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GAME. BLOUSES.
Just two games into NBA summer league action, and Boston Celtics rookie small forward Jayson Tatum is already turning heads. In Monday’s Utah Jazz Summer League opener, the one-and-done product out of Duke, whom the Celtics took with the No. 3 pick in the draft last month, outdueled this year’s first overall selection, former Washington point guard Markelle Fultz, in an 89-88 Celtics win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Tatum dropped 21 points (to Fultz’s 17) — including the go-ahead jumper with 5.7 seconds left, which eventually won the game — while also recording 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals.
Tatum followed up his summer debut against the Sixers with an impressive 23-point, 10-rebound performance, featuring a nasty putback dunk that earned him #SCtop10 consideration, in an 81-70 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. Through two games, the athletic 6-foot-8 swingman is tied with fourth-year Jazz point guard Dante Exum for the Utah league lead in scoring with 22 points a game, and is third in rebounding with 8.5 boards a game.
Jayson Tatum drills go-ahead jumper with 5.7 seconds left pic.twitter.com/w1Kh67l5rp
— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) July 4, 2017
.@jaytatum0 is not messing around out there #CelticsSummer pic.twitter.com/tTDalD1u1x
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) July 5, 2017
Jayson Tatum wants your attention. He’s got ours. #SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/ri5TTciK1f
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 6, 2017
As much noise as Tatum is making, don’t forget about Fultz …
This was smooth, league sources tell @sixers. #SummerSixers pic.twitter.com/kSxU3vov7S
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) July 6, 2017
BLESSINGS
It's time: Watch Chance The Rapper's (@chancetherapper) #TinyDesk performance now. https://t.co/TaPRnFTFAZ pic.twitter.com/7CKMRAYiAb
— nprmusic (@nprmusic) July 5, 2017
SOCIAL STATUS
https://twitter.com/IamAkademiks/status/882608888897556484
FOR THE CULTURE
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TOP THREE TWEETS
1. MAJOR EPIPHANY ALERT
https://twitter.com/maceo/status/882764659186642948
2. BUT AIN’T IT #SHOOTYOURSHOTSZN?
https://twitter.com/OceanGrownTREEZ/status/882382905435193348
3. HOLD UP, THE REVERSE CABBAGE PATCH, THO!?!
They went into 2 Chainz Pink Trap House and straight spazzed 🤒 Out here reversing the cabbage patch pic.twitter.com/WWMHanannz
— J Way (@Justin_Whitner) July 5, 2017
ICYMI
This Just In: Nick Young and the Warriors have agreed to a one-year, $5.2M deal (via @wojespn) pic.twitter.com/55mzs8efQs
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 5, 2017
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) July 5, 2017
PICTURE-PERFECT
A tale in two tweets. pic.twitter.com/lJAvoAzrr3
— Derek Montilla (@Cap_Kaveman) July 5, 2017