Boston Celtics Jayson Tatum acknowledges challenges of returning this season for Celtics "It is a thought: Do I come back? It’s something that I honestly, recently, in the last two weeks or so just kind of contemplate every single day.” Jayson Tatum is getting closer and closer to a return this season. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)The writing has been on the wall for seemingly months now that Jayson Tatum will be on the parquet floor at some point this season. “I got a bad feeling Jayson Tatum is coming back,” Barkley said on ESPN’s “Inside the NBA” this weekend. Normally, when guys have an Achilles [injury], they are out for a year.