Zolak & Bertrand: Joe Mazzulla explains why Jayson Tatum is underappreciated
Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla joined Zolak and Bertrand after his team’s Game 4 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers to take a 3-1 lead in their second round series. For the second consecutive game, Jayson Tatum poured in 33 points, after underwhelming to that point in the playoffs. Tatum’s effort in the playoffs has not been lost on Mazzulla, who explained what he meant what he said when he called Tatum underappreciated after Game 3:
‘It’s the reality of the environment that we’re in‘
“I just think that’s the natural thing in any area of life or sports and then when you do something really well for a long period of time, it’s easy to take that for granted, especially in the world of instant gratification and so many things changing and so many new storylines and new players, youth and youth and youth and and content, content, content. It’s easy to lose sight of the things that guys do really, really well over the course of a long period of time. So, yeah, it’s funny, there’s plenty of players in the league in the past that if there was no social media, would be treated much differently from a scrutiny standpoint because they they didn’t win. And, it’s just kind of the reality of the environment that we’re in, an environment of instant gratification. What can you do for me right now? Which is important because, you know, that’s the that’s the environment, that room. At the same time, you always have to fight to keep perspective. I think that’s really important, too.”
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