According to reports, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum had a difficult time during the Olympics in Tokyo.
So far, Tatum is averaging 29.9 points, 8.1 total rebounds, 5.9 assists, and 1.4 steals per game across the first 15 games of the season. This is easily keeping him pace with other MVP favorites like Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
This was largely because of two reasons: he was not named the Finals MVP when the Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks for the NBA Championship and Olympics head coach Steve Kerr benched him against Jokic and Team Serbia. "League sources say the five-time All-Star didn't have any truly good days on the court — in practice or games — in his entire time leading up to the gold-medal win over France,", averaging 20.5 minutes, 15.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 1.2 blocks per game across six games while shooting 49.3 percent from the field and 44.7 percent from the 3-point line.
“It was a lot,” Tatum said. "In the age of social media, you see everything. You see all the tweets and the people on the podcasts and people on TV giving their opinion on whether they thought it was a good decision or it was an outrageous decision or whatever.
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