Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum said on Tuesday that he hasn’t ruled out returning from injury at some point during the 2025-26 NBA season. That begs the question, if he comes back during the regular season, when might Celtics fans first see the six-time All-Star return to the TD Garden parquet? Maybe I’m a worrywart, but the idea of Tatum rushing back to ‘save the day’ sounds like a recipe for re-injury, sadness, dismay, and the like,” Hurley wrote, predicting a “late October, 2026” return for Tatum. “Even with Tatum, the Celtics were going to lose to the Knicks last postseason. Story continues below advertisementLast week, Celtics beat writer John Karalis of The Boston Sports Journal predicted that Tatum could return to action in March.