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Jayson Tatum was at Chris Paul’s camp in Las Vegas in July 2025 as he recovers a season-ending Achilles tear.<\/p>\n
The picture came across in a text message Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cYoung fella has bounced back nicely\u201d<\/p>\n
Jayson Tatum<\/a>, arms folded and smiling, was standing with Boston Celtics<\/a> assistant coach Amile Jefferson at Chris Paul\u2019s<\/a> CP3 Elite Camp in Las Vegas. And while the focus of the event was the young high school and college players being put through their paces and showing their skills, the messaging scout figured the update on Tatum would be of interest to a Boston-based NBA writer.<\/p>\n The Celtic star went down with a ruptured eight Achilles\u2019 tendon late in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series loss to the Knicks. Tatum remained in New York and underwent surgery the next day at the Hospital for Special Surgery.<\/p>\n Heavy SportsA photo of Celtics star Jayson Tatum and assistant coach Amile Jefferson at Chris Paul\u2019s camp that was sent to Heavy\u2019s Steve Bulpett.<\/p>\n There has been no timetable released regarding his return to play, but, assuming continued progress and no setbacks, the possibility of him rejoining the Celts late in the regular season has not been ruled out. (On the other hand, the Indiana Pacers<\/a> have stated that Tyrese Halliburton<\/a> will miss the entire 2025-26 season after suffering a similar injury in Game 7 of the NBA<\/a> Finals more than a month later.)<\/p>\n \u2018He Was Moving Really Well,\u2019 a Scout Said About Jayson Tatum<\/p>\n The untrained eyes in Las Vegas this week offered optimism.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was moving really well,\u201d said the scout in a phone conversation with Heavy Sports later that day. \u201cThere might have been a slight limp or something, but the surprising thing to me is that he didn\u2019t have a boot for any of it.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m no doctor, but I\u2019ve seen guys coming back from Achilles\u2019 tears, and he looked way ahead. I was kind of shocked to see how well he was moving. I have no idea for what any of this means for when he can come back. I\u2019m sure him and the Celtics\u2019 medical people have their program set up, and they\u2019ll make sure that he\u2019s where he needs to be when he does get back. But he looks great right now. Of course, he didn\u2019t do any running or even jogging, but he was in great shape and he had no trouble doing his part at the camp.\u201d<\/p>\n Tatum Was Working With Wings at Chris Paul\u2019s Camp<\/p>\n Chris Paul was said to be coaching up the point guards, while Tatum was shepherding the wings.<\/p>\n All 30 NBA teams had representatives at the event that showcases players from Nike and Jordan Brand colleges, high schools and AAU programs.<\/p>\n \u201cThose of us in the scouts section weren\u2019t really watching Jayson closely; we\u2019re all here trying to evaluate guys we\u2019ll be drafting in a year or two,\u201d the scout said. \u201cSome of the scouts haven\u2019t seen the high school guys, so you\u2019ve really got to lock in on who\u2019s playing well. Guys are watching shot arcs and all kinds of stuff.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the third iteration of this camp. This year and last year, he\u2019s run it with Chris Paul. The year before \u2014 the inaugural year \u2014 he had at his camp in St. Louis Cooper Flagg<\/a>, VJ Edgecomb<\/a>\u2026 he literally had most of the top picks from this year\u2019s draft. Teams really have to pay attention.\u201d<\/p>\n And with anything involving Tatum, the Celtics and their followers are casting a keen eye, as well.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tSteve Bulpett<\/a> has covered the NBA since 1985, the first 35 of those years as beat writer\/columnist for the Boston Herald. In that time, he has gained National Top 10 honors from the APSE as a columnist, beat reporter and features writer. Since 2014, he has served as a vice president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association. 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