“He’s Second”: Celtics All-Star Ditches LeBron James to Crown Michael Jordan the NBA “GOAT”

Jayson Tatum is currently one of the Celtics‘ top players right now, dominating the team’s charts in points, rebounds, and steals. Being a top-tier player and star himself, the young player is bound to have veteran players in the league that he looks up to and admires. We get a glimpse of his thoughts on who, according to him, is the GOAT, and fair warning, Bron‘s fans might not like the answer.

Tatum joins Jamal Crawford in Crawford’s Couch to play an exciting game that would bring all his favorites to light. The GOAT debate is a never-ending endeavor when it comes to the NBA, that could never see an end, but Tatum seems to have already chosen who his greatest is as he shares with Crawford on an Instagram video uploaded by NBATV.

Tatum picks MJ over Bron for GOAT

Crawford plays a word association game with Tatum, and when he is asked what comes to mind when he hears Bron’s name, Tatum says, “I wanna say GOAT. If he ain’t the GOAT, he’s second. As much credit as he gets, he don’t get enough.” Hats off to Tatum for playing it safe, because what comes next reveals his true GOAT.

Immediately after this, Crawford brings up Michael Jordan‘s name. And when it comes to MJ, Tatum doesn’t hesitate; his answer is short and straight to the point, “He the GOAT.” There you go, NBA’s GOATs according to Jayson Tatum. Proceeding with the game, Crawford names some other legends in the NBA and asks Tatum to say the first word or phrase that comes to mind.

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Who is Tatum’s NBA idol?

When Crawford names Brad Beal, Tatum, without a skip of the beat says “Big brother.” But here comes the best part; as soon as Kobe’s name is mentioned, Tatum says that the Mamba is his idol. Switching it up, Tatum is asked to name three players in NBA history that come close to his playing style. He says, “Paul George, Kobe; I ain’t that athletic but T-Mac.”

If Tatum keeps up the stats, the deadly offensive games, as well as the elite defenses, he might just very well become the GOAT of this era, because there seems to be nothing he is bad at.

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