Jayson Tatum NBA Finals Media Day Full Press Conference

Jayson Tatum NBA Finals Media Day Full Press Conference

Jason Matt fotor Mass live there comes a point for great players where you get defined by whether or not you’ve won a championship how much for you personally does it mean to get one and and how much is that part of your motivation uh I think I would say part of my motivation is I just love the win uh and understanding the moment that I know how hard it is to get to the finals um and you know you think that you’re young and if you’ve been once that you’ll just continue to keep going um and we realized that last year we kind of took it for granted at certain moments and um we didn’t make it to the finals and and this year uh put things in perspective and I think you can see and our excitement right when we won the conference uh obviously that’s not the end all be all but um it it really is tough to get to this moment so I think right now just staying present in the moment I’m not thinking about you know what it would mean for my legacy or anything like that uh just excited to play some basketball after this long break uh and and go out there and and try to get the job done back left Tim Jason Tim Reynolds with the AP even though you’d already won an Olympic gold medal and you’ve won a bunch of I mean hundreds of games here obviously when you look back at 22 do you almost feel like you had to go through it to understand what’s different about this stage and what it takes to win the ultimate thing in this league I mean I guess I hate that I had to go through it I wish we would have won um but I you know I’m a firm believer in everything happens for a reason there’s a lesson to be learned um in every situation and um I do I do feel a lot different this time this go around um two years later uh I’m excited for the opportunity uh for us to to get the job done mark back right Mark Spears ESP ESPN andscape Jason is this m maybe it’s perhaps this the case with the Lakers but does this franchise have a different pressure on it uh with all the banners with all the Legends with trying to be amongst those names when it’s all set in done that in order to truly be there you you have to win a championship to do that uh I mean you know the answer to that of course right we only hang NBA championship banners right 17 of them um some of the greatest players ever play this game wore this uniform um and you know all of us are honored um to you know following their their their footsteps and the way that they paved for us um to live out our out our dreams so essentially yeah if you if you want to be one of the greats right to put on this uniform um you know every great before you won a championship um and that’s what we try to to play for every single season the expectations are obviously different here uh and you know it takes special players to to be here and to be a part of uh an environment like that second row here in the left Jason Nick G field level media you guys bring in Drew holiday this off season he obviously had the title run with Milwaukee you kind of offer A New Perspective on the finals that maybe you guys didn’t realize when you had your run two years ago yeah um you know with his presence in the locker room um obviously on the court uh he just brings a different Dynamic I’ve said it all season we’re so lucky to have him on our team um Drew literally does any and everything that we ask and that we need um and more than that he’s capable right he can hit big shots obviously get a big stop um guard the five men if we need him to uh so you know we’re very very lucky to have them Gary over here on the left Jason Gary was from Boston Globe uh you’ve probably been the most scrutinized player during this postseason think so yeah I think so um to the how much you smiled or didn’t smile when Jaylen won the MVP and things like that how has it motivated you for this moment have have you do you turn off social media when your son says something or your your friends like your mother what how have you dealt with the scrutiny and how has this kind of built you for this moment that you’re about to face now uh I think more so than me right it’s like my mom my grandma uh my family and friends you know they’re more bothered by it than me and you know I understand like if Deuce was to make it to the NBA and people were talking about him every single day as a parent um I wouldn’t be able to separate the Superstar from the child uh so you know my mom was took it a little tougher than than maybe I did uh but for me uh I don’t I don’t take it personal right just a long long break without NBA basketball so they had to overanalyze every little thing and have something to talk about uh did it get old yeah but um you know it’s the finals uh they wouldn’t talk about me if I wasn’t good so uh you know try to take some positives out of it and uh change the channel Tanya back right uh Tanya ganguli New York Times um you were talking a bit ago about sort of the legacy of this franchise and the weight that puts on you um not you personally but you know the weight that puts on any Celtics team um I’m curious though for you personally is it helpful for you to think about the the you know the big expectations of the franchise is that motivating or do you prefer as you’re going through the playoffs to keep that out of your mind and and think a little more narrowly about what’s in front of you yeah uh and honestly it’s like I I don’t think about the future or what this may mean for me down the road um just as simple as it sounds just trying to stay present stay in the moment enjoy it right um keep talking about pressure pressure pressure it’s the NBA Finals like this is supposed to be fun uh and that’s kind of where I’m at with is like I’m I’m I’m in the NBA Finals I have a second opportunity to to win a championship uh and I want to enjoy it I want to enjoy the moment enjoy it with my teammates and my family uh so you know that’s that’s where my narrow focus is at is about competing at a high level um finally getting to play tomorrow and uh just having fun just going out there and doing what I love to do Jabari back left what’s up bro oh um um you know I feel like um well first of all Jabar Smith NBA correspondent um I feel like this league is is a lot of expectation you know what I’m saying I’m going try to shift it a little bit um what would you say to somebody going into their third year who um hasn’t really lived up to the expectation that has been set on him what would you say to somebody going into that I would say that uh somebody that you know has has been through that right how old are you 21 21 uh I’ve I’ve been in that situation everybody else in the world that’s your age that’s 21 is still probably in school trying to figure out what they want to do in life um and we come into the league at such a young age and they want us to be uh perfect right away and this is part of growing up you still growing up I’m still growing up up uh and it’s a process right nothing was was accomplished overnight and I think um you’ll find the value in tough times um the ups and downs uh just what life brings you damn I sound like a real old person right now uh just in the sense of like your career um I would just say man enjoy it right it’s it’s going to be some great times there’s going to be some times that aren’t so great um and that’s and it it’s okay to be upset U because that means you care right you want to be great um and people believe that you can they just try to rush the process um and it takes however long it takes but you know as long as you work hard you believe um and you got the right support system obviously you do down at Houston I know all those guys coaches uh you know and everything is take care of itself how it’s supposed to for sure appreciate you good luck to you too thank you last one in the back in the middle hey Jason draft from espain um a lot of NBA legends lost his first Finals and then came back and they won what’s the biggest lesson that you learned from the first NBA Finals that you played biggest lesson um I give a lot of credit to that team they’re like the warriors uh I think you know we we understood what it took to get there and you know they understood what it took to get over the hump uh that was a really special team that um didn’t make many mistakes obviously well coached and they just been there before and and in some of those tough moments when I go back and look um you can tell that you know they they had been there before um and it was a lesson to be learned and I you know told myself that for got the opportunity again to make it to the finals that uh you know never take it for granted and uh you know obviously you know we’re here now and thankful to be here and uh I’m I’m excited to to get ready to play and uh have fun tomorrow

Jayson Tatum addressed the media during NBA Finals Media Day ahead of Game 1 against the Dallas Mavericks.

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