[Jayson Tatum] “I’m not coming back to be no role player doc.”
what he saying is he not no clint capela
Damn, they trying to turn everyone into Clint Capela
I grew a foot in height less than 6 minutes ago. The conversion has begun. I am now rolling to the rim to look for a lob and I can’t be stopped.
Get ready to learn Moreyball buddy
For some reason I keep getting the urge to go to a strip club and jump high. I keep feeling someone will throw me a lob there.
That’s weird. I think I might have caught the opposite disease. I was ballhogging every possession in the park, taking a stepback 3, foulbaiting. The other night I went on a binge and found myself in a strip club, my beard growing inches every day. That’s when I knew I hit rock bottom and needed help. I’m now in recovery, and according to my doctors, I will still have a chance to be a playmaker, jump around teams, slandering Morey on Twitter. It’s the hardest road but I’m sure with the support and the right mindset, I still have a lot to give to this world. Thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
Well Clint Capela’s been better than Tatum this season.
So he is Clint Capela
I heard Crunk Juice can cure a torn Achilles
Imagine Tatum coming back and all he does is rebound and catch lobs from Pritchard
Stray of the day lmao
He’s no DeAndre Ayton
Doctors just like “I know, I said the exact opposite, were you listening?” 🤣
He had that corny ass shit loaded and needed to fire.
“Quick film this ima say some deep shit for the reels”
Grown ass man btw
lol fuck. As a Celtics fan, the accuracy of these digs hurt. Some real precision beats power, timing beats speed shit
“I ain’t rollin’ -
I ain’t role playin’ -
Damn it! Restart.”
LMAO
He probably saw someone else say it and thought it was cool.
Legend has it, he mumbled to himself “there’s no I in team, but there’s an ‘m-e’ in that mf’er” right afterwards
Perfect call… I was wondering like, “That response doesn’t really follow from what was said to him”.
We did it?
WE DID ITTTTTTT
This man wants to be the face of the league. SO BAD, it hurts to watch.
He’s trigger happy with that corny gun
I can’t stand this mf 😭
Need to see Tatum in an improv class lmao
He’d act like Michael Scott
Threat Level Mid-range
Yeah this was practiced in the shower and everything. These guys are so fucking cheesy lol
I mean, it doesn’t even make him look good.
He rehearses everything - stupid ass shirt with his name on it.
100%
I think that message was more directed towards Jaylon Brown that the Dr
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown could get married and have a family of 6 and people would still say they have beef
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JB sadly loses his ability to dribble after kid 3, it was a heavy pregnancy and carrying the belly for 5 months straight caused damage. It’s fine cuz 3 books in kid 6 comes along and fixes it, but that causes a brief faith healer toddler ark and fans hated it.
Nah, JT is definitely carrying to term
JT carries 1,4 and 5. They are a partnership and asking one member to carry all 6 isn’t sharing the load.
Load management
What a terrible day to know how to read.
Their son should be named Luka
That’s because Jaylen would keep telling the press he could leave Jason and thrive as a single woman
he still knows where home is
They won a chip and still got people acting like they’re the mean girls in high school
Married with Celtic Children
I’m pretty sure the first openly gay married couple playing on the same team together would probably be a bigger story at that point lol
“But why male models?”
I just explained it to you.
he 100% was trying to make that a quotable moment lmao
He’s legendarily corny
He texted kobe to update him after this appointment.
“Yo bro, the doc just said I’m going to return at full force Kob. Wish you were here to see this gang 🖤🐍”
”delete this number goofy”
fucking 💀
“I got u today 🤞” ass text
shai fan btw
Y’all ain’t waste no time with the corny jokes. He’s officially back
It’s not about the joke, dude responds to “You’re perfect! You’ll be good as new!” With a weird response only intended for a clip. A normal person might be like “Awesome, looking forward to playing above what I was doing before”
This is really early in his recovery, 43 days in, only 6 weeks after surgery. He’s still on a walker & as somebody who has been through debilitating lower body injuries he’s very likely depressed so when the doctor says “your calf looks great I think you’ll make a full recovery”, the response is “okay I hope so/you’re the expert I’ll believe you” because at that point you still can’t walk yet & you still have at least 5 months of recovery left so nothing is guaranteed.
