Jayson Tatum injury seems to signal the end of an era for Celtics

The Boston Celtics hit some roadblocks in the last seasons, but nothing is close to what they have in front of them.

Jayson Tatum, who was in the midst of a characteristic playoff performance, fell against the New York Knicks with a career management on Monday with a loss of intestinal snails in game 4.

Tatum went after a loose ball with about three minutes in the competition and, after plants on his right leg, went on the floor with a non -contact leg injury. It is a piece that the notoriously durable superstar was involved in hundreds of times, although this time he changed a bit when he was painfully curved on the pitch in front of the square before helping a few team workers. ESPN's program then showed him with both hands that covered his face while he was pressed into a wheelchair into an examination room in the Madison Square Garden.

What does that mean for Boston? It is probably the end of an era for the C's.

At Tatum, nothing was diagnosed from Tuesday morning, but if things are as bad as they look, a game could change the prospects of the franchise as well as the career of the superstar.

The Celtics were already confronted with uncertainties when the current squad would cost around 500 million dollars, including luxury taxes, regardless of whether they won or lost the championship. It was the popular conviction that things would change, no matter what happened in the night season. Al Horford will meet the free agency shortly after his 39th place.

Can you really expect these three players who make up half of a championship core the same when Tatum gets back into full strength?

No, and also not in -depth owner Bill Chisholm.

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The future opportunities of the Celtics not only fell with the injury. Jaylen Brown is still one of the best players in the world, while Derrick White is more than able to improve and help things offensive and defensively. Payton Pritchard's goals should not slow down soon, while other rotary players (Baylor Scheierman, Neemias Queta) give space for a larger role. Porzingis and holiday could return appropriately enough if they were shipped in this low season.

Tatum's injury, however, will probably not be able to prevent the club from experiencing some unknown lows.

Tatum was proud to never miss time and have been playing more minutes over the entire NBA since 2017 – and hadn't missed a single off -season game in his career in the first round. The team also called for both the 2020 Olympics and 2024 Olympics, and knows that it was also in both teams.

“I can only go to Charlotte twice a year. Someone paid their money to see me playing,” Tatum once told a group of young basketball players. “… Big Game (or) not a big game, compete, play basketball. Don't take this for granted.”

The Celtics, after observing them, went down with an injury that was in 2026-27, only a hard memory of these exact prospects.

You cannot take this for granted, because one day you wake up to go one after the other and go to bed to prepare for the future.