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“I am trying ahead to seeing him come again.”
Celtics ahead Jayson Tatum was a particular visitor at Patriots coaching camp on Wednesday, with the injured celebrity taking within the motion as New England confronted off towards the Washington Commanders in a joint observe.
Tatum — who suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon through the Jap Convention Semifinals towards the Knicks in Could — was strolling gingerly, however with out a strolling boot.
The Celtics captured video of Tatum catching up with Patriots QB Drake Maye after observe wrapped.
“What’s happening, child?” Maye requested Tatum. “I’m praying for you, man. The way you feeling? You feeling all proper?”
“I’m getting higher,” Tatum responded.
Chatting with the media after observe, Maye despatched extra properly needs towards Tatum — even when the previous UNC QB may nonetheless maintain some collegiate-level beef with the Celtics star.
“Yeah, shoot. He’s a Duke man, however what he’s carried out for Boston — and clearly, I advised him, ‘What a heartbreak what occurred with him,’” Maye mentioned. “I’m trying ahead to seeing him come again.”
Past their standing because the franchise stalwarts with the Celtics and Patriots, Tatum and Maye even have one other connection by way of faculty. Maye’s older brother, Luke, performed faculty basketball for the Tar Heels — together with his first begin coming towards Tatum and the Blue Devils in February 2017.
“His first begin was in Cameron towards Duke, and he was guarding Jayson his first begin,” Maye mentioned. “So, it was fairly cool.”
Tatum’s arrival sans boot stands as one other constructive improvement for Tatum, who continues to be dealing with an intensive rehab course of in his return from the Achilles harm.
Talking final month, Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens mentioned that the group has not but made a name on Tatum’s timeline for a return.
“We’re not even speaking a few timeline for return. We’re not even going there,” Stevens said. “And Jayson is working each single day. He has actually been right here daily, besides he took a number of days break. However when he takes a number of days break, [trainer] Nick [Sang] goes with him, so he’s nonetheless working each single day.
“It’s been distinctive to be right here in June and the early a part of July. Each Jayson and Jaylen [Brown] are right here. … Jayson was in, shifting fairly quick on that boot in the present day, so all indications are they’re each progressing at unbelievable charges, which is nice. However we’re not going to place any strain on Jayson to get again anytime quickly.”
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