Legendary NBA trainer shuts down unfair clutch narrative on Celtics' Jayson Tatum

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics are currently gearing up for what they hope is a run in the 2024 NBA playoffs that results in the franchise's first championship since the 2008 season 16 years ago. The Celtics finished this season with 64 wins–the most in the association by a country mile–and Tatum had no problem integrating new co-stars Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis into the fray while still continuing to play at a first-team All-NBA level. One criticism that has been leveled at the Celtics, and Tatum in particular, over the years has been their propensity to fall short in end-of-game situations at times in the playoffs. There were several situations in the 2023 playoffs, for instance, that saw the Celtics completely fall apart in crunch-time, a flaw that called into question just how clutch Tatum really is.