Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum played with a small non-displaced fracture in his left wrist this past season, he revealed in an interview with Taylor Rooks of Bleacher Report. Tatum suffered the injury on February 13 against the Hawks.
In May, Tatum revealed he was dealing with wrist pain after being fouled by Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, but he wouldn’t go into more detail. He received a cortisone shot for the pain and continued playing.
Tatum sounded optimistic that the wrist won’t be an issue going forward, as he’s no longer dealing with pain. The 24-year-old led Boston to its first NBA Finals berth since 2010 this season, averaging 25.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists in the playoffs.
Here are some other notes from the Eastern Conference:
- Heat guard Tyler Herro unsurprisingly wants the team to run it back with the same group this season, as relayed by Betr (Twitter link). This would require that the team doesn’t acquire Kevin Durant or Donovan Mitchell, both of whom would likely require Herro to be traded. Miami suffered a significant blow when P.J. Tucker signed with the Sixers in free agency, but otherwise looks very similar to last season’s team.
- Hornets forward Kelly Oubre Jr. should be monitored as a potential trade piece this season, an NBA executive told Sean Deveney of Heavy.com. Oubre, 26, averaged 15.0 points on 44% shooting last season. If the Hornets look to improve their center position, it’s possible he could be included in a deal.
- Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau is “ecstatic” about the arrival of Jalen Brunson this season, Marc Berman of the New York Post writes. Thibodeau believes he can turn Brunson from a B-minus player to a B-plus one, a source tells Berman, which would largely start on the defensive end. Brunson signed a four-year, $104MM deal to join the Knicks this offseason.
Jaylen Brown is the C’s best player, Tatum is their best scorer, unless Wiggins is guarding him, in which case well he suddenly develops a wrist injury that he had to play through
I agree with the first half of your post. The second half is utter nonsense. Yes, Wiggins locked him up, but the break occurred 2 series prior
2 series prior? It happened in February. Try try 2 months prior And then multiply that by 2. Just kidding is right. Tatum making excuses. That fracture would have healed 5 times over by the time he faced Wiggins.
So 4 months? Even though Tatum said it was May? You don’t math very good
You wouldn’t know from watching last seasons playoffs. Tatum outplayed brown on both sides of the ball.
You need to look up the definition of the word “suddenly”
Jalen Brunson a B- player? Smh whoever said that gets a F- in talent evaluation
Where do we find the A To F rankings to compare. But Thibs usually rise a players defense. Look at Randle.
I’ll take that B- player and give it a C+ player for Brunson. Not going to get too excited though, as a Knicks fan you learn that early. Let’s just not give up too much up for DM. A one dimensional star. Can we even call Brunson that yet? If he doesn’t play any D, like DM that’s gonna be huge problem under Thibbs. Smh
Dear Jalen,
You suck but I think I can coach you up to a playable starter.
Get in shape loser.
Master Thibs.
Tatum is such a baby. A non displaced fracture is nothing. Every athlete gets them. Half the time the don’t even know it.
If they “do t even know it” how do YOU know that half of the get it?
To bad the Hawks could get Oubre somehow but they would probably want to much. I’d like to see how he would slot in next to Murray.