00:00We're talking with Bobby Manning, CLNS Media.
00:02Bobby, what did you think of the pre-tip-off interaction,
00:06non-interaction between the two of them?
00:09Yeah, I mean, Jalen ceded some goodwill again on that front, right?
00:14And the more he keeps pushing that line, the less positivity, I think,
00:19is going to be going into the game in January.
00:22Listen, this is how I felt all along.
00:24And Jalen has a reason, I think, to be frustrated with Tatum
00:29and his response to the trade and the sense that he didn't know
00:34or wasn't involved in any of these conversations.
00:36I understand that frustration, but he's let that be known.
00:39And I think if he does have frustrations beyond that that he hasn't spoken on
00:43and in the several times I've talked to him
00:46and he's mentioned in some public appearances as well
00:49that he feels like there's more of the story, more to come out,
00:52he's got to say that at this point.
00:54They can't just continue to be vague sentiments about how he feels about it
00:59or some of these fights when he gets asked about Tatum.
01:03If he has a problem with how Tatum approached things,
01:06he's going to have to say it at some point and be a little more direct
01:08rather than dancing around it and it happens, people speculate.
01:13So I think he's in the right to be frustrated with how it was all handled,
01:18but he's only going to continue to lose goodwill with Celtics fans
01:22by handling it this way.
01:23And if this is his way to get pumped up for the matchup
01:26and the battles ahead, great.
01:28But that obviously didn't work last night.
01:29No, it really didn't.
