The amount of conversation around Jayson Tatum and his comeback from injury all season long grew almost nauseating by the time he finally returned. Not because of anything that Tatum did or didn’t do, but just because of all the noise around him and the Celtics, and what an impact player he has proven to be in his career.
Not only was the discourse growing louder, but it was also the most obnoxious, lowest-common-denominator kind of discourse. We heard talk about how Tatum would “fit in” with the team, whether he would mess up the newfound identity and chemistry that have been building all year, and even the old, tired classic about whether he could "learn" to play alongside Jaylen Brown.