Jayson Tatum Pulls Up To Studio J With The Tuesday Crew ☘️ | NBA on TNT

Jayson Tatum Pulls Up To Studio J With The Tuesday Crew ☘️ | NBA on TNT

OFFICIAL AUTOMOTIVE PARTNER OF THE NBA. >> WELCOME BACK. OH OH, THE SAINT LOUIS, SAINT LOUIS. HEY HEY. >> NO! DON’T STOP. >> HAD TO DO IT. >> LITTLE JACKET RIGHT THERE. >> FLOWERS ON THE JACKET. >> SO WE’RE STILL DOING THIS. BATTER UP. SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING DO FROM SAINT

LOUIS AND THE BOSTON CELTICS? >> JAYSON TATUM IN STUDIO TONIGHT EVERYBODY. >> OH YOU’RE FROM SAINT LOUIS. OF COURSE I NEVER KNEW THAT. >> WHY YOU THINK THEY PLAY THE SAINT LOUIS MUSIC? >> I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME. OKAY. THEY’RE AND I WANT TO SAY THIS IS GOOD FOR JAYSON

TATUM BECAUSE WE FOUND A WEIRD STAT WHEN YOU GUYS PLAY ON TNT, IT DOESN’T GO AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE SEASON. >> DOESN’T MAKE SENSE TO ME. COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. YOU GUYS ARE 53 AND NINE NOT ON TNT, FOUR AND SIX ON TNT.

WHAT’S GOING ON? >> CHASE BAD LUCK BARKLEY. >> HE PROBABLY GOT A LOT TO DO WITH IT. >> CHARLES BARKLEY LOOK AT ENERGY, I KNOW YOU GUYS GO BACK A LONG TIME. YOUR TEXT FRIENDS AND ALL THAT STUFF. HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE THIS BAD

OF A DUDE AND A FIRST TEAM ALL NBA? >> I HEARD ABOUT HIM WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE THING THAT I HEARD WAS, WAS HE WAS GETTING HIMSELF UP FOR WORKOUTS EARLY IN THE MORNING, LIKE THE DISCIPLINE AT THAT AGE. AND HE WAS FOCUSED. SO I KEPT AN EYE ON

HIM EVER SINCE THEN, CHECKING IN WITH D MILES AND CHECKING IN WITH Q RICH AND ALL THEM GUYS. SO BACK THEN I KNEW HE’D BE SPECIAL, BUT MY QUESTION IS, DID YOU THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN SO FAST? ALL THE SUCCESS WHEN YOU FIRST CAME IN THE LEAGUE? >> TO BE HONEST, NO.

>> RIGHT. IT’S CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT, LIKE, YOU DREAM OF BEING IN THIS SITUATION, BEING IN THIS MOMENT, BUT IT STILL DOESN’T FEEL REAL TO ME. LIKE BEING UP HERE WITH YOU GUYS PLAYING ON NATIONAL TV, HAVING MY OWN SIGNATURE SHOE, PLAYING FOR THE CELTICS, IT REALLY IS A

DREAM COME TRUE. AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT I DON’T GET USED TO, EVERY DAY. AND I’M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT. >> SO WITH 13 GAMES LEFT, YOU’VE ALREADY CLINCHED. HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR GUYS FOCUSED ON THE MISSION? YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALMOST THERE. LAST YEAR YOU DIDN’T GIVE US

HOW DO YOU KEEP KEEP YOUR GUYS FOCUSED? BECAUSE I’VE BEEN PLAYING EXCELLENT BASKETBALL ALL YEAR. BUT WITH SO MANY GAMES LEFT ALREADY CLINCHING, HOW DO YOU STAY FOCUSED ON THE MISSION, I THINK JUST EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER, RIGHT? THE LAST FEW YEARS BEING THAT CLOSE AND NOT GETTING OVER THE HUMP,

OBVIOUSLY WAS EXTREMELY TOUGH. >> AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON OUR TEAM IS IN A PERFECT PLACE IN THEIR CAREER. RIGHT? WE’VE ALL ACCOMPLISHED INDIVIDUAL THINGS. EVERYBODY’S GOTTEN PAID. AND THE LAST THING IS, YOU KNOW, FOR MOST OF US, EXCEPT FOR HOLIDAYS, WE’RE ALL TRYING TO GET OVER THAT

