{"id":568489,"date":"2026-01-29T12:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/568489\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:51:14","slug":"celtics-sam-hauser-weighs-in-on-possible-jayson-tatum-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/568489\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics&#8217; Sam Hauser Weighs In On Possible Jayson Tatum Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics lost 117-106 to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night, but with each passing game, there\u2019s a growing possibility that Jayson Tatum is getting closer to making his return to the court.<\/p>\n<p>Tatum hasn\u2019t participated in an NBA game since the Eastern Conference semifinals in May after he tore his Achilles.<\/p>\n<p>However, since the season is just over halfway through, Tatum could return within the next few months, and his teammate Sam Hauser can\u2019t <a target=\"_blank\" https:=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wait to welcome<\/a> him back with open arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he is going to return, we\u2019ll welcome him with open arms, for sure,\u201d Hauser said on Wednesday, via WEEI\u2019s Justin Turpin. \u201cHe\u2019s such a great player. Any time you can have the luxury of adding a player like that to your rotation, it\u2019s pretty exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the Celtics can get Tatum back before the playoffs, there\u2019s a good chance that Boston could be favored to win the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Tatum is one of the top players in the NBA when he\u2019s healthy. If he can get close to 100%, the Celtics should be favored, especially considering how many teams in the conference have struggled this season.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics lost 117-106 to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night, but with each passing game, there\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,77,6,2080],"class_list":{"0":"post-568489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jayson-tatum","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sam-hauser"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115978481605269010","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568489","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=568489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}