Tatum wants you to believe he is the hero. But in reality, his hero-ball tendencies are backfiring on the national stage in a big way right now. Tatum and the Celtics have blown back-to-back 20-point leads at home while Tatum has melted down in crunch time, most acutely in Game 2’s game-ending turnover.

Jayson Tatum's torn Achilles tendon, without hyperbole, is among the most consequential injuries in NBA history. Kevin Durant comes to mind as a similarly gifted player to suffer such an injury, but he was almost 31 when he went down in the 2019 NBA Finals.