BOSTON -- Jayson Tatum wants to return to playing in an NBA game as soon as possible. He also doesn't feel any added push for that to happen just five months after rupturing his right Achilles tendon.

"No pressure," Tatum said Monday at Boston Celtics ' media day. "No pressure to return back any sooner than when I'm 100% healthy. No pressure from (Celtics president of basketball operations) Brad (Stevens), (coach) Joe (Mazzulla), the team, the organization. The most important thing is that I'm 100% recovered and healthy whenever I do come back."

The All-Star looked game-ready as he took the dais to field questions from reporters, with his hair freshly braided and fully decked out in Boston's green uniform, down to the white leg sleeve that's become a signature for him.

But the day a

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