Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum was among the rumored names that would likely sit out of the NBA's 2019-20 restart in Orlando. A report from The New York Daily News cited concerns about a potential injury hindering his chances at a multi-million contract extension of his rookie deal, one a source vehemently denied:

“Not true,” a source told A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports Boston. “He’s concerned like every other player about returning to play. There’s a lot … going on in the world that players need to be more concerned about. But sitting out because of the contract? Hell no!”

Players are on a three-month layoff and counting, as it will be more than five months since they have played a full-fledged NBA game once the season potentially resumes on July 30. The risk for injury is there, but a front office executive argued the risk has always been there, regardless.

“And when it comes to injuries, restart or not, players always run the risk of having one whenever they step on the court,” a league executive said. “Players have more concerns with the reboot to the season; I get that. But I just don’t see guys sitting out games because they might get hurt. They run that risk every time they play the game.”

Other concerns were floated about last week, when former Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving spearheaded a coalition of NBA players concerned about the safety measures of the Walt Disney World bubble and the stringent policies that would keep players sequestered with little freedom during a three-month lapse.

Besides those, the optics of a league comprised of a majority of African American players taking part in a truncated restart in efforts to salvage lost revenue and entertain the masses looked poorly to some in the wake of a civil revolution in the Black Matter Movement.

Yet it seems none of those concerns will keep Tatum from joining his Celtics teammates in Orlando if the league can hammer the finals nails of this plan with only a week left before it's made final.