00:00So, and I keep explaining this, I think the reason I've moved my, because I've been wrong on this all
00:06along, I thought maybe there was a chance for February, and in part because all the reports were as he
00:11was navigating the rehab, he was looking ahead of schedule, ahead of schedule, doing everything in his power to put
00:16him in position to come back.
00:17And I think what we know is, and I've probably repeated this a thousand times, but he got to probably
00:22the February window, and physically he started to check all the boxes, and it feels like mentally he just decided,
00:28you know, I don't want to come back until I feel like I can be Jason Tatum.
00:31And I think that shows a lot of maturity, like in terms of, I think a lot of guys would
00:36want to just get back out there and just, okay, I'm cleared to play, let's just go see how it
00:41looks.
00:42But from not wanting to disrupt what this team has going on, and them offering him a little bit of
00:47a luxury to work through the last steps here, and then just Tatum, you know, even in the latest documentary
00:53clip there, he's on the table after 40 days, and he says, Doc, I'm not coming back to be a
00:58role player.
00:58You know, and so my whole thing is, I think he just mentally wants to be able, once he's back
01:02out there, he doesn't want people to be like, wait, that doesn't look like Jason Tatum.
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