Tatum is having an amazing season, leading the Boston Celtics in several categories: points, field points, three-pointers, two-pointers and free throws. His current season-high came against the Washington Wizards in a’ 29-point blowout win. He was explosive with a 51-point double-double, recording 10 rebounds and seven assists in 32 minutes of gameplay.
Jayson Tatum was invited to an exclusive interview on the The Old Man and The Three podcast with JJ Redick and Tommy Alter. He was questioned on why he thought the 2019 Celtics team didn’t work as they crashed out in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Tatum then went on to state that a lot of the Celtics’ budding young talent (such as himself, Terry Rozier and Jaylen Brown) struggled to buy-in to the team-first approach. Instead, many players seemed almost resistant to the idea early on in their careers.
Tatum also revealed that he wanted to take on the responsibility of being the second-best player in the Celtics’ ranks behind Kyrie Irving.
Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics’ 2019 playoff run
The Boston Celtics finished fourth in the NBA Eastern Conference with a 49-33 record in the 2018-19 NBA season. Only behind the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers with Kyrie Irving leading the pack and Jayson Tatum being the third-best.
Their first-round encounter with the Indiana Pacers ended in a clean sweep victory as the young Celtics team seemed ambitious and were ready to demolish any team, depriving them of achieving their set goals. Their conference semifinal clash against the Milwaukee Bucks went sideways though as they suffered the same fate after winning their first outing.
The promising Celtics side crashed out in a huge blow dealt by the Bucks, who went on to lose the Conference finals to the Toronto Raptors that year. The Raptors claimed the title after defeating Steve Kerr and his Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals.
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