The NBA’s Russell Wilson, right down to snagging an R&B baddie in spite of, and probably because of the corniness lol
I mean Russ is fake af with his pr stuff but all his corny quotes just seem like he’s legit nerd like that so you just laugh at it but Tatum is acting like he’s cool which make people feel awkward for him.
As great as R&B is its definitely got a lot of corny people involved 😭
Yeah he was trying to give them something for their little documentary but he’s not a very good actor
He ABSOLUTELY had that line loaded coming into the appointment.
He was probably expecting the doctor to say some shit like “you can come back at minimum capacity” but still just let it fly after the doctor basically said the opposite 😂
Bro is unbelievably corny
No one is more invested in the Myth of Jayson Tatum than Jayson Tatum.
Too bad he has the personality of lukewarm tapioca.
His personality is NBA2K acting in real life.
Who have thought?
His camp started pushing that “The anomaly” shit 😂
He’s gotta stop practicing lines in front of the mirror lol. Just yell some shit from the heart one time Tatum. I promise we’ll fuck with the genuineness of it.
‘This shit’ll go hard in the biopic’ - Jayson Tatum, probably
Bro the “we’ll get back, doc. We’ll get back.” physically pained me it was so try hard. Half felt like he said it after the doctor was gone just for the camera. What a fucking cornball, man.
Yeah that did not sound like a normal patient-doctor convo haha
-I’m not gonna be a role player,.doc -what’s a role player?
Bro is only 19 he’s ganna bounce back fine
I’m not coming back to be no JV player doc
He’ll be 19 until Deuce is 18 then he’ll instantly transform into an unc and do a retirement tour
I heard he actually grew an inch during his rehab. Incredible stuff
Wow, what an organic and definitely not staged conversation
It looks like they got a cameraman from The Office lol
Just wait for season 9 when Brian the boom guy tries to sleep with Tatum
Everything is staged with this dude and not authentic. Fucking robot
He needs to improve as an all around jump shooter like KD did. Getting to the cup won’t be as easy. Hali needs to as well
Jokes on you. He’s been settling for jumpers for years.
Jayson Tatum is a prophet.
That’s a nickname we haven’t tried
Prophet A
Jayson Tatum PBUH
That’s my goat, but this shit funny.
You just reminded me how it’s been a year since we’ve had those discussions lol, I’m nostalgic
Isn’t Hali a good-great jumpshooter?
He was 47/39/85 last season for 61.6 TS%
you just gotta ignore the nephew talk
Fr, like we didn’t see Hali imitating Reggie Miller in crunch time in the playoffs
But his ability to have open shots was dependent on his ability to get to the paint. If he’s way less explosive, any good defender will exploit that.
We’re not saying it won’t be harder to get to the rim, just that he clearly already has a capable jumper
Right. You’re not wrong, I’m just saying shit might be different next go round.
He’s very efficient and he knows his spots, but he has a ton of room for improvement
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/tyrese-haliburton-shot-chart
His shot selection can’t look like this if he comes back hindered. He’ll need defenders to believe he’s liable to operate from midrange on any given possession
Yeah and he was already pretty weak getting to the cup without a good starting position or running start. His middy game was real good but he’s a bball nerd so he didn’t use it much.
Driving and shooting don’t happen in a vacuum, the two are related to each other
You can’t use his pre-injury shooting stats as basis. The threat of him driving forced defenders to play him a certain way. If he comes back from injury and struggles to get to the rim, defenders will be able to defend his shot more closely since the risk of getting blown past is lower
Not saying this will happen, but you can’t take someone’s pre-injury stats and just assume they’ll maintain the same stats post-injury, when their playstyle could be totally different
Tatum has been over 60% TS 2 out of last 3 years.
KD was one of the best shooters ever before the injury. He started to rely on his shot more, but I don’t know if it improved at all.
Right lmao. KD went 50/40/90 13 years ago, while leading the league in scoring.
