Overview

• Tatum told NBC’s Today and ESPN’s First Take that he is rehabbing six days a week and has not declared himself out for 2025–26.
• Team leadership has set no timetable and reiterates he will only play at 100% health, with coach Joe Mazzulla lauding his work ethic.
• His surgeon, Dr. Martin O’Malley, told People that recovery markers have exceeded expectations, highlighting notable calf strength.
• He remains out for the start of camp and is expected to miss the season’s opening stretch, though a late‑season return remains possible.
• Tatum said he’s been comparing notes with fellow Achilles patients Damian Lillard, Dejounte Murray and Tyrese Haliburton, as Boston adjusts after trading Kristaps Porziņģis and Jrue Holiday.