Jayson Tatum on the Celtics playing zone defense: “We fu—k it up sometimes, but just our communication. We’re always talking and everybody has to be out there talking. It’s, like, fun being in it. We’re still figuring it out ourselves.”

6 Comments

1. LotusB1ossom 10 months ago

   I thought our zone looked the best it has this season tonight. It’s a nice extra wrinkle to have, and it did seem to disrupt Toronto when they had a run

2. friendsWthebenedicts 10 months ago

   I really think having something like this is what we’ve been missing in our recent playoff runs. Just something to throw a wrench at em and force a run/timeout even. Will be awesome if we can perfect it

3. luke_workin 10 months ago

   I’m glad we’re seeing it more in the past few weeks. I remember we saw a LOT of zone back in summer league and everyone was excited that we were experimenting with it early.

4. sarcastic_wanderer 10 months ago

   Our JT ain’t the most eloquently spoken dude on the court. But hes our dude on the court.

5. andoCalrissiano 10 months ago

   Toronto didn’t exactly have knockdown shooters or passing savants out there so it was a great time to pull it out

6. OGBlackPanther 10 months ago

   I feel like playing zone more will actually help the guys figure out what they need to be doing consistently to break it. It’s also just flat out filthy that we have some of the best personnel in the league to be playing it ourselves. Credit to the coaching staff, they’ve been cooking this season.