{"id":444688,"date":"2026-01-29T07:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444688\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:51:10","slug":"celtics-jayson-tatum-hasnt-yet-decided-on-return-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444688\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics’ Jayson Tatum hasn’t yet decided on return this season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ramona ShelburneJan 29, 2026, 04:38 PM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Senior writer for ESPN.comSpent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

Boston Celtics<\/a> All-Star forward Jayson Tatum<\/a> told ESPN on Wednesday night that he hasn’t made a decision about whether he will return from a torn Achilles tendon this season because he “wants to get it right the first time, so it’s just a lot to think about.”<\/p>\n

Tatum, injured during the playoffs in May, said he has been progressing well in his rehabilitation and is feeling stronger every week, but he’s waiting to make a decision because of the severity of the injury.<\/p>\n

Tatum went through a full workout in front of reporters in Detroit last week and has been increasing his workload of late, prompting speculation that he was closer to a late-season return for the Celtics.<\/p>\n

Boston is currently tied with the New York Knicks<\/a> for the second-best record in the Eastern Conference (29-18).<\/p>\n

Earlier Wednesday, NBA TV’s “The Association” reported that Tatum was reevaluating his situation and considering sitting out the full season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ramona ShelburneJan 29, 2026, 04:38 PM CloseSenior writer for ESPN.comSpent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-444688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}