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The Greg Hill Show

What? Could Tatum's return be a bad thing?

The Greg Hill Show

Audacy

Sports

2.6710 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

There are some out there postulating that the return of Jayson Tatum could disrupt Celtics chemistry. The crew evaluates this wild theory.

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0:00.0

Last night probably won that Joe Missoula and the Celtics would like to have back.

0:04.1

You lose to the nuggets without the Joker.

0:08.2

You struggled a little bit against the lowly Bulls when it came to that game this week.

0:14.7

So I don't know.

0:15.8

Hard to say anything bad about the Celtics the way they've been playing.

0:19.2

The argument really bothers me that reintroducing Jason Tatum to this group is somehow

0:26.7

going to disrupt it and going to be.

0:28.6

Have you seen this argument that's floating around with people?

0:32.4

I haven't seen this one.

0:34.1

Who was saying?

0:34.9

It's just fans or is it actual basketball heads? It's guys, some guys who have played the game and who have podcasts or were saying that it's going to be an issue when Jason Tatum comes back. Like, give me a break. It won't be an issue, but it'll, excuse me, it'll definitely be something that's different because, you know, Jalen is now the ball dominant guy. And then when

0:55.2

Jason Tatum comes back, who becomes the ball dominant guy? Because remember, this team doesn't have

0:59.6

like a real true point God. So if Jalen is a ball dominant guy now where before it was

1:05.9

Tatum, right? Think about how much Tatum had the ball in his hand trying to create. Now Jalen has the ball in his hand trying to create and do other things. You're just going to have to introduce like, okay, how do we make sure we're not going to Jalen? All right, we're sitting here watching you be ball dominant. Jason, we're sitting here watching you be ball dominant. I think you just have to kind of

1:27.8

figure out that healthy balance. I also think with the type of injury that Jason Tatum's coming off of, I'm no doctor, but I'm assuming that as he gets reintroduced to the court, like, you're not going to see the same Jason Tatum who is the main ball handler when it comes to this Celtics team. I do think that Jalen Brown still is going to have a massive role in that as he adjust to get back.

1:47.5

So I don't know. ball handler when it comes to the Celtics team. Like I do think that Jalen Brown still is going

1:44.1

to have a massive role in that as he adjust to get back. So I don't think it's going to be a

1:49.1

competition, is what I'm trying to say, coming out of the gate of Jason Tatum is the main guy or

1:54.3

Jaylon Brown is the main guy. No, no, but remember, the thing about them two, they're so

2:00.0

close and they're like, the way they play the position.

2:03.8

It's not like Tatum's a big man, so he doesn't have the ball all the time.

2:07.9

Or the way that they play, their styles, like you see them, they are very, you know, just ball dominant now.

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