Jayson Tatum was interviewed after the Celtics practice on Thursday and spoke about their upcoming series vs the Brooklyn Nets. He talked about former-Celtic Kyrie Irving, gave advice to the younger players, and commented on how much of a confidence booster his 50-point game was for the team.<\/p>\n
The media asked Tatum about Irving and how they became friends. This was his response: \u201cWe both went to Duke, at one point we had the same agent\u2026 we played here together for two seasons\u2026 we got to see his work ethic everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tatum was also asked about what advice he would have for the team\u2019s younger players, and responded with this statement: \u201cWe\u2019re gonna need them\u2026 during this time of the year you never know when you\u2019re going to be needed\u2026 there\u2019s numerous situations where maybe a guy doesn\u2019t play the first two games of a series, you go down 0-2, and someone unexpected comes in and makes a huge impact in Game 3\u2026 just to be prepared for every game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lastly, Tatum commented on his 50-point game and the confidence boost it gave the team, saying this: \u201cI\u2019m sure it helps us\u2026 I think that\u2019s just part of my role and everybody has a different role\u2026 obviously I\u2019ve had a few of those big nights\u2026 it was just one of those nights\u2026 obviously we all felt good about ourselves after that\u2026 onto a new series.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jayson Tatum was interviewed after the Celtics practice on Thursday and spoke about their upcoming series vs the Brooklyn Nets. He talked about former-Celtic Kyrie Irving, gave advice to the younger players, and commented on how much of a confidence booster his 50-point game was for the team. The media asked Tatum about Irving and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":131990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\n