Jayson Tatum’s eventual return from the ruptured Achilles he sustained last spring has dominated the discourse surrounding the Boston Celtics all season. “When is he coming back?” What’s the team’s ceiling with Tatum in the lineup?”
As the weeks go on, his season debut grows closer, though there’s been no true indication from him or the team as to when it’ll actually be. All fans have gotten is context clues.
The most significant to this point was Tatum’s assigned practice with Boston’s G-League affiliate, the Maine Celtics, which the organization was required to make public.