 27\/8\/5 on .450\/.350\/.810 splits. Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid was the last to do it, accomplishing the feat in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Durant, then of the Oklahoma City Thunder, did it in 2015-16.<\/p>\n<p>Celtics legend and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird recorded the three other instances in league history.\u00a0 Tatum\u2019s desire to play as much as possible also stands out. The Celtics star is tied with DeMar DeRozan for the fourth-most starts since 2017-18.<\/p>\n<p>He even admitted friction in the locker room over rest days, saying he understands fans may be in the stands for special occasions to see him play.<\/p>\n<div id=\"d18129e429c0f477947062311f720c1a\">\n<article>Jayson Tatum was asked by @tvabby about the conversations regarding him resting, and once again made clear he doesn\u2019t like sitting on the road:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of head-butting, for sure\u2026. I\u2019ve talked about the value that I\u2019ve put into playing in road games. I\u2019ve been very blessed and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/post?in_reply_to=1900732826699309395<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>Celtics head coach Joe Mazzula praised Tatum\u2019s \u201cdesire\u201d and \u201cpassion\u201d to be on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s appreciated amongst the locker room and the organization, staff,\u201d Mazzulla told reporters on March 15. \u201cI think it\u2019s a gift; I think his desire and his passion to want to play, the responsibility that he feels to the game and to the team, to be able to do that is something that we don\u2019t take for granted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a strength of everybody in the locker room. And if one of our guys isn\u2019t playing, it\u2019s because there\u2019s something there, for sure. I\u2019ve watched these guys go through different things to make themselves available, because of the pride they take in playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Jayson Tatum Celebrates Payton Pritchard\u2019s Historic Season<\/h2>\n<p>Celtics star Jaylen Brown faced criticism for saying the team lets supporting cast members take over during games against lesser opponents. However, that trust has led to one of those players making league history.<\/p>\n<p>Payton Pritchard set the NBA record for most threes off the bench in a single season with 219 against the Nets. He finished the game with 220 triples through 67 games.<\/p>\n<div id=\"f7f3ba00d471066dace0f99f985d011b\">\n<div>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>PAYTON PRITCHARD\u2019S 219th 3-POINTER \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the most 3-pointers made off the bench in a single season in NBA history! \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCongrats to him,\u201d Tatum told reporters on March 15. \u201cAny time you hold a record in NBA regardless of whatever it is, is special, so I\u2019m happy for him. He works really, really hard, everybody knows that. And his ability to stretch the floor and kind of take over for stretches sometimes, has really helped us, obviously helped us win a championship. So we\u2019re very, very lucky to have him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jayson Tatum is having a historic 2024-25 season, and the Boston Celtics star had a clear message for his critics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":43947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43946","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 NEWS: Celtics\u2019 Jayson Tatum Sends 5-Word Message Amid Historic Season - 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=43946\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: Celtics\u2019 Jayson Tatum Sends 5-Word Message Amid Historic Season - 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