Fans of the Boston Celtics might still get nervous when they see star Boston forward Jayson Tatum go into ISO mode as the game clock counts down to nil in a close match, but rest assured, the St. Louis native is one of the very few players in the game today who is better than not making critical shots in the final seconds of a close game.

Add in the fact that Tatum and the Celtics recently handed the Cleveland Cavaliers their first loss of the year, some praise has started to come his way from a former Grizzlies player.On his show "Gils Arena",

Tatum was only about 10 years old when the Celtics last visited the White House in 2008 when Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo formed the nucleus of that championship team that beat his childhood idol Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum gifts Biden with a jersery Jayson Tatum presented President Joe Biden with a Celtics jersey as the team visited the White House to celebrate their NBA-record 18th championship,

There's no doubt that the Boston Celtics' star power forward Jayson Tatum is a frontrunner for NBA MVP this season. So far, Tatum is averaging 29.9 points, 8.1 total rebounds, 5.9 assists, and 1.4 steals per game across the first 15 games of the season.