Your Morning Dump... Where Tatum's an All-Star

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Jayson Tatum had a good sense that he might be selected to his first All-Star team on Thursday before he arrived at the TD Garden for the Boston Celtics’ game against the Golden State Warriors.
But when the news became official, and when his son Deuce arrived behind the scenes at the arena with a shirt that read “My Dad is an All-Star,” Tatum said he felt the full impact of his first selection.
“I was surprised,” Tatum said. “Once you finally hear, I wanted to cry. I didn’t cry. I might cry later, though. But I’m just so grateful. It’s something I’m not going to take for granted. There’s only 24 guys who make the All-Star team, so I’m super thankful and I’m going to enjoy the opportunity of the moment.”

MassLive

Tatum making the ASG is not exactly a surprise. The kid has bounced back from a rough 2019 season, and apart from that stinky stretch in early January, he’s looked like an All-Star—and at only 21 years of age.

Jaylen Brown was snubbed, though he’s saying the right things: