Since the arrival of COVID and the resumption of the NBA in the bubble at the end of July 2020, the players of the Big League have been at a fairly frantic pace, but this is even more the case for some of them. . In particular Jayson Tatum, who is simply the basketball player who has played the most minutes for two years.
6,935. This is the number of minutes played by Jayson Tatum since the end of July 2020, when he joined Mickey’s bubble following several months without basketball due to the arrival of COVID. Obviously, he had missed the orange ball terribly during this very dark period because since then, JT has not stopped. We remember the Celtics’ long run in the bubble, a run that ended at the end of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals once morest the Heat. Then, barely three months later, we had to start once more for the 2020-21 season, consisting of 72 games between the end of December and mid-May (and during which JT had also caught the virus). Since the C’s went out in the first round of the 2021 Playoffs once morest Brooklyn, you’re probably thinking that JT took the time to rest during the summer. False, the guy preferred to go to Tokyo with Team USA to compete in the Olympic Games and win his first gold medal. Ball is life as they say huh. And then obviously, Tatum is now in the NBA Finals following a long season made first of ups and downs with his Celtics, then characterized by a huge individual as well as collective rise. In total, to provide some clarification on the stat released by “the Voice of the Boston Celtics” Sean Grande, Jayson Tatum has played 190 NBA games since July 2020, regular and postseason combined. And with that, you add six official matches with the national team at the Olympics, and that gives 196 basketball games played in just under two calendar years. Holy rhythm!
A random conversation tonight made me wonder if Jayson Tatum has played more minutes than anyone else since the pandemic started.
After some late night number crunching, turns out Jayson Tatum has played more minutes than anyone else since the pandemic started. pic.twitter.com/bgfDXx6osp
— Sean Grande (@SeanGrandePBP) June 8, 2022
If we zoom in a little more on these 2022 Playoffs, we realize that Jayson Tatum is also the NBA player who totals the most minutes over the entire campaign. 814 exactly in the space of twenty games, or 40.7 minutes per night. All this while playing once morest hyper-physical teams like Milwaukee and Miami, two series that went all the way to Game 7. currently runs at only 20 points (and 8 assists) per game at 30% shooting (50% at 3-pointers) and 73% on free throws. Unless it’s because of his right shoulder, which has obviously been bothering him for a few games. In any case, it’s not really the kind of production we expect from one of the best current NBA scorers, who will be keen to definitively launch his series this evening during Game 3 in Boston. The Celtics will need it once morest the Warriors to hope to regain control of the final.
Jayson Tatum has hardly stopped for two years, but he is almost at the finish line. The question is whether he will cross it first with his Boston team, or if Stephen Curry’s gang will beat him to the finish. Response within ten days at the latest.
Source texte : @SeanGrandePBP