HUMP. AND I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT GROUP, THE RIGHT MINDSET TO DO THOSE THINGS. OBVIOUSLY, WE STILL HAVE TO DO IT, STAY HEALTHY AND CONTINUE TO PLAY THE RIGHT WAY, BUT OUR MINDSET IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. >> OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS BORN IN SAINT LOUIS. DID YOU

? THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW THAT? YEAH, I WAS BORN IN SAINT LOUIS. SECOND OF ALL. OKAY. >> IT’S GOING UP YOUR LINE, SHAQ. CHECK THE CHECK, CHECK THE WORKED OUT THE WHOLE TIME CERTIFICATE. YOU HEARD THAT. >> BE BORN IN SAINT LOUIS. >> SAINT LOUIS AIN’T HEARD THAT IN 30 YEARS. I’M MOVING

ON, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET HIM KNOW. >> BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT HOSPITAL, OH, WE GOT FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. I GOTTA CALL MY MOM, BUT I PROMISE YOU, I WAS BORN IN SAINT LOUIS. ALL RIGHT, SUPPRESS THE SIGHS FROM THE FLOWERS. >> GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION. DON’T LAUGH. DON’T LET HIM

GET YOU OFF YOUR SPOT. IT IS CONFIRMED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, WE TALK ABOUT, LIKE SEATTLE, RIGHT. >> PEOPLE FROM SEATTLE, WE TALK ABOUT PLAYERS FROM NEW YORK. WE TALK ABOUT PLAYERS FROM CHICAGO. LIKE, WHAT IS IT ABOUT PLAYERS FROM SAINT LOUIS? BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BRADLEY BEAL AND, LIKE, WHAT

IS IT THAT YOU THINK SAINT LOUIS PLAYERS HAVE THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD IS ON NOTICE FOR? YEAH, I THINK YOU GOT MYSELF, BRADLEY BEAL, LARRY HUGHES, DAVID LEE, PATRICK MCCAW BEN MCLEMORE ANTHONY BONNER PLAYED FOR THE KNICKS BACK IN THE DAY, SAINT LOUIS IS JUST A SMALL PLACE, SMALL

CITY. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE IT OUT. SO I THINK BEING FROM SAINT LOUIS WE CARRY A SENSE OF PRIDE ABOUT WHERE WE’RE FROM. AND WE HAVE THAT EDGE ON OUR SHOULDER, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE’RE FROM. AND WHETHER IT’S WITH OUR VOICE

OR HOW WE PLAY, I HAVE A FEW JAMAL RELATED STUFF. >> THERE WAS A GAME EARLIER THIS YEAR. YOU DROPPED 50 ON CHARLOTTE, AND YOU SAID JAMAL HAD TEXTED YOU AND SAID YOU GOT TO GO AND GET 50 LAST YEAR. WAS THAT LAST YEAR? HAVE THERE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES IN YOUR

CAREER WHERE JAMAL HAS REACHED OUT AND BEEN LIKE, YOU NEED TO GO FOR SOMETHING RIGHT NOW? >> IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE EARLIER THAT SEASON WE PLAYED THE HEAT AND I HAD 49 AND WE WAS UP BY LIKE 15 OR SO, AND I REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE A MINUTE AND A HALF

LEFT AND I JUST KIND OF LIKE I WAVED THEM OFF. I WAS LIKE, YO, SOMEBODY ELSE SHOOT IT. I DIDN’T WANT TO. WE WERE CALLING THE GAME. YEAH, YEAH, I DIDN’T WANT TO RUN UP TRYING TO GET UP 50 WHEN WE WAS UP 20. AND I REMEMBER HE TEXTED ME RIGHT

AFTER THAT, I WAS LIKE, YO, RUN UP. YOU KNOW, THEY ONLY GOING TO REMEMBER HOW MANY 50 POINT GAMES. NOT IF ONLY 49 POINT GAMES. >> YEAH. >> SO LITERALLY LIKE TWO WEEKS LATER I HAD 51 AGAINST THE HORNETS. >> I GOT A QUESTION FOR ANY OTHER TIMES THOUGH.

