League sources remain adamant to MassLive that the Celtics are not considering deals involving Jaylen Brown or Jayson Tatum at the trade deadline. The team is also committed to starting center Robert Williams, who inked a four-year extension with the franchise last offseason, per sources.
Jayson Tatum Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 03/03/98
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:204 lbs. / 92.5 kg.
Salary: $28,103,500
Born: 03/03/98
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:204 lbs. / 92.5 kg.
Salary: $28,103,500
Boston Celtics: Jaylen Brown: “I want Jayson to reach his potential and get everything out of this game that he wants to get out of it. To see him going is great. It inspires me. We just gotta keep getting better, keep improving, keep playing off each other, and making the best of what we have.”
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Jayson Tatum on partnership with Jaylen Brown: 'We both want to be here'
Keith Smith: Jayson Tatum on talking and working with Jaylen Brown: “We both want to be here and we both want to figure it out. We want it bad. We want to figure it out together. There’s not too many players in the league like JB. We’ve got each other’s back.”
Mark Murphy: Tatum on a talk he had with Jaylen Brown: “We live in a world where we are on our phones and TV and see all the things about we can’t play together and everybody in the media saying that one of us got to go. We both want to be here and both want to figure it out.”
Mark Murphy: More Tatum: ” There’s not many players in the league like JB. The grass ain’t always greener and we’ve had some great stretches and I think this year hasn’t been what we expected but I think in the long run it will be good for us.”
Keith Smith: Jayson Tatum on defending himself on Twitter: “I don’t have a problem with Perk. We don’t even know each other. I just saw it and I responded. We both said what we said, and we move on. It is what it is.”
