interessante il confronto, sulla carta. Lo ripropongo in un altro thread

Niente da dire, quattro promettentissimi giocatori !!

Does he want to be one of those rare players in the modern NBA who spends his entire career with one franchise? “You never know what can happen, but I love playing for the Celtics,” he says. “I figured out my space in the city and have grown to really enjoy it. I love the fans. It would be really hard to leave this place.”

Tatum is 25 and closing in on 10,000 career points. More than raising a banner in a city that has come to feel like home, he wants to change how fans talk about him. He wants to be mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Bill Russell and Larry Bird. “I would love to be on the Mount Rushmore of Celtics,” Tatum says. “Bird, Russell, Paul Pierce and those guys. They paved the way. The one thing all those guys have is chips. I have to get to the top of the mountain to even be considered as one of those guys. I want to be an all-time great, I want to be known as a winner, and I believe I will be.”

In the Finals, many felt he was out-coached by the Heat’s Erik Spoelstra. Tatum doesn’t want to hear it. He wants all of the criticism to fall on his shoulders. “I think it was unfair. I don’t know what more Joe could have done,” Tatum says. “He wasn’t out there turning the ball over and missing free throws. That was us.”

“I’m still 25 and he’ll be 27 in two months,” Tatum says. “We’re far from perfect. We won’t ever get the credit we deserve until we actually win a championship. That is the ultimate goal, but you can’t bypass all the things we’ve accomplished in the six years we’ve been teammates at a very young age. We’ve been to the playoffs every single year, we’ve gotten better. Yes, it took some time to figure out how we can be as special as we can be, and how we can co-exist and do it together. I know everybody says, ‘They take turns.’ I feel like we got to a place where we were feeding off each other, playing really well.”


– via Jeff Goodman @ The Messenger

OK qui Jason Tatum fa vestire la maglia di Deuce a Kevin Hart...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxqZZT4xotE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Clutch Points: “[Jayson Tatum] went into the offseason thinking he might need surgery on his non-shooting wrist. [He] went to a bunch of specialists and essentially decided [not to get the surgery].” – @ramonashelburne

Sono sinceramente stupito, davo l'operazione per certa.

Si in effetti pensavamo tutti che si operasse, meglio cosi ma a patto che il problema sia effettivamente rientrato altrimenti poi ce lo troviamo riapparire durante la stagione.
Speriamo sia tutto risolto.

Comunque...mi fa piacere sentirlo dire queste cose!
https://x.com/NBCSCeltics/status/170888 ... TcVTQ&s=35

Alla faccia di certi gufacci che da anni dicono che andrà ai giallastri

Aggiungerei questa ai gufacci di cui sopra:

“I spent a lot of time with Paul Pierce this summer, which was great,” Tatum said. He was really motivated. Paul actually lost 15-20 pounds. It was about four weeks. He came to the gym every day. It was cool to have him around. He told us a lot of stories about championship team, a lot of things we’ll try to help apply to this year. And hopefully we can see a lot more of Paul.”
– via Brian Robb @ Booth Newspapers

Spero sinceramente che Tatum resti nella Storia dei Celtics come uomo franchigia !

A meno di disastri non gli conviene ne sportivamente ne, soprattutto, economicamente andare da altre parti nel breve...

In ogni caso piacere si ma sappiamo tutti che deve fare un ulteriore balzo per farci arrivare finalmente l'anello.

per la salute di tutti...

Chris Forsberg: Paul Pierce still finding a way to be part of ’s workouts. pic.twitter.com/m0HPSKIpQ7


Jay King: said he sent an email to former Celtics to ask them to come around the team. He wants to build an environment where the legends and past players come around frequently. Paul Pierce was here today.

Jared Weiss: was asked how much has been talking about defense so far. “A lot more than last year, thanks to you guy".