Honestly a better example would be Paul George. His Olympics injury forced him to become a way better jump shooter
Maybe the numbers don’t back it up but KD def seemed more automatic from the midrange with the nets compared to when he was on gsw
3-10 feet: GSW… 2017 49%, 2018 52%, 2019 52% BKN… 2021 47%, 2022 52%
10-16 feet: GSW… 2017 44%, 2018 49%, 2019 51% BKN… 2021 54%, 2022 53%
16 feet to 3pt line: GSW… 2017 57%, 2018 50%, 2019 53% BKN… 2021 51%, 2022 52%
Then the combined BKN/PHO season that he played 47 games (39 with BKN, 9 with PHO) 3-10 feet 59% 10-16 feet 56% 16-3 pt line 52%
So 3-10 and 10-16 feet were the best in that BKN/PHO season. Paired with a 16-3pt line that is right there with the best of his other seasons.
His ability to get to the rim has never been about first step explosiveness. It’s about his handle + pull-up shooting.
Doesn’t mean a drop on explosiveness won’t hurt his ability to get past people
Any loss of burst hurts, but I don’t think he’ll have to adjust him game in any drastic sense.
You can have the best handles in the world, if you don’t have a reasonable amount of quickness you aren’t getting past an NBA defender
Ehh. Tatum also had a killer sidestep that helped him drive into lanes and also create shots. KD said that was one of the hardest parts of his game to get back
And his strength. He’s very physical with that off arm and has a very strong lower body, which is something Durant doesn’t have.
KD is an all time jump shooter, that’s an unfair bar
Tatum was never a huge vertical or speed guy, he just cuts at the right time and is big.
Every player on every team needs to be doing this lmao🤣
Don’t call it a cornback
I’ve been here for ears
If I was a Pacers fan I’d cream
Tatum eats, sleeps, breathes corn.
He’s being so annoying about this
first celtics fan i’ve seen say it. he’s a good dude and really talented but such a cornball in an annoying way lol
He’s a corny dude no doubt but that’s really all people have to rip on him for off the court so I’ll take it lol
Exactly, like who cares? It’s weird that people try to act like he isn’t corny and it’s some wild accusation against him.
He is corny for sure but also the amount of hate he receives for being corny is quite impressive
Idk about y’all but I’d rather take “corny” over “rapist” or “wife-beater” or “homophobe” any day.
are those the only options?
*Gestures broadly…
lol DBook has been getting hate for years because “he has a punchable face” people just love to hate
To me it just feels like all the jokes and comments about him being corny are just as forced as Tatum’s corny comments
Yup. Only bad thing i have to say about him is hes corny as all hell.
There’s some truth to the cornball stuff, but for the most part it’s just something people harp on because they’ve got nothing else.
True, he’s pretty boring and never gets in trouble
So fans will just whatever ammo they have against him
the ammo being that he’s pretty boring
Basically blanks
Bros in the doctors office…
Doctor: you’ll be great
Tatum: never call me a role player
Doctor: You’ll be even better than before!
Jayson “Ricky Bobby” Tatum: You sick sons of bitches. I mean you walk in that door, on your two legs… all fat and cocky and lookin’ at me in my chair. And you tell me its all in my head? I hope that both of you have sons… Handsome, beautiful, articulate sons, who are talented and star athletes and they have their legs taken away. I mean I pray you know that pain and that hurt.
Don’t you put that evil on me Ricky!
Doctor- your going to be back to your full potential within the next three months
JT- that’s great doc gimme a sec to spit a corny quote
We did iiiiiiiïīìît
Reminded me of the Zoolander “But why male models” scene.
The anomaly speaks his truth.
The big deuce has dropped another banger
Not bad but I wish lebrons “The Problem” stuck
Dr. Bill Simmons assured him that he is ready
“I got the heart of a lion and the eye of the tiger, doc.”
Doctor looks exhausted because this is probably the 12th take of this.
He wouldn’t have said that if the cameras weren’t on. This is silly.
An Achilles injury is still the same regardless of what kind of player you are in the NBA. Still ruptured, still have to go through recovery process
He ain’t no Clint Capella
With the way modern medicine is, I wouldn’t be surprised if he comes back stronger than ever.
I think best case scenario is 95% of himself, but I doubt he will come back without a hiccup.
It’s what’s so crushing about the injury, very rare to see it in players about to hit their peak.
