Dear Jayson Tatum,
It’s been a wild year. New head coach. Your former head coach moving into the front office. An amazing NBA Finals run, despite a sluggish start to the season. You’ve put your name among the league’s elite and earned All-NBA honors as a result.
And yet, you’re still years away from being the best version of yourself, and that’s scary. But let’s be honest, Jayson, when the season began, you weren’t at your best, not by a long shot. To some extent, your struggles were understandable, I mean, you had not long returned from winning an Olympic gold medal, and have scarcely rested your body over the last three years.