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Jayson Tatum downplaying flareup in wrist fractured at end of 2021-22

Jayson Tatum downplaying flareup in wrist fractured at end of 2021-22

Astute fans and analysts may have noted that superstar Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum was sporting a wrap on the same wrist he had hurt towards the end of the 2021-22 NBA season which turned out to be a displaced fracture. Worrying as it might have looked, however, the St. Louis native downplayed the injury after the Celticsโ€™ 128-112 blowout of the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.

โ€œSame hand,โ€ he explained, looking unworried if mildly perturbed by the recurrence of the injury to his wrist. โ€œSomething looked different that weโ€™re just managing at the moment โ€” nothing that I have to get surgery (on), but something thatโ€™s bothering me.โ€

โ€œI just tape it up, and go out there and continue to play,โ€ said the Duke alum.

We will have to take Tatum at his word here, but it is something that will be monitored by the media as well as the teamโ€™s medical staff as the season goes on.

With some luck, it will fade into the background as Tatumโ€™s body heals, but given the uptick in intensity he has been playing with this season, itโ€™s not something to be ignored, either

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