During the 2023-2024 season, the Boston Celtics flew through the debates. Whether in the regular season, in the Playoffs and even in the NBA Finals, Jayson Tatum and his teammates had a real margin. With a final “mastered” against the Dallas Mavericks (4-1).
And yet, before this series, there were doubts surrounding the Celtics. For some observers, the Mavs even emerged as the favorites for this clash. And on television, Tatum’s case has often led to debates.
With many criticisms of his lack of leadership and his difficulties in assuming at the highest level. For his part, the leader of the Celtics simply hallucinated this context.
“Every day when I turned on the TV, there was a lot of debate and speculation. With people making predictions. People have their own opinions. But sometimes I don’t understand why.
I don’t know if they were serious or not. There were disrespectful opinions about me, about what I have already accomplished and what I can or cannot do. Some people really thought the Mavs were going to beat us.
I kept seeing ‘Tatum, Tatum, Tatum’ every day, but it was nice to have the underdog status. I was just ready to play,” shared Jayson Tatum for the documentary Starting 5.
Clearly, Jayson Tatum used this atmosphere to motivate himself. And even if he has not swept away all the doubts about him, with Jaylen Brown named MVP of the NBA Finals, he has still silenced many detractors.
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