Jayson Tatum says he called his agent after the Celtics signed Gordon Hayward:
“I gotta get traded.”
(via @club520podcast) pic.twitter.com/uISGxd5Lcj— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) November 4, 2024
In 2017 Jayson Tatum was drafted by the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference who had just used a top lottery selection on another small forward in Jaylen Brown the year prior. After Danny Ainge and Brad Stevens were able to get All-Star small forward Gordon Hayward to sign a few weeks later, Tatum didn't see a route to any playing time.
At that point in his career Hayward was actually quite the ironman in terms of games played.