Jayson Tatum is beloved in Boston after a successful rookie season. Celtics fans are all in on the versatile wing and Tatum is loving his new home. But this wasn't always the case for Tatum. He admitted on the Bill Simmons Podcast that he didn't always like Boston.

“Tatum: I used to hate Boston.

Simmons: Yeah, well, we need to fix that.

Tatum: No, I love Boston now.”

This isn't a huge surprise. Boston is one of the most hated cities in sports and Tatum grew up in St. Louis. Tatum grew up as a huge fan of Kobe Bryant and as Simmons points out, Celtics don't like Lakers.

While Tatum was growing up, he watched Kobe take on the Boston Celtics twice in the finals. In 2008, Kobe fell to the big three in Boston of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Kobe would get his revenge two years later when his Lakers took down the Celtics in seven games.

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But now Tatum finds himself on the other side of the rivalry. The Celtics-Lakers rivalry stretches back decades and it's still raging on today. With LeBron James in Los Angeles and the Celtics back on top in the Eastern Conference, there's a decent chance that there could be another Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals in the next few years.

The only difference is that this time, Tatum won't be rooting for the Kobe-led Lakers. He'll be leading the team he used to hate instead.