What did you expect him to say? In June, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and a Celtics’ core that has played together for years made it to the NBA Finals and came within two games of winning it all.
In July, the team got stronger with the additions of Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari. Then last week, the Kevin Durant trade rumors started, with Brown in the middle of them.
Tatum was walking the red carpet at the premiere of the Showtime documentary “Point Gods,” and Nick Friedell of ESPN asked him about the Durant trade rumors. “I played with [Durant] during the Olympics,” Tatum said. “Obviously, he’s a great player, but that’s not my decision.
I love our team. I love the guys that we got… “We got two new pieces [in Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari],” Tatum said. “I love our team.