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Jayson Tatum is now a two-time Olympic gold medalist, but he says the Olympic experience was challenging because of the DNPs. Now he says he's unsure about returning in 2028. John Karalis of Boston S…

Jayson Tatum was once again benched against Serbia, racking up his second DNP-CD of the Olympics. And according to the Boston Globe, Tatum did not look happy about it. John Karalis of Boston Sports J…

Team USA had an easy time with Brazil while getting nice performances from Derrick White and Jrue Holiday and an okay one from Jayson Tatum. Should we be concerned with how Tatum is shooting? John Ka…

It's a Mailbag Monday (JohnKaralis.com/Mailbag) and today's questions feature the Olympic officials and why NBA players aren't complaining, enjoying the Celtics championship moment, team continuity, …

Jaylen Brown promised to give back to the Boston community after signing his big contract, and he's living up to his promise by creating a program to help minorities in Boston build businesses. John …

Jayson Tatum started, played 17 minutes, and was fine against South Sudan, essentially ending whatever controversy there was surrounding him. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tom Westerholm …

As the Team USA situation continues to be a big topic after Jayson Tatum's benching vs. Serbia and Jaylen Brown's snub, the next question is whether Tatum and Brown are using this to draw motivation …

We open up the mailbag again (JohnKaralis.com/mailbag to submit) to get into questions about Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown's issues with Team USA and Tatum vs. Anthony Edwards. John Karalis of Boston…

Team USA blew the doors off Serbia, but Jayson Tatum didn't play at all.  What was Steve Kerr thinking? John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal gets into Kerr's explanation, why USA Basketball is missi…

It's time for another mailbag and in this one we get into whether the Celtics actually won the offseason and the potential return of fan favorites. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal gets into tho…

The new FanDuel postseason awards odd are out and Jayson Tatum is nowhere near the top of the MVP race and Joe Mazzulla is nowhere close in the Coach of the Year odds. All this while Joel Embiid says…

FanDuel has released their win projections for the upcoming season and the Celtics are projected to be the best team in the NBA. Will they win more or less than their 58.5 win projection? John Karali…

Team USA is probably going to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, but their close calls against Germany and South Sudan have exposed a couple of stylistic issues that can be fixed ... if they t…

Sam Hauser is sticking around for a while with a four-year, $45 million extension with the Celtics. It's a deal that kind of makes sense for both sides, even though it falls on the team-friendly side…

The Boston Celtics  are the world champs ... or are they? They won the NBA championship, but Greek club Panathinaikos is the Euroleague champion, and their coach said Boston isn't the world champion …

The Celtics have played three summer league games and Anton Watson is standing out as having the best feel for the game. Against Charlotte, he finally had the statistical breakout to support that. Jo…

We open up the mailbag to look at how the Celtics will cover for a recovering Kristaps Porzingis, including Jayson Tatum at the 5, and whether Porzingis or someone else will be the first domino to fa…

Jaylen Brown showed up at the Celtics summer league game and explained his reaction to being left off Team USA, what he said to Derrick White, and where they stand. John Karalis of Boston Sports Jour…

The Celtics opened up summer league with good performances from Jaden Springer, Baylor Scheierman, and JD Davison. Anton Watson  also did well, Neemias Queta was Neemias Queta, and Jordan Walsh was n…

There's some controversy surrounding Derrick White's selection to Team USA, thanks to Jaylen Brown's tweets. Was this really a snub, or was this more just Team USA following a plan already in place? …