NBA Champion Kendrick Perkins spoke about Jayson Tatum on ESPN's First Take.
On Saturday evening, the Boston Celtics are playing the Cleveland Cavaliers in Ohio for Game 3 of their second-round playoff series.
Perkins: "I'm so over Jayson Tatum. When is Jayson Tatum gonna arive? This is my thing with Jayson Tatum. He talked about this in interviews, he talked about how he couldn't wait for this moment, how nothing in the regular season mattered to him. He just couldn’t wait to get to the postseason. Well, damn it, it’s here. What are you going to do about it?"
“I’m so over Jayson Tatum. When is he going to arrive?... He talked about this in interviews... He couldn’t wait to get to the postseason. Well, it’s here. What are you going to do about it?... It’s in your hands.”Tatum finished Game 2 with 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists and one steal while shooting 7/17 from the field and 2/5 from the three-point range in 38 minutes of playing time.
Tatum finished the regular season with averages of 26.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.0 steals per contest while shooting 47.1% from the field and 37.6% from the three-point range in 74 games.They have made the Eastern Conference Finals five times in the previous seven times, but have been unable to win a title since the 2008 season when Paul Pierce was still on the roster.
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