Last season, Jayson Tatum narrowly missed out on an All-NBA selection despite a career season that included multiple 50-point games, an All-Star appearance, and a host of impressive statistical achievements.
Missing out on All-NBA had ramifications. Had Tatum made it, he would have earned more than $30 million extra over the duration of his rookie-scale extension — a provision of the “Rose rule” in which players with less experience can earn up to 30 percent of the salary cap on a max deal instead of the standard 25 percent.
On Thursday, in a preview of an upcoming conversation with J.