"I'm doing everything in my power to get back as healthy as I can, as fast as I can. Nobody's putting any pressure on me to come back at a certain point. But I'm also not ruling out that I'm not playing this season. The first most important thing is making a full recovery, being back 100% before I step on the floor, not compromising anything, I'm still only 27, I got a lot of basketball left. I'm not rushing it."
"My No. 1 goal, my No. 2 goal, 3 goal, 4 goal is Jayson Tatum fully healthy, full recovery. And he's well on his way. He has been incredibly diligent. He has been a great leader by example to people in this building when no players were around in the middle of the summer and when a lot of the young guys have been around in the last month-and-a-half."
Jayson Tatum ruptured his Achilles tendon in May during the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Knicks, creating a lengthy rehabilitation timeline that initially made a 2025–26 return seem unlikely. He is pursuing an intensive rehabilitation program to recover as fully and as quickly as possible and is not ruling out playing during the upcoming season while emphasizing that he will not step on the floor until he is 100 percent healthy. The Celtics have set no timelines and prioritize Tatum's complete recovery, praising his diligence, leadership and commitment to rehab. The final return decision will involve Tatum alongside medical and coaching staff.
Read at Boston.com
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