Tatum’s impact on the prospects of the Celtics under severe Achilles tendon!

No matter which season of the playoffs, the bad news about the players seems to have never been absent.

Two weeks ago, Lillard staged a tragedy of a tear in the first round of the playoffs. Two weeks later, he fell to the ground without confrontation, another calf twitch, another player fell to the ground and holding his ankle, another unable to stand on his own, and another was helped by his teammates to exit the court.

Celtics lost in the fourth game of the playoff semi-finals, and the series score was in a huge crisis of 1-3, but these results seem to be the saddest thing for Celtic fans at the moment.

Although we have seen more than once similar injuries and cases appear in front of us, when the news is confirmed, it is inevitable that people will sigh again. Celtics star Tatum confirmed his right Achilles tendon ruptured; the day the injury news was confirmed, the same news was released that he had completed the repair surgery, and the next day Tatum immediately reported his safety to the fans on his personal social media. The success of the

operation also directly announced that Tatum has confirmed that the 2025-26 season will be reimbursed in advance. Next, it will be not until the 2026-27 season to see him standing on the court. This young master of the Celtics, who has always worried fans in the first eight years of his career, is bound to be sad when facing a sad moment of leaving the schedule.

For the Celtics, it is difficult to defend their title, and it may even fail, and for the team, their test will really begin from now on.

has nothing to do with whether the opponent is hostile to the opponent in the playoffs. The atmosphere of confrontation between the Celtics and the Knicks has always existed on and off the court, but when Tatum was injured, it was still a warm picture, which was also inevitably moving.

Knicks center Towns, after the press conference, expressed his prayers for Tatum:

"No matter what kind of recovery process he will face next, I hope to minimize pain and recover as soon as possible, so that we can see him return to the NBA as soon as possible. The NBA needs a talented top star like him. We know that on the court, we have to show the highest level of competitive level to fight, but the care for him at this moment is just because we have a brotherly friendship."

Then, Towns' teammate Jaylen Brunson also It is optimistic:

"This league needs Tatum. His career still has a lot of unfinished roads. There is still a long time to wait to see him exert influence and let him leave a name in history. Everything he does is so special."

Knicks and the Celtics, as two NBA veteran teams, the confrontation in this round of semi-finals may make people feel a lot of historical enemies, but in the face of Tatum's injury, the two teams still show great friendship. Even as opponents, they still hope that their opponents can return healthy.

There may be an old saying that we should not be so tough-minded about our opponents, but from the perspective of the fans, the most suitable choice is to fight with 100% fighting spirit on the court and treat people with the most caring and warmth off the court. This is enough to show that the role-playing players of Towns, Brunson and others are suitable for their treatment and role-playing role-playing players.

But from another perspective, we can also see the achievements that Tatum has recognized by other players so far in his career. Perhaps it is precisely because of these achievements that have more or less led to the current situation.

Since joining the Celtics with the third pick in the first round in 2017, he has started his playoff journey with the team the same year. Tatum impressed fans with a dunk facing James in his rookie season. As the Celtics complete the lineup, Tatum has been participating in the playoff test every year since the rookie year.

Since the 2018 playoffs, Tatum has been the one with the most points in the playoffs among all NBA players during this period, and at the same time, the number of winning games in the eight years has ranked first in the league. Various excellent data are the key to the Celtics being able to reach the playoffs, reach the Eastern Conference Finals four times, and reach the Finals in 2022 and 2024 in the past eight years; being able to rank among the top in these accumulated data is enough to show Tatum's comprehensive ability and the obvious contribution he has brought to the Celtics.

But at the same time, from another perspective, it may also be equivalent to Tatum needing to work more overtime each season, and while obtaining the accumulated scoring data, it also accumulates more fatigue consumption.

From the above, we can see that although Tatum only ranked 12th in the so-called "first eight playoff minutes of his career", ahead of him, only Bird Bird and Bulls' three-game championship for the first time, the main players Horace Grant, like Tatum, have been in the playoffs since his rookie season and have not missed once.

So much so that in the first eight years of his career, Tatum played in the playoffs for eight years, and at the same time there were more than other players in the current service. He played in the playoffs for 4,725 minutes, and even ranked in the top three in this table, more than James, Curry, Durant and others.

According to common sense, Achilles tendon injuries are actually mainly caused by accumulation. Although the last force action is the last straw that crushes the camel, this also shows that it is the excessive fatigue load before the accident that ultimately leads to the disaster.

From this perspective, whether it is the almost iron-man-like attendance in the regular season in the first eight years of his career, or the playoff time that has caused a higher load than players in the same period, it can be seen that Tatum has been in a relatively fatigued state.

Back to the draft that year, scouts from all sides had a very direct evaluation of Tatum. The player's mature player is a newcomer, and he did not disappoint this expectation. However, most media's evaluation of his physical talent at that time was not the top level. Perhaps it was based on this physical talent that was not a genius. Finally, after many years of high load, he finally came to a dangerous critical point..

Finally, we naturally hope that Tatum can replicate Durant's successful recovery and return to the team, and the Celtics executives can continue to maintain confidence in the Double Tanhua combination, continue their core team and re-plan new lineups, and leave their glorious stories in Boston, which attaches importance to history.