Jayson Tatum has been open for his entire basketball career about the way he idolizes the late, great Kobe Bryant ... him in a Lakers jersey posing for a picture with Bryant himself.

Jayson Tatum has made no secret of his love for Kobe Bryant, but now it appears that Tatum may have emulated Bryant in a very unintentional way. A wild video went viral over social media this week ...

The road to recovery has begun for Jayson Tatum ... all the love and support (prayer emoji),” Tatum wrote in an Instagram caption alongside a picture of him in a hospital bed before his Celtics ...

Jayson Tatum looks up to Kobe Bryant in the way I look up to chinchillas. With sincere, unadulterated admiration and hope to model as much of oneself around their positive features as possible.

Kobe Bryant, Tatum’s childhood idol, returned from his Achilles tear in eight months, though he played just six games before suffering another injury. Jayson Tatum earns first-team All-NBA ...

Tears were shed during Jayson Tatum ... ‘Isn’t Kobe your idol? Kobe got through this.’” The late Kobe Bryant tore his Achilles in 2013 — 12 years before Tatum sustained the same ...

After he suffered a catastrophic Achilles rupture May 12 against the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum needed a ... He told him, "Isn't Kobe your idol? Kobe got through ...

Editor's Note: Jayson Tatum "underwent successful surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon," on Tuesday, May 13, the Celtics announced. The Boston Celtics are down 3-1 in the second ...

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum addressed the fans and posted a photo from his hospital bed after undergoing surgery on a devastating Achilles tear. Late in the fourth quarter of Monday’s ...

The Celtics put basketball to the side. For a brief period, all they were concerned with was Jayson Tatum as a human. After rupturing his Achilles tendon in Game 4, Tatum had his surgery in New ...

Jayson Tatum had some words for his Celtics teammates before Game 5. But what exactly did he say? That we may never know. Head coach Joe Mazzulla said Wednesday afternoon that Tatum, who is out ...

Editor's note: this post has been updated to reflect new information. Update, 5/13: Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum underwent surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon sustained during ...