>> LIKE ALL STAR GAMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ALL STAR GAME. >> LAST YEAR WHEN I GOT MVP, HE TOLD ME TO GET IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, BUT MAYBE NEXT YEAR LAST YEAR. >> GO AHEAD SHAQ I’M SORRY. >> YEAH. QUESTION. WHAT WHEN DID THAT START. LIKE FOR

EXAMPLE IF I’M UP 20 AND IT’S FIVE SECONDS LEFT AND I SCORE NOW WE’RE UP LIKE WHEN DID THAT START TO LIKE THE OTHER TEAMS. >> OTHER TEAMS DON’T LIKE IT. >> YEAH. LIKE WHEN DID THAT START. LIKE THEY HAD ALL GAME TO STOP IT I DON’T KNOW

LIKE I MEAN LIKE I DON’T REMEMBER US DOING THAT BACK IN MY DAY. >> YEAH. LIKE GETTING UPSET. >> YEAH. >> AND THE ONE WHAT I’M SAYING. >> KINDNESS. >> YEAH I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK I MEAN? >> BECAUSE IT DOES UPSET A LOT OF PEOPLE THESE DAYS.

>> NO IT DOES. AND LOOKING BACK ON IT, I SHOULD HAVE GOT THE BALL AND TRIED TO SCORE AGAIN. >> I’M TELLING YOU. AND FOR ME, LIKE I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE YOUNGER PLAYERS COMING UP, MAN, WOMEN OR WHATEVER WHO ARE SPECIAL AND WHO LOVE THE GAME. EVERY TIME I SEE

HIM, HE HAS SOMEBODY, ANOTHER LIKE LEGEND ON HIS SHIRT, SO HE’S ALWAYS PAYING HOMAGE. THE ALL STAR GAME HAPPENED AND WE ALL KNOW THE ALL STAR GAME. EVERYBODY’S KIND OF GETTING LOOSE AND KOBE’S HIS FAVORITE PLAYER. SO I’M LIKE, YO, THE WAR IS NAMED AFTER YOU. AFTER KOBE.

THE BEST WAY TO HONOR HIM IS TO COMPETE. AND HE WAS AT HALFTIME. HE SAW IT AND HE WAS LIKE, YO, ALL RIGHT. AND THAT’S WHEN THE MVP LIKE HAPPENED. SO IT’S DOPE THAT HE CARES THAT MUCH ABOUT THE GAME. HE CARES THAT MUCH ABOUT THE SHOW FOR THE KIDS.

AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, RIGHT NOW, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP YOU’RE DOING THAT YOU ANNOUNCED AT ALL STAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY? BECAUSE IT’S MUCH LIKE STARDOM. AS YOU REACH, YOU STILL GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY? >> NO, ABSOLUTELY. AND, JUST DOING A LOT OF THINGS WITH

THE JAYSON TATUM FOUNDATION, WE ANNOUNCED THE PARTNERSHIP WITH SOFI AND BASICALLY IT WAS TO HELP START GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND DONATING $1 MILLION TO MY FOUNDATION TO HELP SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES BACK HOME BECOME FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW VITAL THAT IS TO, YOU KNOW, STARTING FINANCIAL FREEDOM. >> THAT’S HUGE.

>> JAMAL IS THE BIGGEST MICHAEL JORDAN FAN I’VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE. I BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST KOBE FANS THAT HAS PROBABLY EVER EXISTED. WHEN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT KOBE ALL TIME, WHAT ARE THE ARGUMENTS THAT YOU MAKE FOR HIM AS YOUR GOAT, FOR ME, IT’S AN

INSPIRATION THING. THE WAY HE INSPIRED PEOPLE, THE WAY HE INSPIRED SOMEBODY. THAT WAS 2000 MILES AWAY THAT I HAD NEVER MET, JUST WATCHING HIM ON TV, WATCHING HIS INTERVIEWS, WATCHING HOW HARD HE WORKED, THE UPS AND DOWNS OF HIS CAREER FROM 2000 MILES AWAY. ME SEEING MYSELF IN HIM RIGHT, WANTING

TO ACHIEVE MY DREAM AND CHASE MY GOAL AND WORK AS HARD AS I DID BECAUSE HE DID THOSE THINGS. AND HOW MANY KIDS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HE INSPIRED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND NOT TO SAY THAT OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER BEST PLAYERS DIDN’T, BUT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THE

INSPIRATION FACTOR IS THE BIGGEST REASON WHY I’M HERE TODAY. YEAH. >> JAY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GONNA TELL THEM THE HOSPITAL IN SAINT LOUIS? >> HERE WE GO. WE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE GOOGLING. I AM FROM SAINT LOUIS. OKAY. >> OH, AM I BORN IN SAINT

LOUIS? I’M OH, MY GOSH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? OH YEAH. GOOGLE CAT. GO GOOGLE ME, BABY. ARE YEAH. THAT’S THAT’S I, I THAT’S I, THAT’S A UNDERDOG SWING BEFORE JASON WAS BORN. SHOW US THE A IF YOU WERE FROM SAINT LOUIS, DO THE MIDWEST SWING REAL QUICK. >> CALL IT GOOD.

