Celtics’ Jayson Tatum talks on pushing through doubts to get to where he is today

Tatum and his mother opened up about some of the more important formative moments of the Duke alum’s basketball career.

It was not always a given that a young Jayson Tatum would make the NBA, but his mother Brandy Cole recalled in a recent interview how seeing her son getting up every morning to work out in an empty gym convinced her that her son’s aspirations were not simply pipe dreams.

But even well after establishing oneself as a top talent in the world’s greatest basketball league, doubt can creep in, as it did for Tatum in the early part of the 2021-22 Boston Celtics season when things went poorly for the St. Louis native and his teammates in that campaign’s early going.

Speaking to the eponymous host of the “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” show, Tatum and his mother opened up about some of the more important formative moments of the Duke alum’s basketball career — both then and now.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

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Jayson Tatum on becoming a new dad ahead of his career with the Boston Celtics

It did not take long for the former Blue Devil to decide that nothing else mattered other than taking care of Little Deuce.

When it comes to being Deuce’s father, by his own admission star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum admits he was taken by surprise. In a recent interview with the eponymous host of the “In Depth with Jason Bensinger” show, the St. Louis native opened up about having a son with his high school girlfriend, breaking the news to his mother Brandy Cole, and how he changed his life to be a better father to the most popular Tatum in the Celtics world.

It did not take long for the former Blue Devil to decide that nothing else mattered other than taking care of Little Deuce, and Tatum embraced the role of being a young father with an admirable gusto.

To hear more about Taco Jay’s parental turn, be sure to check out the clip embedded below to hear the story in full.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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