Overview
- Tatum posted new Instagram clips of 1-on-1 work at the Auerbach Center and teased fans with a one-word message: “Soon.”
- Coach Joe Mazzulla said the timing is “all up to him,” noting he will support Tatum’s process and highlighting the star’s leadership during rehab.
- The final call will include the Celtics’ front office and medical staff as well as Tatum’s doctors, and Brad Stevens has maintained he must be 100% to be reactivated.
- Reports describe this as the first public look at pseudo-competitive drills since the May Achilles tear, but the team has not announced a return timeline.
- Boston has won five straight to reach 15-9 and third in the East, reducing pressure to rush a comeback as outside voices speculate about a possible January return.