On Monday — after the Celtics outlasted the Cavaliers in a battle that answered the question “Who wants to eke out an unsatisfying win more?” — Jayson Tatum was asked for a progress report on new coach Ime Udoka.
Tatum opened with his go-to line regarding Udoka, noting how difficult it must be to be a first-year head coach. Then he touched on something new.
“It’s like we’re in a relationship,” Tatum said. “We try to help each other out to achieve the same goal.”
Tatum is both correct and also the wrong person to answer that question because he has struggled enormously to hold up his end of that equation.