The Boston Celtics franchise star continues to reflect on his time with Team USA, where he expressed no anger or mixed emotions toward them.
In fact, Jayson Tatum has opened his mind to many different perspectives and has taken some of them upon himself to correct them. He talked about his jump shot and having the right perspective and didn’t close the door on returning to Team USA.
“I wasn’t moping around. I didn’t have an attitude. I wasn’t angry at the world,” Tatum said. “I stayed ready and did what was asked of me and I won a gold medal, right?”
“I know I didn’t make a jump shot when I was with Team USA. I don’t know, law of averages,” Tatum said. “It’s a weird rhythm thing being with Team USA; you never exactly know when you’re gonna get the ball. But that’s part of it. You sign up for that because I’ve done it before (at the Tokyo Games).”
The 26-year-old did give fans a look into his brain, as he says he hasn’t lost confidence in his shot. Tatum even acknowledge the poor shooting display during last season’s playoff run.
“I have two (gold medals) now, I have a championship, and everything doesn’t necessarily go the way you expect it to go, right?” Tatum said. “I’ve learned to be like, ‘OK, that’s a part of it.’ You move on, and I’m getting ready to enjoy the last little weeks I have before the season starts and get ready for another season.”
While keeping everything in perspective, and making changes, Tatum is taking the final weeks of “break” before the next season begins. For now, it is great for fans to see a star player like himself to still have a positive outcome in all of this.
