If there’s one other X-factor that Tatum believes shouldn’t be missed in assessing the Celtics’ title possibilities, it’s head coach Joe Mazzulla. “He’s one of the best coach within the NBA, regardless that he’ll by no means admit that,” Tatum says. Mazzulla’s brilliance as a play caller is typically overshadowed by his behavior of dropping unintentionally hilarious one-liners in interviews, which Tatum admits the locker room will get a kick out of. “We laugh [about it],” he says. “Like, we love to watch his press conferences.” I ask Tatum about his favourite factor Mazzulla has ever mentioned to him. “He at all times tells me that he loves me,” he shares. “He’ll say it on observe days or in the course of a recreation throughout a timeout. It’ll be the third quarter of a playoff recreation, a really intense ambiance, and he’ll say ‘Simply need you to know I like you, man.’” -via GQ.com / April 29, 2025
