Jayson Tatum is being raked over the coals on social media and drawing criticism in recent days due to a perceived lack of durability. This narrative is extremely dumb and nowhere close to accurate, but the most frustrating part is that this is all stemming from a recent appearance by the Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn on the PHLY Sixers Podcast.
Washburn was a guest on the show as a Celtics reporter to offer the Philly fans some knowledge about Jaylen Brown. He was talking bout the dynamic in Boston between Tatum and Brown, and this is where things went off the rails. Washburn claimed that things changed this year after Tatum missed the critical Game 7 in the playoffs against the Sixers that ended Boston’s season.
Then, unprompted, Washburn added, “Critical game in 2023, Miami Heat Game 7, Jayson sprains his ankle in the first two minutes, does not play the rest of the game. There’s certain things that I think Jaylen’s like, ‘at least I’m on the damn floor’”.
Criticizing Jayson for racing back from an Achilles tear, helping the team immensely, and being forced to miss that Game 7 (which was very likely not even his decision) is already a low blow and pretty unbecoming. But to make matters much, much worse, the part about the 2023 Game 7 is just completely untrue.
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