Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum has taken the ascension from basketball star to NBA superstar. But that won’t stop fans from clowning on him.
Tatum, who also participated in the NBA 3-Point Contest in 2021, was the first player to step up beyond the arc in the contest this year in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He got off to a slow start during the competition, which included a really strange moment that showed him doing a double clutch before one of his attempts. For a timed event, that is far from ideal.
It was super weird! Watch for yourself at the 0:45-second mark of this clip:
JT starts the #Starry3PT with a 20-point round 👀 pic.twitter.com/X1sxiUBCKe
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 19, 2023
Or if you want to watch just when it happened, here it is:
Jayson Tatum really pump-faked in the 3-point contest 😂 pic.twitter.com/iGtrYoLzEb
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 19, 2023
YIKES. That is not what you want to see during a shooting contest.
Here is how fans reacted when they saw this bizarre moment: