“No matter how talented a team is, it still has to work together and figure it out.”
Gordon Hayward and Jayson Tatum agreed: Former Celtics player Gordon Hayward gave his honest assessment of why the team’s 2018–19 season fell short of the high expectations that came with having such a great roster in a recent podcast interview.
Hayward stated on “Podcast P with Paul George” that “in my opinion, it was just that we all had too many agendas, and the agenda to win the whole thing wasn’t the main one.”
It was an honest assessment of a squad that many had predicted would at least make it to the NBA Finals, but ultimately fell short of the postseason after round two.
Current Celtic Jayson Tatum agreed with his old teammate’s notion in a Tuesday interview with Boston Globe reporter Adam Himmelsbach.
Tatum said to Himmelsbach, “I mean, yeah, that [expletive] was terrible.” “You all witnessed it. Everyone has discussed it. Despite the fact that we had a really competent crew, things didn’t pan out the way we had hoped. And that’s ok. Men took a lesson from it, and everyone went on. However, Gordon was partially correct.
Tatum concurred with Hayward’s observation that the team’s gifted players each had distinct goals, which led to a lot of individual effort and less cohesiveness.
Tatum said, “Everyone wants to do more. Furthermore, we were unsure about how the three of us could get along. You simply take that as a lesson. Even with exceptional skill, a team must collaborate and solve problems as a unit.
Tatum, who has emerged as one of Boston’s obvious leaders, stated he has made an effort to draw lessons from that bygone period. Please refer to Himmelsbach’s original article for his complete remarks.
Also from Tuesday night, the Celtics lost to the Thunder in Oklahoma, 127-123.
Tonight, Boston’s new Professional Women’s Hockey League team plays its first league game at Tsongas Arena against Minnesota at 7 p.m.
And on Sunday, the Patriots face the Jets in the regular season finale at Gillette Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
