The man is a brick house when he attacks the cup, and he is not afraid to sacrifice his body on plays when the competition gets intense as well. He has won at the highest levels by sacrificing his ego and giving the team what it needs from him in ways supposed future faces of the league have rebelled against doing elsewhere.

"I think it comes with being one of the best players in the league, and the more you accomplish, the more It gives people opportunity to nitpick at things." Jayson Tatum was asked about his week of online drama and criticism.

Joe Mazzulla believed Brandon Jennings’ criticism of Jayson Tatum was worthy of metaphorical fisticuffs. “My first thought was, that’s when you use one of your coins. That’s a coin,” Mazzulla said Thursday on 98.