“You think about, ‘Can I be the best player on a championship team?’,” Tatum responded.
I think part of our profession is being honest and being candid: There are times where I doubt myself in those moments.”īensinger followed up: What are those doubts, specifically? “I was 23, playing for the biggest franchise in the NBA, with the expectations of being the best player, being the best leader, being the best teammate, and being the guy that can take a team to a championship,” Tatum told Graham Bensinger during their multi-day interview, which will be featured on this weekend’s episode of ‘In Depth with Graham Bensinger.’ “And it was just the toughest start to a season that I’ve had. 500, and Tatum found himself unsure as to whether or not he could be the leader the Celtics needed. After starting the season with heavy expectations, the team he was supposed to be shepherding to the promised land was a few games under. It was the beginning of the 2021-22 season, and the Celtics were struggling.
