Is it too soon to call Boston Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum a top five player?

Is it too quickly to speak about anointing celebrity Boston Celtics small ahead Jayson Tatum as a top-five participant within the NBA for the 2022-23 season? The St. Louis native has begun this 12 months’s marketing campaign with gusto, trying very like the behemoth he was within the 2022 NBA Playoffs earlier than hurting his wrist and working out of gasoline.

If the standard pattern of Tatum including to his sport continues over the course of the season on prime of the defensive depth he’s bringing to the court docket up to now this season coupled with new offensive wrinkles making him a extra full participant, the reply could be sure.

In a latest quick put collectively by The Ringer’s Ryen Russillo, Russillo digs into this query.

Check out the clip embedded above to listen to what he needed to say on High 5 Taco Jay.

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