Tom Radcliffe

JAYSON TATUM: "All of y'all kind of saw us grow up and everything that we accomplished. And I don't want that to be in the rearview mirror of you know, what's being talked about when it pertains to us two. It should be celebrated, right? Like, how many people play in this league and never went to the Finals? We went twice and won a championship. So it should be more about that. This ain't no f**** Shaq and Kobe. It's not about that. It should be more praise and I understand that don't necessarily sell. Drama gets clicks and views, but that's not my thing." ON JAYLEN'S CAP REPLY: "I understand we are in the entertainment business. Me personally, I'm not much of an off-the-court entertainer guy. I don't have any animosity or beef or ill will towards him. The frustrating part is since he's not with the Celtics anymore, the narrative or conversations haven't been enough about what we accomplished, all the games we won, winning the championship, how we've grown together. It's turned into this drama type of thing. I'm not like, this is not really, I got 2 kids, you know what I'm saying. I reached out to him the day he was traded. I called, I texted. I understand people process things differently. At this point in our lives, we're too old to be having our relationship discussed X, Y, and Z on the internet. If there's a conversation to be had, we can definitely have the conversation. I welcome that. I've always wanted the best for him, wished the best for him. I've always publicly said those things. I've seen all these things about 'Get your popcorn ready when they play. This ain't no f--- boxing match, it's basketball. There's no animosity, no beef. I just hate the conversation, the narrative around it. There's not enough communication and I think a conversation will solve or put out a lot of fires. Again, people handle and process things at their own time. Whenever that happens, it will happen."