>> DO THE MIDWEST SWING. RELAX, JASON. >> OKAY, SO WE SAW IN THE PLAYOFFS YOUR EPIC DUNK AGAINST LEBRON A COUPLE YEARS BACK. WE SAW WE’VE SEEN LIKE YOU GET PEOPLE IN THIS GENERATION BACK IN THE OLD DAYS. WOULD YOU HAVE TRIED SHAQ COMING DOWN THE LANE. >> NO NO.

>> OH HE’S LOOKING STRAIGHT IN YOUR WOULD YOU TRY IT. NO HE WOULD HAVE TRIED HIM. >> NO. >> HOLD ON. YOU SAID YES I’M ASKING WHY WOULD THEY TRY. I’M NOT ASKING YOU HE SAID HE SAID NO. >> HE ANSWERED I LOVE HIS MOM. I LOVE HIS DAD, I LOVE

I LOVE HIS LITTLE MAN. BUT HE. NO, I WOULD HAVE PUT HIM ON THE GROUND. >> HE SAID HE WOULD TRY YOU, THOUGH. >> I WOULD HAVE TRIED. >> HE SAID NO, HE WOULDN’T HAVE TRIED. I’M JUST. NO, I’VE ONLY BEEN DUNKED ON TWICE IN 20 YEARS. THAT’S A REASON FOR THAT. RELAX.

>> ONLY TWICE. >> I’LL PUT YOU DOWN. >> YOU KNOW I’M TRYING. DON’T DO IT. DON’T TELL YOU TWICE. ONLY TWICE. BUT YOU WOULD HAVE GONE. I’M SCARED. >> SHAQ. COME ON NOW. >> TRY. YOU GOT TO TRY TWICE. >> YOU HAVE TO. >> HE FEELS OBLIGATED IN ONE DAY.

>> HE SAID HE’D CATCH YOU SLIPPING. >> SO LAYTON, HELP SIDE WHEN HE PLAYED FOR THE HEAT. >> YEAH. THE HEAT. YOU’D HAVE GOT HEAT. SHAQ SHACK PHOENIX SHAKE SHACK FOR SURE. >> WE COULD TALK ABOUT SHAQ. >> DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE SHARING A SET RIGHT NOW WITH

ONE OF THE GREATEST CELTICS TO HAVE EVER LIVED, SHAQUILLE O’NEAL? >> SURE, HE WOULDN’T WANT A GREAT. >> WE PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE BEST SHAQ HIGHLIGHTS. >> HE’S ONE OF THE GREATS. OH YEAH. NUMBER 36. >> WOW. WALK IT LIKE THAT. OH BIG SHAMROCK. >> BIG SHAMROCK. YOU SEE IT.

GIVE ME THAT. >> OH YOU SEE THAT ONE SHAQ I DIDN’T SEE THAT ONE. I DIDN’T SEE THAT ONE. >> THAT WAS A LITTLE BOY THAT ONE. >> THAT STUFF OUT OF HERE. >> OH WAIT. WHAT HAPPENED? YOU FELL REAL HARD ON THAT ONE. >> OH. >> YOU STILL DUNKING?

>> DANG. YOU HAD SOME BAGGY STUFF. >> YOU STILL WANT TO TEST THEM? YOU STILL WANT TO GO AFTER HIM. >> NICE PASS SHAQ. >> HE SAID HE SHAQ HE SAID HE SHAQ NO BUT I WANT TO THANK JASON. >> THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE YEAR. YOU’VE BEEN UNBELIEVABLE SO FAR. AND WE ARE GETTING READY FOR CROSSED UP. BUT WE NEED TO SHOW SOME OF JAYSON TATUM’S BEST CROSSED UP. >> OH. OH NOT BROOK. YOU’RE IN TROUBLE. BROOK ‘3 60 TURNED ALL THE WAY AROUND. >> OH THAT’S A CROSS. HE

SAID SHAQ HE GAVE YOU THE POINT. >>E SAID THAT’D BE YOU.

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