For Jayson Tatum, getting benched at the Olympics is a more finite resource than what's fueling him entering the 2024-25 NBA season.
After breaking through to their first championship, some wondered how motivated the Celtics would be entering the upcoming campaign.
"The unique part, and the cool part is, right now, it's the start of the season, and we gotta start over," said Tatum in a. "We gotta build it up from the ground and not look forward to June. We gotta start with our first day of practice and training camp and just get one percent better every day.
"Did I need any extra motivation coming into the season? No, I don't," conveyed Tatum. "I'm not gonna give anybody in particular credit that they're motivating me to come into the season. It was a unique circumstance something I haven't experienced before in my playing career. But I'm a believer that everything happens for a reason.
For Tatum, moving in that direction and working to continue that ascent is a far more sustainable source of fuel.
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