"'That's something I contemplate every day,' he said on The Pivot podcast. 'They would have played 50-some odd games without me. So they have an identity this year, or things they've felt that have clicked for them, and it's been successful. 'So there's a thought in my head that is, like: 'How does that work? How does that look with me integrating myself off an injury.' And it is a thought, like, 'Damn, do I come back, or should I wait?''"
""Obviously, any team with Jayson Tatum's going to be better," Stevens said Friday. "If he needs it, I'll tell him every day. Because every team -- all 30 of us -- would be way, way better with him on the team.""
""Those are just things that go through everybody's minds," Stevens said, chuckling at the thought the team would be better off without Tatum. "In all of our conversations, he's confident he can make the team better,""
Jayson Tatum led Boston to the 2024 NBA title and tore his Achilles tendon in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Knicks. The Celtics traded Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis to avoid the league's second apron and appeared poised for a rebuild, yet remained tied for the Eastern Conference's second seed at the trade deadline. Tatum has contemplated whether a late-season return would disrupt a team that will have played more than 50 games without him and developed its own identity. Brad Stevens insists any team gains from having Tatum and reports confidence that Tatum can make the team better.
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