Boston’s Jayson Tatum has been drawing Kobe Bryant comparisons seemingly every season the Celtic has been in the NBA. You can see pieces of the late Lakers legend in Tatum’s silky-smooth pull-up jumper, his array of stepbacks and turnarounds in the midrange, his fearlessness in taking big shots in the biggest moments from a young age. Tatum even worked out in the offseason after his rookie year with Bryant, an experience in which he recalled feeling “like a kid in a candy store.”
Now, in this year’s Olympic run with Team USA, Tatum will be linked to Bryant in one more obvious way – donning a No. 10 jersey.
The same jersey that Bryant wore for his stints with USA Basketball.
Team USA, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich praises Jayson Tatum’s two-way growth https://t.co/hg4bz7HShS
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) July 7, 2021
