Boston All-Star Jayson Tatum took a giant step towards coming back from his torn Achilles tendon when he was assigned to apply with the Maine Celtics, the organisation’s G-League group, on Monday.
The organisation stated he would instantly be recalled to the Boston Celtics and proceed to rehab the damage he sustained within the Japanese Convention semifinals final spring.
Tatum led the Celtics to their title in 2024 and had them on observe for a repeat earlier than the damage, which was anticipated to maintain him out for a couple of yr.
Boston entered Monday evening with the third-best file within the Japanese Convention, and a Tatum return might assist propel the group to a protracted playoff run. Tatum expressed doubts final month about whether or not he may upset the group’s chemistry by returning, however Brad Stevens, the group’s president of basketball operations, stated that was not a priority.
“Clearly, any group with Jayson Tatum’s going to be higher,” Stevens stated on Friday. “If he wants it, I’ll inform him each day. As a result of each group—all 30 of us—can be method, method higher with him on the group.”
Stevens stated Tatum nonetheless has “a methods to go,” and the group isn’t going to hurry him.
“He’s hit plenty of the thresholds, he’s doing increasingly more and can proceed to do increasingly more,” Stevens stated. “There’s no stress from us. However there’s additionally not going to be any of us saying, ‘Effectively, why don’t you simply take one other week?’ It’s going to be: When he’s prepared, he’s prepared.”
Revealed on Feb 10, 2026