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Having some of the most thoroughly redacted thoughts of my life.

08.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 3824 πŸ” 967 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 27
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Jayson Tatum Gushes About the One Person With 'Biggest Role' in His Recovery Jayson Tatum’s return overshadowed everything else at TD Garden on Friday night. From incredible performances from Jaylen Brown and Derrick White to Cooper Flag

New at Celtics On SI: Jayson Tatum Gushes About the One Person With 'Biggest Role' in His Recovery
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08.03.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The only thing dumb here is you being so hyper focused on one word when you admit that the entire piece has nothing to do with what you're accusing me of.

07.03.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This, plus the 27 minutes played last night, tell me Tatum progressed a lot more than we realized in practices. He's much further along than I expected.

07.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nikola Vucevic is the only Celtic on the injury report

So Jayson Tatum will play in Cleveland tomorrow

07.03.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joe Mazzulla Shares Emotions Behind Touching Moment With Jayson Tatum After His Return When Jayson Tatum checked out for the last time, after 27 minutes of his first NBA basketball since May, he and Joe Mazzulla shared a quick moment. It wasn’t as

New at Celtics On SI: Joe Mazzulla Shares Emotions Behind Touching Moment With Jayson Tatum After His Return
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07.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's YOU, man. That's not pitting anyone against anyone. Overshadowing isn't negative. It just means something bigger happened that took attention away from it.

You didn't even read it, did you. If you did, you'd see there was no pitting against each other. Take this bullshit to Twitter

07.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

IN FACT... if you read it, I celebrate some of how Jaylen and Jayson will evolve together and how positive the night was.

There isn't a hint of anything but positivity in that piece.

Check yourself.

07.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

YOU are the one making it about that. YOU are. I want you to realize this.

All that story is about is while everyone was paying attention to Jayson's return, Jaylen had a great night. Not one word in there was about coexisting.

YOU made it about that.

07.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What are you even talking about?

07.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Explaining the Surgery Nikola VučeviΔ‡ Underwent to Repair His Broken Finger The Celtics announced on Saturday that recently acquired center Nikola VučeviΔ‡ could miss nearly a month after surgery to repair a fracture in his right ring fi

New at Celtics On SI: Explaining the Surgery Nikola VučeviΔ‡ Underwent to Repair His Broken Finger
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07.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Celtics-Mavs Player Grades: Jaylen Brown's Great Night Overshadowed by Jayson Tatum BOSTON β€” Jayson Tatum made his debut and looked both rusty and like himself, starting slow but eventually getting some shots to fall. The Celtics got big nights

Celtics-Mavs Player Grades: Jaylen Brown's Great Night Overshadowed by Jayson Tatum's return www.si.com/nba/celtics/...

07.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Celtics announce Vucevic's surgery on his right ring finger and say he'll be reevaluated in 3 to 4 weeks.

07.03.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jaylen Brown Praises 'Unselfish' Jayson Tatum, Says They're 'On The Same Page' BOSTON - Jayson Tatum’s debut was a long time coming. After 10 months of tireless rehab, Tatum made it back onto the floor, but his return didn’t come without s

New at Celtics on SI: Jaylen Brown Praises 'Unselfish' Jayson Tatum, Says They're 'On The Same Page'

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07.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Jayson Tatum STUNS Boston Celtics Fans With STRONG Comeback Performance in BLOWOUT Win
Jayson Tatum STUNS Boston Celtics Fans With STRONG Comeback Performance in BLOWOUT Win YouTube video by Locked On Celtics

Bonus podcast on the incredible debut for Jayson Tatum is now out on YouTube, and hitting all podcast platforms momentarily.
youtu.be/JIatuy5yUlk

07.03.2026 06:30 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Tatum's second half: 10 points, 4-8 fg (2-4 3pt), 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, +15 in 13 minutes.

I'd say he settled into the game nicely

07.03.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'Grateful' Jayson Tatum Gets a 'Big Win' in More Ways Than One in His Celtics Return BOSTON β€” When Baylor Scheierman ran to the scorer’s table with 5:01 to go in Boston’s win over the Dallas Mavericks, Jayson Tatum knew his night was over.Β  Clea

New at Celtics On SI: 'Grateful' Jayson Tatum Gets a 'Big Win' in More Ways Than One in His Celtics Return
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07.03.2026 04:15 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jayson Tatum looked tired and rusty early on, but he shook it off, got going at the end of the first half, and ended up looking very much like himself for portions of his return to action. Here's my reaction from TD Garden after the blowout win. Bonus podcast coming up later

07.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jayson Tatum: "I had a real sense of gratitude to just being back on the floor and playing basketball again."

07.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tatum checks out and gets a hug from Joe Mazzulla. Really good debut with 15/12/7 but obvious rust. Really kind of a best-case scenario for Tatum.

07.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jaylen Brown's lob attempt might have been a little ambitious at that point lol .... In a few weeks though, that will go differently

07.03.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tatum has the double-double, 12 points 10 rebounds. He has 6 assists but he's also at 25 minutes played

07.03.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Boston Celtics Center Suffers Serious Setback After Hand Injury vs. Dallas Mavericks BOSTON β€” Jayson Tatum’s return is not only a chance for him to continue his rehab and knock off the rust accumulated by 10 months of recovery from his torn Achi

Rough injury news for the Celtics, who will now be without Nikola Vucevic for a while.

www.si.com/nba/celtics/...

07.03.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Tatum walking back to the bench with his hands on his hips. He's gassed, but he's looking much more like himself now. 12/9/6 in 19 minutes.

07.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Tatum is starting to feel it now. That outburst at the end of that half unlocked him ... four straight makes for him and he's up to 9 points 7 rebounds, and 5 assists

07.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Jayson Tatum putback... Jayson Tatum corner 3 ... This building is LOOOUUUUUDDDDD

07.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Jaylen Brown Praises 'Unselfish' Jayson Tatum, Says They're 'On The Same Page' BOSTON - Jayson Tatum’s debut was a long time coming. After 10 months of tireless rehab, Tatum made it back onto the floor, but his return didn’t come without s

New at Celtics on SI: Jaylen Brown Praises 'Unselfish' Jayson Tatum, Says They're 'On The Same Page'

www.si.com/nba/celtics/...

07.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Celtics say Nikola Vucevic has suffered a fracture in his right ring finger and is out for the rest of the game.

07.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Luka Garza now has 10 points and, along with Derrick White who also has 10, leads all scorers

07.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jayson Tatum just went up for a dunk and pinned himsef on the rim, so it's safe to say the legs are feeling a little heavy right now

07.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2