Jayson Tatum Looks Jacked in Latest Offseason Workout Pictures

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Jayson Tatum Looks Jacked in Latest Offseason Workout Pictures



By Liam McKeone
Aug 31, 2021



Jayson Tatum is set up for a monster season in 2021-22 with the Boston Celtics. Last season was disrupted by a positive COVID diagnosis, but once Tatum recovered he went on an absolute tear, dropping 50 in both the play-in tournament and in the first round of the playoffs.

The one area where Tatum could use substantial improvement comes in the form of drawing fouls. The All-Star has struggled with that aspect of the game ever since his rookie year. We can comfortably attribute some of those struggles to the fact that Tatum was a skinny kid coming into the league. It made getting to the rim difficult and absorbing contact even more so.

He's added on a bit of muscle mass in the four years he's been in the league, but still struggled to consistently get calls in the paint last season. Part of that is normal growing pains. Tatum hasn't yet reached the level of status where referees give him the benefit of the doubt on 50/50 calls, colloquially known as getting superstar calls. There's no formula to get to that point. Once it happens, it happens.

But part of it is, again, that Tatum has never been a big wing. His advantages come from his length and athleticism rather than size and physicality. He is apparently doing his best to fix that this offseason.

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This is really the last step in Tatum's game for him to take before he becomes a full-fledged generational talent. He averaged 26.4 PPG last season while taking only 5.3 free throws per game. That's 23rd in the NBA, behind the likes of Collin Sexton, Jerami Grant, and Pascal Siakam. Tatum would inch into league-leading territory as far as his points per game average goes with only two additional trips to the charity stripe per contest next year.

Tatum undoubtedly knows that better than any of us. So this offseason is when he's going to work to fix it. Good luck to anyone trying to check him if he fully unlocks his offensive potential by doing so.


Bob
MY NOTE:  Holy Guacamole!!  That's a 100# dumbbell under his chin, and the two dumbbells he's doing giant steps with look like 80# each!!  Remember when he came into the league 6'8" and only 208#?  I don't know what he weighs now but it sure as hell isn't anywhere near 208#!   Beat all you want on Danny for Grant Williams and Carsen Edwards or whomever, but he hit a thick vein of pure gold with the Js, and he conned Philly out of Romeo to boot.  Now Romeo just has to prove he can stay on the court and the Brooklyn trade and the Philly trade will go down in Celtic history along with some of Red's greats.


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Good that he’s building mass given the role he plays is essentially power forward. I hope, however, he’s working on maintaining flexibility as well. His quickness has led to his ability to score and defend at a high level from day one. Maintaining that should be the mission with bulking up a secondary consideration.

Bob


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