Jayson Tatum is coming into Crew USA camp with a spring in his step after successful the NBA championship.
He feels as if a weight has been lifted off his shoulders because the expectations positioned upon him had been fulfilled.
“One hundred percent,” Tatum instructed ESPN. “Simply being on the subject of debate of so many debates or no matter it’s … ‘Can he lead a group? Is he a top-five participant?’
“There’s nonetheless quite a lot of issues I suppose they will debate. However now I’ve performed one thing that they will’t debate: I’ve gained a championship. Having that underneath my belt, like clearly it’s nonetheless conversations available or no matter folks wish to say, however they at all times acquired to consult with me as an NBA champion.”
There was loads of chatter surrounding the C’s ahead and what successful an NBA championship would imply for his legacy.
As a result of his inconsistent performances all through the sequence towards Dallas, Tatum wasn’t topped Finals MVP.
That honor went to his operating mate, Jaylen Brown. However as Tatum stated, nobody can take the title away from him.
Though Tatum’s focus is on successful gold with Crew USA, his Celtics coach again dwelling is able to defend the franchise’s title.
“Joe is already attempting to attract up sh*t for subsequent season,” Tatum stated. “And I used to be like, ‘Joe, f*ck that. We simply gained a championship. Take pleasure in it. Calm down.’
“Like, I’m not anxious about any units that he’s attempting to place in proper now. We had fun about it, as a result of he’s simply so pushed — which all of us are, but it surely’s like, man, we labored so onerous for this. So we acquired to get pleasure from it.”
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