For the past several months, the question hasn't been if Jayson Tatum will return to the Boston Celtics this season, but when he'll return. Still, the overwhelming expectation was that Tatum would return at some point this season, with a home date in February or March looking like the general timeframe. "I do think Tatum showed a bunch of self-awareness in those comments on The Pivot where he kind of said, 'Hey, the Celtics have a good thing going. "And yes, while the Celtics have exceeded expectations, there was always the expectation that Jayson would return this season. "I think the bigger thing is, he just needs to get over that, because the best version of the Celtics includes Jayson Tatum."