Two months after the Golden State Warriors won their fourth NBA title in the past eight seasons, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum sat down with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks to discuss a number of topics stemming from last season.
During that sit-down discussion, the Celtics star opened up about the wrist injury he suffered but still managed to play through it.
“It showed that I had a non-displaced fracture in my wrist,” Tatum said. “I chipped a bone but it didn’t leave the surface. It showed that the bone had grown over it so it healed but I was still in pain because I kept getting it hit or falling on it. I played with somewhat of a fracture for two months.”
"I played with somewhat of a fracture for two months" 🤯
Jayson Tatum opens up about playing through an undisclosed injury during the playoffs in live interview with Taylor Rooks in B/R app pic.twitter.com/kt7xZCV36W
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 21, 2022
Tatum’s revelation gave way to a plethora of interesting reactions on NBA Twitter.
Jayson Tatum will forever get my respect for the simple fact he didnt come out at the Game 6 presser with an shoulder sling. That man was playing through some type of shoulder injury from the Heat series and did not bitch about to the press not one time. 🫡
— President Curry. (@Curry4daW) August 13, 2022
People that said Jayson Tatum flopped and was faking an injury rn: pic.twitter.com/GutArbaiSy
— Cash ☘️ (@Celtics_Csh) August 21, 2022
It was very obvious https://t.co/LQsgtABmNM
— Mj (@breezy_2x07) August 21, 2022
Curry played throughout the 2016 playoffs and never brought up injuries he just went and won the next finals. Lebron wore a cast after losing 18, Tatum need a napkin right now, & CP3 after losing to Dallas leaked he was sick and possibly w/covid 🥲
— ʙʀᴜᴄᴇ ʟᴇᴇ-ʀᴏʏ 🥋 (@TrophyMentality) August 21, 2022
Whether Tatum was healthy at the time or not, the Warriors were certainly playing championship basketball while the Celtics were constantly dealing with turnover problems. Boston managed to push the series to six games before the Dubs eventually closed things out at TD Garden.
The 24-year-old superstar also made headlines this past weekend after participating in a Seattle Pro-Am tournament alongside LeBron James, making for an amazing highlight between the two.
JAYSON TATUM TO LEBRON JAMES 🤯 @thecrawsover @jaytatum0 @KingJames pic.twitter.com/D93ofrR9pU
— Overtime (@overtime) August 21, 2022
Is this James’ way to recruit Tatum to the Lakers? We highly doubt it, but that hasn’t stopped many from already speculating.
