Fans of the Boston Celtic were by no means upset by how star forward Jayson Tatum was playing in the 2024 NBA Finals, especially given how it was the engine behind Boston hanging Banner 18. But unless you were hardly watching those finals,

Jayson Tatum playing duck duck goose with a bunch of coach and players’ kids after Celtics practice pic.twitter.com/PaqTCseO0x This was the final practice of training camp for Boston. Tatum and the Celtics now fly to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for twin preseason games against the Denver Nuggets.

Boston’s headlining superstar believes the Celtics, after keeping nearly their entire 2023-24 roster intact, are well-positioned to avoid the post-title cliff that awaited the last five NBA champs, all of whom failed to even reach the conference finals the following season.