{"id":440670,"date":"2026-01-29T10:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/440670\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:49:36","slug":"boston-celtics-jayson-tatum-hasnt-yet-decided-on-return-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/440670\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics&#8217; Jayson Tatum hasn&#8217;t yet decided on return this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Boston Celtics All-Star forward Jayson Tatum told ESPN on Wednesday night that he hasn&#8217;t made a decision about whether he will return from a torn Achilles tendon this season because he &#8220;wants to get it right the first time, so it&#8217;s just a lot to think about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tatum, injured during the playoffs in May, said he has been progressing well in his rehabilitation and is feeling stronger every week, but he&#8217;s waiting to make a decision because of the severity of the injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">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<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Boston is currently tied with the New York Knicks for the second-best record in the Eastern Conference (29-18).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Earlier Wednesday, NBA TV&#8217;s &#8220;The Association&#8221; reported that Tatum was reevaluating his situation and considering sitting out the full season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics All-Star forward Jayson Tatum told ESPN on Wednesday night that he hasn&#8217;t made a decision about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[98723,49,48,97072,459,82],"class_list":["post-440670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-boston-celtics-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-2","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jayson-tatum-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-937647","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}