The Celtics have 5 present or former All-Stars of their ranks — Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Vacation and Al Horford — to go along with one other All-Star caliber participant in Derrick White. And as well, they’ve high quality function gamers corresponding to Sam Hauser and Payton Pritchard having fun with career-best seasons.
On paper, that stage of expertise would represent an excellent workforce.
Nonetheless, Tatum is not all for that narrative. Following Boston’s Sport 2 loss to Cleveland, the star ahead defined why the media has positioned unrealistic expectations upon his workforce.
“We get it. The world thinks we’re by no means speculated to lose, we’re speculated to win each sport by 25. It is simply not going to be like that on a regular basis,” Tatum informed reporters. “…That is the narrative you would possibly see on TV, the concept we’ve got an excellent workforce. It is twofold, proper? We did not have the Coach of the 12 months or MVP. We solely had two All-Stars. They are saying we’re an excellent workforce, however we did not get rewarded like we’re. We all know we’ve got an excellent workforce, we’re not excellent, [but] we play the best means. We simply gotta be higher.”
