Jayson Tatum is already one of the best players in the NBA today, but there's no doubt he has a higher level to reach as he tries to lead the Boston Celtics to the NBA title. With that said, former Beantown star Tony Allen expressed his desire to see Tatum take that next step in his development, and he has a pretty good idea of what the young star can add to his game.

During a conversation with Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett on the “KG Certified” show, Allen shared that he wants to see more of that “seek and destroy mentality” from Tatum. He explained that Pierce had it, and so he hopes that the current Celtics superstar was able to get a better insight of that after his recent workout with The Truth.

Allen is not saying Tatum doesn't have it right now, but sure enough, he still has room to work on that quality of him.

“That seek and destroy mentality. I used to look at P [Pierce] and see three things that were going to happen. Either he was going to get fouled, he was going to score, or he was going to get somebody a bucket,” said Allen. “That’s that seek and destroy mentality… I'm not saying Tatum don't got it, but [Pierce] working out with him. I think that's good insight,” Allen shared, via  Audacy.

Jayson Tatum is only 25 years old and still has plenty of things to learn. Making that “seek  and destroy” mentality a part of his game is definitely one of those.

It will be interesting to see how Tatum responds to the challenge. Fans have also yet to see what he learned from Paul Pierce during their workout. Maybe, just maybe, Tatum already learned more  from Pierce about that mentality Tony Allen is talking about.