Jayson Tatum weight off shoulders since championship

Jayson Tatum weight off shoulders since championship. Jayson Tatum potentially better next season?

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00:00We talked a lot about Jason Tatum last season and going into this season, and the look on his face

00:06when he was playing were some days it looked like he had the world on his shoulders. And if maybe

00:11the outside noise was playing a role into how he would play some nights, and was the stress getting

00:16to him? Is he a leader? Well, he's now in Vegas, like I said, during trending, and he was asked

00:22if it felt like a weight was lifted off his shoulder, and I thought that his response

00:26was pretty telling. We can't find the audio, so I'm just going to read it. He said,

00:30100% just being at the top of discussions of so many debates or whatever it is.

00:35Can he lead a team? Is he a top five player? There's still a lot of things I guess they can

00:40debate, but now I've done something they can't debate. I've won a championship. Having that

00:45under my belt, like obviously it's still conversations to be had or whatever people

00:49want to say, but they always got to refer to me as an NBA champion. I think the mental aspect

00:56of the discussion surrounding Jason Tatum played a massive role in the games that we saw him

01:02disappear two seasons ago in the postseason, and then some games during this season. We saw him

01:08really pull through when it came to the postseason, but I think now having a championship title under

01:13his belt, we're going to see a Jason Tatum that's beyond our wildest dreams going into next season.

01:18I thought that was such a well put together response, and it seemed like it came from

01:25the heart. I think Jason Tatum going into the Olympics, everything, excuse me, emotional about

01:31Jason Tatum, everything's coming up him right now as it should, and I think going into next season,

01:36he's not just going to be an NBA champion, one of the best in the league, but he's going to

01:40be a leader, and he and Jalen Brown will only grow stronger. I thought it was a really,

01:44yeah, a really, really good response. All right, Courtney, thank you.