Jayson Tatum confesses his fear after the injury: "Will I be the same or will they trade me?"

The recovery path of Jayson Tatum after his serious injury has been marked by uncertainty, fear, and the pressure to return to the level that made him one of the NBA stars. The player of the Boston Celtics poured out his heart in an interview, recounting what he felt during the toughest days, revealing that he even thought his career might have ended. "I understood how hard I had worked to get to this point. I was trying to win my second championship, feeling good with no warning signs. That's why what happened devastated me. And then came the hardest part: not knowing what comes next. I obviously knew a long road to recovery was ahead, but I wondered, 'Will I be the same or will I be traded?'" Tatum confessed, clearly expressing the emotional impact the blow had on him. The forward recalled that just weeks after the injury, he contemplated not playing again. "I'm not going to sit here and say I always believed, because I didn't. There were days when I thought this was over. I remember in the first two or three weeks, I told my mom, 'Maybe this is it.' Because I knew everything I would have to do to play again," he recounted. Tatum also explained how challenging it was to hear encouraging comments. "People said, 'You'll come back better than ever.' But I was already an All-NBA First Team player year after year. It took me a lot of work, and now I had to start over from scratch. What I understood is that I can't look too far ahead because it demotivates me. All I focus on is feeling more confident today than yesterday, and moving forward step by step." The Boston Celtics player himself vividly recalled the moment he suffered the injury: "I knew where I was on the court, that no one was behind me. But I heard how it sounded, I heard the 'pop.' I lost balance immediately, grabbed my calf, and knew what had happened. My body went into shock, and all I could think was, 'It can't be, this can't be happening to me.'" During rehabilitation, Tatum also experienced moments of frustration. "Sometimes you feel like hitting a wall because you go to the gym six days a week, and from Monday to Thursday, you feel the same, as if you hadn't made any progress. And you think: this is starting from scratch."

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