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The Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 4-1 in the 2024 NBA Finals. Some of the games were competitive, but Boston ultimately emerged victorious nonetheless. Mavs head coach Jason Kidd sparked headlines during the Finals after making an attention-catching Jaylen Brown claim. Kidd called Brown the Celtics’ “best player” during an NBA Finals press conference. […]

The Boston Celtics have won the 2024 NBA championship, and its stars have gained fans from everywhere in the world, including celebrities and political figures. After his championship and Olympic gold medal with Team USA, Jayson Tatum even got a special shoutout from celebrity Mindy Kaling at the Democratic National Convention. This mention might take […]

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum has had a ridiculous summer. Tatum won his first NBA title in June with the Celtics, then won an Olympic Gold Medal in August with Team USA. Tatum, who’s lack of playing time at the Olympics made headlines, was asked about his experience at the Olympics in an interview with […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown was recently asked about Jayson Tatum’s lack of playing time at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Brown initially shut down the question about his teammate before giving a rather blunt answer, via Celtics reporter Noa Dalzell. “I don’t have any comments right now,” Brown said on NBC Sports Bay Area. “Jayson […]

Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday have had an eventful 2024 so far. Last June, the Boston Celtics won the NBA championship over the Dallas Mavericks, finally breaking through after years of running into LeBron James and then Jimmy Butler. Afterward, Team USA selected both Celtics players for the 2024 Olympics where they won gold, though […]

Jayson Tatum is the latest cover athlete to be featured in NBA 2K. It has been a childhood dream of his to be on the cover of an NBA 2K game. Tatum shared with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he grew up playing NBA 2K games and finds it surreal now being a featured athlete. […]

The Boston Celtics always seem to have some sort of drama surrounding them, and that’s remained true this offseason, even though they managed to win the 2024 NBA Finals. If you ask Lou Williams, he thinks there’s something fishy going on with the NBA as a whole when it comes to their treatment of Jayson […]

Former NBA star Jeff Teague recently expressed his thoughts on Jayson Tatum getting snubbed in the 2024 Olympics. Tatum won his second gold medal in the Olympics after winning his first-ever NBA championship. While on paper his recent achievements are nothing short of legendary, the situation wasn’t necessarily a bed of roses. Despite getting selected […]

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk and Boston Celtics guard Jayson Tatum, both St. Louis natives, recently won championships in their respective sports—Tkachuk in the NHL and Tatum in the NBA. During the Celtics’ and Panthers’ postseason runs earlier this summer, a middle school photo of Matthew Tkachuk and Jayson Tatum went viral online. When they […]

The Boston Celtics got a glimpse of what their potential path to the playoffs looks like on Thursday afternoon, as the NBA released the full schedules for the 2024-25 season. After winning it all during the 2023-24 campaign, the Green Team is on a mission to become the first squad to secure back-to-back titles since […]

Although he did not win the NBA Finals MVP award, this season was supposed to mark a definitive shift in how Jayson Tatum is perceived by the public. He finally celebrated a championship and did so after leading the Boston Celtics in points, rebounds and assists during the playoffs. His status as one of the […]

Anthony Edwards led his Minnesota Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals last season only to run into the buzzsaw that is the Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving duo in Dallas. On Saturday, Edwards got a nickname from Kevin Durant that could stick for quite some time, depending on how the ex-Georgia Bulldogs legend’s career goes […]

NBA superstar Jayson Tatum has been having the time of his life over the last few months, winning the NBA Championship with the Boston Celtics and taking home gold with Team USA at the Paris Olympics. During the Games, we also saw Tatum debut the newest model in his signature sneaker line, the Jordan Tatum […]

The Boston Celtics are the NBA’s top dog among franchises with 18 “world” titles to their name following this past season. The Los Angeles Lakers will do their best to catch up to Coach Joe Mazzulla’s team this season in the titles column, starting with “Rivalry Week” this coming January, as announced by the NBA […]

The Team USA men’s basketball team has come back home after winning gold, but there seem to still be issues with how they played in the Olympics. Jayson Tatum not suiting up two games during the tournament is still a big topic among others, and Charles Barkley was the most recent to share his thoughts. […]

Winning comes at a price, and the Boston Celtics learned that this offseason. However, if spending millions and eating luxury tax brings the C’s one step closer to back-to-back titles, they’re more than happy to open their wallets. After winning the 2023-24 NBA championship in dominant fashion, Boston got back to work this summer. The […]

During a recent visit to the 2024 Paris Olympics, NFL legend Tom Brady shared his playful vision for a Team USA football team composed entirely of NBA stars. In a vlog that caught the attention of many sports fans, Brady assembled a lineup that mixed basketball’s top talents in a gridiron game of fantasy football. […]

Team USA won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. That’s what it’s all about, right? Nah, it’s all about narratives around players! It was Jayson Tatum’s lack of playing time that became a frequent talking point. Tatum played the second-fewest minutes on the Olympic stage for Team USA at 71. Tyrese Haliburton played […]

The only goal Team USA set for the 2024 Olympics in France was to take home their fifth straight gold medal. Disappointment in the 2023 FIBA World Cup after a fourth-place finish prompted LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant to unite and form what many have called this generation’s “Dream Team.” With a roster […]

The usage of Boston Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum was among the major headlines concerning Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Paris experience was both euphoric and humbling for Tatum, whose limited role and benching caused countless discussions within the basketball realm. Tatum himself admitted that it was a “tough personal experience.” This […]

Even in the aftermath of a Gold Medal victory over the host nation of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Team USA forward Jayson Tatum couldn’t hide his dissatisfaction with how tumultuous the experience of representing his country for the second time had been this summer. Tatum reflected on the tournament and the two DNP-CD’s he received […]

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum’s playing time has been a constant headline throughout Team USA’s run for a fifth consecutive gold medal. Tatum did not play in two of the six games in the Olympics, including the semifinal victory over Serbia. He then came off the bench in the first quarter and played 11 minutes […]

Team USA’s talented roster might be the most accomplished group of basketball players ever assembled. And while Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday isn’t considered the best member of that star-studded squad, he achieved something during the 2024 Summer Olympics that none of his teammates have. After beating France 98-87 on Saturday, Holiday earned his second […]

Team USA men’s basketball won the gold medal after defeating France by a final score of 98-87 on Saturday. LeBron James led the way and won MVP, while Stephen Curry took over in the gold medal game. Meanwhile, one of the primary storylines during Team USA’s run was Jayson Tatum’s lack of playing time. And […]

Despite Team USA being close to capturing their fourth consecutive gold medal at the Paris Olympics, the talk has been about the involvement or lack thereof in regards to Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum. After recording another game without a single second played, the basketball world has been talking, even his NBA peers in Paul […]

With the Olympics in full swing, former Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams has been putting on his sports analyst hat, providing a fresh take on the 2024 Paris Olympics. Unsurprisingly, Williams had comments regarding Team USA head coach Steve Kerr’s choice to bench Jayson Tatum again in the matchup against Serbia. Steve Kerr admitted that […]

Team USA women’s basketball defeated Australia on Friday by a final score of 85-64. The win represented the team’s 60th consecutive win at the Olympics. Breanna Stewart, who led Team USA with 16 points and five assists while adding six rebounds, reacted to the 60th consecutive victory. “It’s absolutely incredible,” Stewart said, via Jack Maloney […]

Boston Celtics owner and governor Wyc Grousbeck was asked about star Jayson Tatum’s involvement or lack thereof in Team USA which is coached by Golden State Warriors’ Steve Kerr. Grousbeck would call it a “complete mystery” that Tatum is not receiving more playing time on “The Greg Hill Show.” “I mean, I would wouldn’t play […]

Team USA men’s basketball is preparing for the gold medal game against France. It took an improbable fourth-quarter comeback by Team USA, thanks in large part to the heroics of Stephen Curry, to get the win over Serbia. Perhaps the biggest headline of the game was Steve Kerr’s decision not to play Boston Celtics superstar […]

ESPN basketball analyst Kendrick Perkins was on the show “First Take” where the topic was on Team USA and their upcoming gold medal game against France at the Paris Olympics Saturday. Perkins gave his stance on the contest and how he is not “worried about it one bit” after USA scraped by to beat Serbia […]

The Team USA men’s basketball team pulled off a nail-biter in the semifinals against Serbia, but they did it with Jayson Tatum not playing. The Boston Celtics’ star once again was a DNP in the Olympics, and some think that this may affect his future with the team in 2028, most notably Bill Simmons. The […]

The Boston Celtics are coming off an incredible 2023-24 season run that was capped by an NBA Finals victory. However, the Celtics have players representing them well into the offseason. Jrue Holiday, Derrick White, and Jayson Tatum are suited up for Team USA in the 2024 Olympics. Tatum registered a Did Not Play (DNP) in […]

Team USA escaped Serbia to reach the Olympics gold medal match by a hair. There were obviously a lot of questionable calls that Steve Kerr made during the whole matchup. However, one stood out the most and it was Jayson Tatum sitting on the bench. The Boston Celtics star did not get a lick of […]

The Boston Celtics will have plenty of representation in the gold medal match of the 2024 Summer Olympics, but it won’t just be from Team USA. France features forward Guerschon Yabusele, who was selected by the C’s in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft. Although Yabusele never made much of a name for himself […]

Team USA has been playing good basketball in the Paris Olympics, but with that comes certain sacrifices among the players. One of the players that have had to sacrifice was Jayson Tatum, who was a DNP against Serbia on July 28, and it caused an uproar on social media. Dwyane Wade, a former Olympian on […]

NBA players are expected to thrive in FIBA competitions. They are arguably the best basketball players in the world. However, that isn’t always the case. Let’s take a look at Jamal Murray and the nine most surprising NBA players to struggle in the Olympics. Check out the gallery below. Jamal Murray (Canada) With Jamal Murray’s […]

Team USA is set to face Serbia in the semifinal on Thursday night, and Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum has not meshed well with the team’s leading scorers. Tatum was a key player on the 2020 roster that secured a gold medal in Tokyo, where he was one of the top scorers at just 22 […]

If there is any head honcho qualified to talk about starting a dynasty, it would be Steve Kerr. He did it with the Chicago Bulls and the Golden State Warriors have won four titles under him. The latter squad could have easily gone for six if not because of LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard. Joe […]

Team USA’s formidable run at the 2024 Paris Olympics has captured the world’s attention as they effortlessly secured a spot in the semi-finals. Their recent victory over Brazil, ending in a staggering 122-87, underscored their dominance, propelling them into a highly anticipated match against Serbia led by Nikola Jokic. Amidst the fanfare, Kevin Durant etched […]