The Celtics’ season is not really starting off in the best way since after the manager, Ime Udoka, it was Jaylen Brown and Al Horford who caught the Covid-19 and are both in isolation.
Jayson Tatum will therefore be particularly in demand and he intends to take a new step this year.
“I just have to be better”, he explains to Marc Spears, of The Undefeated. “I have to raise my level of play to go from being one of the top 10 to 15 players to a top 5 player. I also have to try to make everyone else around me better.”
Because if the winger had further increased his statistics in his fourth season in the league, he had not yet been integrated into one of the three All-NBA Teams, unlike the previous campaign. But with 69 points, he was however the first player left out of the Top 15 by voters.
In any case, after a very complicated last season at the collective level with Boston, the Olympic adventure, concluded by the gold medal, did Jayson Tatum good. Especially with 15.2 points per game in Tokyo, he was the second best scorer in the American selection, behind the 20.7 points of Kevin Durant.
“It was amazing. Obviously we had a rough start in Vegas in Game 1. (of preparation lost against Nigeria) ”, continues Jayson Tatum. “It just made it more beautiful. A lot of people doubted us. They were wondering if we could win or not. “
Celtic therefore wants to store on this summer spent in contact with the best, and in particular Kevin Durant.
“I intend to apply what I learned in the next season. I spent half of my summer playing against the best players in the world. I played against KD in training, Book [Devin Booker] and all these guys. I have the impression that I have taken a little ahead of the season and that I will be able to take the next step ”.
| Jayson Tatum | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | BUNCH | 80 | 31 | 47.5 | 43.4 | 82.6 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 13.9 |
| 2018-19 | BUNCH | 79 | 31 | 45.0 | 37.3 | 85.5 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 15.7 |
| 2019-20 | BUNCH | 66 | 34 | 45.0 | 40.3 | 81.2 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 23.4 |
| 2020-21 | BUNCH | 64 | 36 | 45.9 | 38.6 | 86.8 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 26.4 |
| Total | 289 | 33 | 45.8 | 39.6 | 84.0 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 19.4 | |
