Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum said on Tuesday that he hasn’t ruled out returning from injury at some point during the 2025-26 NBA season.

That begs the question, if he comes back during the regular season, when might Celtics fans first see the six-time All-Star return to the TD Garden parquet?

Members of the NBC Sports Boston staff tackled that question on Tuesday and while five of the seven analysts predicted that Tatum will play during the upcoming campaign, web producer Michael Hurley and vice president of content Kevin Miller didn’t.

“I know everybody is getting excited, and that’s a good thing. Maybe I’m a worrywart, but the idea of Tatum rushing back to ‘save the day’ sounds like a recipe for re-injury, sadness, dismay, and the like,” Hurley wrote, predicting a “late O

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