{"id":694631,"date":"2026-04-02T21:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694631\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T21:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:10:16","slug":"former-nba-star-marvels-at-jayson-tatums-incredible-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694631\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA Star Marvels At Jayson Tatum&#8217;s &#8216;Incredible&#8217; Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What Jayson Tatum is doing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\/news\/jayson-tatums-recent-numbers-not-normal-less-11-months-after-achilles-surgery\/a702b443b004a829365d7281\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shouldn&#8217;t be possible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a year after tearing his Achilles in the 2025 Eastern Conference Semifinals, Tatum is already back to being one of the best players in the NBA. He&#8217;s scored at least 25 points in each of his last three games, including his <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\/news\/jayson-tatum-joins-larry-bird-historic-triple-double-vs-heat\/a17ee736a7cc27c646722ebb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">triple-double<\/a> against the Miami Heat on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s way ahead of schedule and has been impressing NBA analysts left and right, including former NBA star Quentin Richardson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Richardson <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/2039750123329036396\" rel=\"nofollow\">discussed Tatum&#8217;s amazing return to form<\/a> on Thursday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;What Jayson Tatum is doing is incredible..<\/p>\n<p>The numbers that he&#8217;s putting up are crazy&#8221;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QRich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@QRich<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZunWJphuKD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZunWJphuKD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/2039750123329036396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What Tatum is doing from a basketball-playing standpoint is incredible in my eyes, to be back this quick from that type of injury, and then to be back in this type of form,&#8221; Richardson said. &#8220;He&#8217;s far exceeded what I thought he could be doing. The numbers, the rebounds and assists are crazy right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Through\u00a012 games, Tatum is averaging 21.3 points,\u00a04.8 assists and a career-high 9.8 rebounds per game despite being on a minutes restriction for the first handful of games. He also has seven double-doubles, including six in his last nine games.<\/p>\n<p>Tatum <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\/news\/jayson-tatum-fully-back-celtics-reporter-weighs\/ba481ae864ae7c45a3ce514c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">may not be fully himself<\/a> in terms of scoring or shooting just yet, but his all-around contributions have been incredible, helping the Celtics go\u00a010-2 with him in the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>With Tatum heating up and Brown playing at an MVP level, Boston looks remarkably dangerous with the NBA Playoffs coming up in a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\/news\/stephen-smith-calls-celtics-team-beat-east-after-147-point-outburst\/29b65874e7836b704dc99f26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen A. Smith Calls Celtics &#8216;Team To Beat&#8217; In East After 147-Point Outburst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What Jayson Tatum is doing for the Boston Celtics shouldn&#8217;t be possible. 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