Jayson Tatum is getting into Staff 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 have been fulfilled.
“One hundred percent,” Tatum informed ESPN. “Simply being on the subject of dialogue of so many debates or no matter it’s … ‘Can he lead a workforce? Is he a top-five participant?’
“There’s nonetheless a variety of issues I suppose they’ll debate. However now I’ve carried out one thing that they’ll’t debate: I’ve received a championship. Having that below my belt, like clearly it’s nonetheless conversations available or no matter individuals need to say, however they all the time received to check 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.
On account of his inconsistent performances all through the collection 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.
Although Tatum’s focus is on successful gold with Staff USA, his Celtics coach again residence is able to defend the franchise’s title.
“Joe is already making an attempt to attract up sh*t for subsequent season,” Tatum stated. “And I used to be like, ‘Joe, f*ck that. We simply received a championship. Take pleasure in it. Calm down.’
“Like, I’m not fearful about any units that he’s making an attempt to place in proper now. We had fun about it, as a result of he’s simply so pushed — which all of us are, however it’s like, man, we labored so arduous for this. So we received to take pleasure in it.”
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