Overview

• Over the weekend, Jayson Tatum posted video of light on-court jogging and shooting roughly 19½ weeks after Achilles surgery.
• At Monday’s media day, he said there is “no pressure” to return early and acknowledged he will not participate as practices begin.
• Team president Brad Stevens repeated that no timetable exists and that any comeback will follow full medical clearance after Tatum’s six-day-a-week rehab.
• Tatum’s surgeon, Dr. Martin J. O’Malley, has praised unusually strong early calf strength, citing milestones such as double heel raises weeks into recovery.
• Boston is preparing to start the season without Tatum, shifting more responsibility to Jaylen Brown, while peers like Kevin Durant publicly encouraged him after the workout video; Tatum has not ruled out playing later this season.