BOSTON — Jayson Tatum walked off the floor at the Auerbach Center Thursday just minutes before new Celtics governor Bill Chisholm was introduced to the media. Tatum spoke at length about his recovery earlier this week in several interviews, hinting strongly at the fact that he hopes to return during the upcoming 2025-26 season.

“I’m doing everything in my power to get back as healthy as I can, as fast as I can,” Tatum told People. “Nobody’s putting any pressure on me to come back at a certain point. But I’m also not ruling out that I’m not playing this season. The first most important thing is making a full recovery, being back 100% before I step on the floor, not compromising anything, I’m still only 27, I got a lot of basketball left. I’m not rushing it.”

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