The summer of [autotag]Jayson Tatum[/autotag] continued on Wednesday night when the former Duke basketball star appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Tatum, now a star with the Boston Celtics, won his first NBA title earlier this summer after leading his team in points, assists, and rebounds throughout the playoffs. He broke Kobe Bryant’s record for postseason points before his 27th birthday, then went to Paris and won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal with Team USA, becoming the first former Blue Devil with two of those.
Fallon also pointed out that Tatum’s new five-year contract with the Celtics, worth $315 million, was the largest in league history, and the former Duke star was even named the cover star of NBA 2K25.
“That might be the coolest thing,” Tatum said about the cover. “Every kid grew up playing NBA 2K and, first, you want to dream about being in the game, and that happens, you know, your rookie year. And then, the top of the mountain is wanting to be on the cover…Just seeing it right now is still a surreal feeling.”
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Tatum also promoted his new children’s book, “Baby Dunks-a-Lot,” which he dedicated to his mother and son.