Celtics and mainly Tatum trying to get that one ring finally so they can relax, look at Bucks, they did get the ring and now they are not caring about it all that much, even with Dame joining their team, they are just having that relief, Dame probably wants it more than anyone else, whereas Celtics never got one, and they are a very great team historically, so Tatum wants to win one for the team as well, they are so close, and they may get it this time around, otherwise nobody knows when is the next chance.
What's insane though is that Jayson Tatum's name is not even mentioned as a MVP, he is just outside the top 5 if I'm not mistaken. So that also baffles me, they have Jokic, Luka, SGA, Embiid and Giannis.
And how many games that they are ahead? 7.5 games. Tatum knows this, media knows this, but they don't like Tatum and he knows that. So him and the Celtics should really be go and win their first NBA ring with Tatum leading them and rub it in to their detractors.
The Celtics are good no doubt, but I don't think Tatum is an MVP caliber player. He's definitely nowhere near the best player in the NBA like he thinks. He's been known to disappear in big games and none of his stats are better than the other guys being mentioned for MVP. In my opinion, Jayson Tatum is a great player, an all star even. I wouldn't start him in the all star game though, wouldn't consider him a first team all nba player and definitely wouldn't give him the MVP over guys like Luka Doncic, Jokic, or Giannis. I do think he's a better player than SGA though...