On the 2023-24 nba season, jayson tatum and the boston celtics have been rolling, currently claiming the league’s best record by no small margin; the next closest team in either conference is a whopping 4.5 games behind boston. Tatum has continued to excel at an elite level for a celtics team that is stacked with talent from top to bottom and is likely to be in championship or bust territory. Some people are curious about tatum’s great work, and espn insider brian windhorst reported on first take that past postseason disappointments can influence voters in their picks, whether or not he could be a contender for the nba mvp award, which will be announced at the end of the season.
Espn’s stephen a. smith wondered why joel embiid, the winner of last year’s mvp and perhaps his generation’s most popular playoff loser, didn’t follow that logic, and reporter monica mcnutt responded, “because he scored 70,” referring to embiid’s recent 70-point game. Given the fact that embiid’s explosion occurred this year, not last year, mcnutt’s statement was completely out of context. Oshae brissett, a celtics backup forward, then took to x, the social media site that was formerly called twitter, to defend his teammate. Though celtics fans may still be trying to figure out what was going through mcnutt’s mind when she made the seemingly context-adjacent comment, they will also like to see tatum and his teammates continue to excel at a high level in the second half of the year.
