Throughout Sunday’s All-Star Recreation festivities, Jayson Tatum and the NBA on NBC dropped this trailer:
Per the YouTube abstract, the five-part documentary:
For the primary time in his life, the sport that outlined Jayson Tatum was taken away by an Achilles damage. The five-part docuseries THE QUIET WORK follows Jayson by means of essentially the most difficult stretch of his profession as he fights to return to the NBA. From the locker room to the hospital room, by means of rehab and restoration, and finally again to the courtroom, that is the unseen aspect of his journey and the work nobody ever witnesses.
Till now.
Paired with the information this weekend that the Celtics’ March 1st dwelling sport towards visiting Philadelphia 76ers was rescheduled from 6 pm to primetime at 8 pm and air on NBC, the hypothesis that Tatum is ready return quickly appears an increasing number of like a actuality. He had beforehand mentioned that his first sport again could be at TD Backyard.
Earlier within the week, President of Basketball Operations threw some chilly water on the rising expectations that JT was simply across the nook from stepping again on the ground, saying, “(It’s) finest for Jayson Tatum to come back again when he’s 110% wholesome, he’s totally clear by all people that issues in that call and he’s obtained nice peace of thoughts and able to do it. That’s it. That’s the target and that’s what we’re gonna stick to,” Stevens mentioned.
“After we really feel 100%, it’ll be his, it’ll be a bunch getting collectively and speaking, however I believe our medical individuals are actually good, I believe his medical doctors are actually good, so we’re gonna hearken to them, he’s listening to them. I believe he and Nick have had an incredible work ethic by means of this restoration, and when it’s proper, then we’ll all sit down and speak about it, however there’s nonetheless no pressure from us, there’s no stress from us, however there’s additionally not going to be any of us saying, nicely, why don’t you are taking one other week? When he’s prepared, he’s prepared.”
Then, Tatum’s rehab moved to managed 5-on-5 together with a apply with the Maine squad with Hugo Gonzalez and Amari Williams in tow.
After the exercise, Tatum mentioned, “It doesn’t imply I’m coming again or not.” There should not be a definitive determination made, however all indicators — the tea leaves, the media push, the bodily ramp up — level to Tatum return on the horizon.
