{"id":565490,"date":"2026-01-28T04:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565490\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:04:30","slug":"celtics-jayson-tatum-throws-funny-shade-at-grizzlies-organization-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565490\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics\u2019 Jayson Tatum Throws Funny Shade At Grizzlies Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/teams\/nba\/boston-celtics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Celtics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boston Celtics<\/a> star Jayson Tatum wasn\u2019t trying to throw shade at the Memphis Grizzlies when he was discussing his own career on a recent episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/2016240153006608859?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Pivot;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Pivot<\/a> podcast, but it sort of hilariously worked out that way.<\/p>\n<p>In describing everything that he\u2019s accomplished already, the 27-year-old wing said that he\u2019d have a statue outside of the Grizzlies\u2019 arena if he had played his entire career in Memphis so far.<\/p>\n<p>Tatum\u2019s 2024-25 NBA season marked a peak in his individual performance, as he averaged 26.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 6.0 assists over 72 games, earning his sixth All-Star selection and fourth consecutive All-NBA First Team honor. The Celtics, seeded second in the East, advanced past the Orlando Magic in the first round but fell to the New York Knicks in the conference semifinals (in which Tatum tore his Achilles), ending their title defense.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Over his career, Tatum has evolved into one of the league\u2019s elite forwards since being drafted third overall by the Celtics in 2017 after a standout freshman year at Duke. He led Boston to the 2024 NBA championship, captured All-Star Game MVP in 2023, and secured Olympic gold medals in 2020 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He signed a five-year, $314 million extension in 2024. As of January 2026, Tatum continues rehab, with recent workouts showing progress toward a potential return later this year, though no exact timeline exists.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/joe-mazzulla-encourages-celtics-players-to-use-their-platform-way-more-important-than-basketball\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Joe Mazzulla Encourages Celtics Players To Use Their Platform, \u2018Way More Important Than Basketball\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">  Joe Mazzulla Encourages Celtics Players To Use Their Platform, \u2018Way More Important Than Basketball\u2019 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum wasn\u2019t trying to throw shade at the Memphis Grizzlies when he was discussing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,75,294,77,293,177,4070,6,191,76,181],"class_list":{"0":"post-565490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-grizzlies","11":"tag-jayson-tatum","12":"tag-memphis","13":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","14":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-new-york-knicks","17":"tag-orlando-magic","18":"tag-the-grizzlies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115970746935761409","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}