Earlier this week, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum posted a video on his YouTube channel chronicling his recovery from the torn Achilles he suffered last season vs the New York Knicks, featuring clips of himself playing basketball in a Celtics gym. The fact that Tatum is already at this stage of his recovery process less than five months since suffering the injury caused great excitement within the Boston fanbase, and from the NBA world as a whole.
On Sunday, Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant took to X, formerly Twitter, to show his support for Tatum amid the latest milestone.
“Insane. Let’s get it JT,” wrote Durant, quote tweeting a post from Celtics on CLNS.
Durant himself suffered a torn Achilles injury during his final game with the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA F