Jayson Tatum's trainer needs to stop creating unnecessary drama for the Celtics

For most normal Celtics fans, Tuesday night represented a fun, team victory over a red-hot, up-and-coming Hornets team. Boston didn’t play their best, but they didn’t need to, and when things got tight, they were able to flip the switch and dominate the fourth quarter, pulling away for an impressive 113-102 win.

But for a very specific, extremely annoying segment of the fanbase, this game was an opportunity to get worked up over the dynamic, and make-belief rift between Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

This was highlighted by Tatum’s celebrity trainer, Drew Hanlen, who made multiple posts on Twitter that were clearly referring to the game and JT’s lack of involvement in the offense. Tatum took a bit of a backseat, with just 15 field goal attempts and 4 assists, with a lot of off-ball reps, as Brown led the charge for much of the night.

It certainly wasn’t the best or most efficient game of Jaylen’s career, but he was relentless in attacking the basket, getting into the paint, and making things happen for the Celtics. Both Jays played well, and most importantly, they led Boston to a comfortable win.

Tatum and Brown stans are toxic

But for some of these so-called “fans”, winning isn’t enough. These stans, who rushed to comment and agree with Hanlen’s posts, just want to see individual expense, even if it’s at the expense of the team. 

These attempts to drive a wedge between the Jays are beyond tired and downright lazy at this point. The two can’t stop making it clear that they love playing together and only care about winning, which the Celtics did, and have done with great frequency, not only this season, but for the entire careers of Brown and Tatum.

Hanlen is obviously trying to hype up his client and friend, but he should have the awareness to realize that what he’s doing is not helping and makes him look bad. Beyond that, it could make things awkward for Tatum and others. Players aren’t blind to this, and if they see Hanlen criticizing the team or specific players to push his Tatum agenda, it’s going to rub people the wrong way.

This stuff might fly with other players and fanbases, but not in Boston. This team and its fans only care about winning, and they don’t care how those wins come about or who puts up what stats. The sad part is JT is clearly the same way. He has proven time and again that he’s happy to do what’s best for the team, and plenty of times, that’s letting JB cook.

At the end of the day, it’s just Twitter noise, but it’s still obnoxious and unnecessary. Luckily, the Celtics are too disciplined and mature to let this creep into the locker room, but sadly, the same can’t be said for a lot of the fans.