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Jayson Christopher Tatum (born March 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Tatum attended hometown Chaminade College Preparatory School, where he was rated a five-star recruit and regarded as one of the top players in the Class of 2016 by recruiting services. After one season with Duke, Tatum entered the 2017 NBA draft, where he was selected with the third overall pick by the Boston Celtics.
In a controversial move, Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge dealt away the team's #1 pick in the 2017 NBA draft to the Philadelphia 76ers in hopes that he could acquire another valuable draft pick and still target the player he actually wanted, Tatum. Not ranked as high as other prospects, Tatum was still on the board as the Celtics drafted him #3 overall on June 22, 2017, with the pick they received from Philadelphia. Tatum was the team's second straight #3 pick for a small forward, following Jaylen Brown in 2016.[14] During the 2017 NBA Summer League event in Utah, Tatum displayed his abilities to full effect, averaging 18.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.3 steals, and 2.0 assists in nearly 33 minutes of action. Later, in Las Vegas, Tatum produced similar results, averaging 17.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists, and 0.8 blocks in nearly 32 minutes of action in the three games he was allowed to play. As a result, he was named to the All-Summer League Second Team alongside Bryn Forbes, Cheick Diallo, Wayne Selden Jr., and Kyle Kuzma.[15]
In his NBA debut, Tatum recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds as the team's starting power forward in a 102–99 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.[16] Tatum then recorded a season-high 24 points in a win over the New York Knicks on October 24, 2017.[17] He was named the Eastern Conference's Rookie of The Month for December 2017.[18]
The Celtics finished the season with a record of 55–27, entering the 2018 NBA Playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference. In Game 1 of the first-round series against the seventh seed Milwaukee Bucks, Tatum recorded a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds.[19] In Game 4 he broke his playoff-high with 21 points, and then broke it again in Game 6 with 22.[20] The Celtics defeated the Bucks in Game 7 by a score of 112-96, with Tatum scoring 20 points.[21]
In Game 1 of the second-round series against the third seed Philadelphia 76ers, Tatum had a career-high 28 points in a 117–101 win,[22] becoming the first Celtics rookie to score 25 or more points in a playoff game since Larry Bird during the 1980 NBA Playoffs, also against the 76ers.[23] After posting 21 points in a Game 2 victory, he became the youngest player to ever score at least 20 points in four straight playoff games at the age of 20 years, 61 days, surpassing Kobe Bryant who accomplished that feat during the 1999 NBA Playoffs at age 20 years, 272 days.[24] After leading the Celtics with 24 points in a Game 3 overtime win in Philadelphia,[25] he became the first Celtics rookie to score 20 points in five straight playoff games. Bird held the previous record of four.[26] At the end of his playoff run, he joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only rookies in playoff history to record 10 games of 20 or more points scored during their first playoff runs. Furthermore, LeBron James would praise Tatum's work there, noting that he's going to be a star in the making.[27]
On May 22, 2018, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.[28]
