Jayson Tatum has spoken actually about his MVP objectives and the way he gained’t let that get in the way in which of his group’s total success.
Tatum completed exterior the highest 5 in MVP voting final season, regardless of being one of many leaders in scoring, assists, and rebounds for your entire common season.
He’s not seeking to promote his personal particular person recreation in sacrifice of the rest.
“Not chasing MVP, despite costing us video games,” Tatum stated after a preseason win in opposition to the Nuggets. “But when I’m in that dialog, meaning we’re among the best groups. Meaning I’m taking part in the proper means, and all people within the group is having success, and we’re stepping into the proper path.”
Tatum is arguably the perfect participant on the Celtics and lots of people thought he would go to a different degree final season, nonetheless his teammate Jaylen Brown was the one who collected ECF MVP and Finals MVP awards.
“All people ought to have particular person objectives,” Tatum stated. “And we’re all mature sufficient and know what it’s to have group success that nothing will get in the way in which of what we are attempting to perform and be a particular and an important place than we was final 12 months and even higher this 12 months.
“Whether or not the blokes wish to make the All-Defensive group, All-Star, or be MVP, it’s best to have the ability to go after that. Meaning you’re having a hell of a 12 months, that you just’re dominating, being the perfect model of your self, which we would like all people to be.”
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