Boston Celtics: 3 reasons why Jayson Tatum deserves the NBA’s Most Improved Player award

Reached All-Star status

Tatum’s improvements didn’t just impress Boston Celtics fans, but also his peers and coaches across the association, so much so to the point where he was voted in — selected by the coaches — as a reserve in this past February’s All-Star game.

Sent to the festivities alongside first year teammate and a two-time starting point guard in the illustrious outing Kemba Walker, the C’s found themselves rostering multiple All-Stars for the sixth time in the past decade.

While every NBA player’s ultimate goal — at least, should be — is winning a championship for their respective franchise, one of their main regular season goals is to be listed as one of the game’s best players — in other words, an All-Star.

While we can expect many more selections to the exhibition for Jayson Tatum as his career progresses, 2019-20 marks his first appearance. When looking at his season output from 2018-19, this selection should be seen as a true testimony to how much the wing’s game has progressed.

Tatum put the work in during the offseason, and it proved to do wonders to his overall game. This was made evident by his increased statistical numbers in virtually every category — which was covered in slide one — and, in turn, he was rewarded for his efforts by being taken as the eighth reserve in the draft by Team LeBron.