Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics squeaked past the New Orleans Pelicans Sunday afternoon with a 120-119 home win

Mazzulla went on to strongly defend his star player in the same radio interview, calling Tatum “one of the best Celtics of all time” while stressing the need to ignore outsiders’ opinions.

Jayson Tatum helped lead the Celtics to an 18th championship in June before inking the largest contract in NBA history just a few weeks later. But even with those accolades and his continued growth in 2024-25,