You have to lead with Jayson Tatum after he drops 44 points to help the Celtics beat the Hornets, particularly one game removed from a 54-point outing to beat the Nets, but what exactly is there to say?
The longer this run by Tatum stretches, the more it feels like we’ve said everything we can say about him. He’s unquestionably a top-10 player at this point, and he’s knocking on the door of top-five in the NBA. He should be All-NBA First Team. Last time we did takeaways, we wrote about Tatum’s future MVP candidacy.