Jayson Tatum has stuck around Boston throughout the summer as he continues to rehab his ruptured Achilles tendon.

Barring a miracle, the 2025-26 season will be a write-off for the Boston Celtics. It was clear once Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles that the Celtics weren’t going to be in championship contention.

Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens explained the trades that sent Kristaps Porziņģis to the Atlanta Hawks and Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers in a straightforward manner on Tuesday. "The second apron is why those trades happened,

Jayson Tatum has a long road of recovery ahead during the upcoming Celtics season after suffering an Achilles tear in May but one resource he’s used in his recovery is Rockets forward Kevin Durant. The Celtics All-Star reached out to Durant already in the wake of the injury according to his appearance on the Mind the Game podcast.

Sometimes, the memories push the athletes to drive their games emotionally in extreme conditions. It seems that's what Jayson Tatum unleashed on that poster dunk against then-Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals.