The Boston Celtics Are About To Add Their Superstar Back
The Boston Celtics are on the verge of shifting the entire balance of the Eastern Conference, and the timing couldn’t be more ominous for the rest of the league. After months of proving they were far more than a placeholder contender, Boston is preparing to welcome back Jayson Tatum, a six-time All-Star and the engine behind one of the NBA’s most punishing two-way profiles. What makes this moment different is that the Celtics never collapsed in his absence, they evolved. Jaylen Brown embraced the weight of being the number one option and played his most authoritative basketball, Derrick White expanded his offensive responsibility without sacrificing efficiency, and the supporting cast quietly hardened through real minutes and real pressure. Boston didn’t wait to be saved; they built an identity that already ranks among the league’s elite in offensive and net rating. Now, with Tatum nearing his return, that foundation becomes something far more dangerous, because his gravity doesn’t replace what’s been built, it amplifies it. This video breaks down why the Celtics were already a nightmare matchup, how internal growth reshaped their ceiling, and why adding Tatum back into a system that never stopped winning could spell serious trouble for the rest of the NBA.
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The Boston Celtics Are About To Add Their Superstar Back
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As a celtics fan, he's not coming back this year. He said he won't play until he "feels" 100% even if he's cleared.
He’s coming back
One one one Tatum is back!!! Isolation basketball here we come.
Love my Celtics especially with how this season has turned for us. I personally think he shouldn’t return only because a full recovery is necessary and we shouldn’t throw him in the mix right away. However I can understand why people want him to play. Battling for second in a weak east with most teams dealing with injuries so there’s a high chance to make a deep run. With him in the current lineup, the whole system will change. Pritchard goes back to 6th man, Queta and Vuc don’t get drained trying to rebound, and just the whole offense explodes.
Whenever he comes back, the Celtics will lose 7 of their next 10 games while he and Brown have a pissing contest and Pritchard, Vucevic, Hauser. et al., stand on the periphery with their thumbs up their asses. The C's will probably work it out by playoff time, but it will be bumpy for a while.
Nooooo!!!! Idc, this feels rushed…
Boston is a legit contender
He wasn’t eastern conference mvp but I get what you mean
Imagine they play Tatum at the 1. Tatum and White in the backcourt, Brown, Garza and Vooch up front. That would mean five shooters on the floor, they would absolutely kill teams on the boards and every defender would be stronger than the guy they were guarding, which has worked well for the Celts in the past.
One wonders if Stevens traded away Simons just to put pressure on Tatum to come back.