Plus coming back later in the season, on a team who’s a genuine contender if he’s back to himself - can’t remember a situation like it
2022 warriors was a bit like that. #1 defense in the league but mid on offense. Then Klay returns from his major injuries, the warriors went from 17th in offense to one of the best offenses in the game. They had the #4 ranked offense in the post season. This was after Klay tore both his Achilles and ACL too.
Tbh I think the biggest issue will be the mental gap in learning to trust his body again. Players like KD have shown a torn achilles isn’t necessarily a career-ender anymore, they just gotta get over what happened and not worry about their achilles giving out on them again.
“Players like KD”
There are no players like KD. Ik what you meant but KD and Hakeem being able to come back from a torn Achilles is probably achievable by almost nobody
**Dominique Wilkins
that guy wouldn’t have hand in his forehead if he thought he was going to come back stronger than ever
Has anyone come back stronger than ever from a major injury? Besides Michael Jordan from breaking his foot his second season.
Guys like jamal murray or kyrie definitely lost a half step to a step.
It’s not uncommon to come back with more velocity after Tommy John surgery, though that’s a different sport
In the world of sports injuries, a typical broken bone is not a major injury. Bones often heal so much faster and cleaner than tendons, ligaments, and even certain muscles like groins and hamstrings
Not really. Everyone continues to cite Adrian Peterson that’s 15 years ago at this point. Ligament injuries are 95% of the time career altering.
Blud got a t with his own name
This comeback noise is starting to become like the one-ring dynasty of the KG in BOS in era
God this dude is fucking cringe lmao
Tatum reminds me of my 14 year old little cousin and I mean that in the most disrespectful manner possible
MVPerformative male
Damn, what did doc do 😆
If it Tatum comes back and slays the Thunder in the finals does he become the most beloved player in the league today?
You’re underestimating how much people hate US because the cool new thing right now is to hate the Thunder lol.
Yeah idk wtf he’s on. I’m rooting for the Thunder over the Celtics. I give it 3 games before Tatum says something about being happy/grateful to be back and everyone starts calling him a cornball and shit again.
don’t even gotta wait for him to come back they calling him corny for even doing this doc lol
It’s literally the top 8 or 9 comments in this thread. People hate the Celtics and they hate Tatum. It is what it is.
He’d be more popular on this sub if he beat women but played somewhere else instead of being corny on the Celtics. I’m not gonna worry too much about it.
Nah. Id rather root for the Celtics than thunder. I typically root for the west, but OKC is trash.
At least you guys don’t have Lu Dort on your team.
Lamest “superstar” in NBA history
Close second to Shai
still a superstar
His jump shooting has to improve bc his burst was already slower and I’m sure it will be a bit worse but if he cannot hit spot up shots, pull ups, and post ups consistently it’ll be just the same JT before the injury but worse idk how much worse but it will be worse.
Why this guy is always trying to make something stick? Who talks like this?
Wins championship > loses aura
Quickly recovers from career-ending injury > loses aura
Tries to hype up the the team and the fans > loses aura
That’s my goat
Why is he always so dramatic. Damn!
“Aye P, they said I gotta come off the bench”
He’s never beating the corny allegations
Sp he’s not coming back this year
He shouldn’t. Chemistry is good, they’re overachieving at this point. Just run it out and let him come back fully healthy with a full off-season to get right
He is fully healthy. There’s no point in waiting.
The comeback is going to be insane.
Like Kim kardashian.
I wouldn’t be surprised if once he’s readjusted to being back on the court that he’s better than before. He’s never had this much time to work on his game, mind, and body.
God he’s so corny. I like the dude but damn…
Why is there a fucking docu series for this dudes rehab. Is he trying to make himself the most unlikable player in the NBA?
Blud doesn’t say anything he hasn’t heard 6 inches away from a mirror
“You’re healing fine! You’re gonna be good as new”
“And I took that personally.”
Enough of this docu-series. This ain’t Syria, mate
I didn’t hear that Tatum was trying to come back this year. First time I heard it.
im totally speculating but i think what ‘happens’ is these players sign up for these docs without a real idea of how it will turn out. they think of the F1 show on nascar and everyone loved that and the guys in it. so people in their ‘circle’ convince them it could be like that
Can you imagine wearing a shirt with your name on the front 20 years ago? The amount of shit you’d get from everybody on the planet
Self indulgent drivel. Pretty embarrassing tbh.