{"id":593650,"date":"2026-02-10T01:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/593650\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T01:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:24:18","slug":"report-jayson-tatum-beginning-controlled-5-on-5-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/593650\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Jayson Tatum beginning controlled 5-on-5 work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Shams Charania reported before Celtics-Knicks on Sunday that Jayson Tatum began participating in controlled 5-on-5 scrimmages as he continues to attempt a return this season. It marks the first public note of a progression from the visible 1-on-1, shooting and mobility work at practices and shootarounds in recent months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It also marks a progression following Tatum\u2019s Pivot Podcast comments and Chris Haynes\u2019 report that followed, which indicated that Tatum was re-evaluating whether he would return this season. Charania added that Tatum only wants to return when he\u2019s as close to himself as possible, and not a shell of himself and his usual impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/boston-celtics-news\/131654\/brad-stevens-provides-update-on-jayson-tatum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He also echoed Brad Stevens\u2019 comments on Friday<\/a> that Tatum continues to check boxes in his comeback attempt. Earlier this season, Stevens said Tatum needs to meet a strength threshold, followed by several weeks of progressions through scripted small group workouts, larger groups, then 5-on-5 before unscripted and random scrimmages. Stevens added on Friday that Tatum has a ways to go in his comeback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Celtics have 30 games left, two before the all-star break, when Tatum will reach the nine month mark in his recovery. Players typically return from Achilles tears between 9-12 months following surgery, and sometimes more. Stevens, Joe Mazzulla and teammates including Jaylen Brown encouraged Tatum\u2019s return and how it would help the team while also urging him to focus on his body and mind until he\u2019s fully ready. The Celtics haven\u2019t placed a timeline on his return, and Stevens maintained there\u2019s no pressure on him to play this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Boston begins the second half with a four game west coast road trip on Feb. 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWhen it\u2019s right, then we\u2019ll all sit down and talk about it, but there\u2019s still no force from us, no pressure from us,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cBut there\u2019s also not going to be any of us saying, well, why don\u2019t you take another week? When he\u2019s ready, he\u2019s ready.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shams Charania reported before Celtics-Knicks on Sunday that Jayson Tatum began participating in controlled 5-on-5 scrimmages as he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,21388,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-593650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-celtics-news","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116043727825687867","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593650","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=593650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}