The NBA has announced that Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics has been named Player of the Week in the Eastern Conference.
The news comes as Tatum was recently ruled out for the Celtics’ Monday night game against the Atlanta Hawks.
Yet still, Tatum has now won Player of the Week just over ten months after tearing his Achilles tendon and subsequently coming back.
NBA Announces Jayson Tatum News
Per the league, Tatum has been named Player of the Week in the East for week 23 of the 2025-26 NBA season.
He did it while averaging 25.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 6.7 assists while the Celtics went 3-0 in that span.
While Boston was without other star Jaylen Brown for one of those games, Tatum has played in just 11 games since returning from his torn Achilles.
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets was named Player of the Week for the Western Conference.
Jayson Tatum Injury Update
While Tatum is coming off a strong week, one in which he was just recognized by the NBA, he was recently ruled out for the Celtics’ upcoming game against the Hawks.
Officially listed on the injury report as out with ‘right achilles repair management,’ the 28-year-old is set to miss the game with what is typically described as ‘injury management.’ But while it is coming off a hot streak, Boston sitting Tatum is by no means a surprise.
He has already sat out a few games this season after his return, but the main goal for him, Brown, and the Celtics is that the star is healthy for the playoffs.
While on its own, his injury return is astounding, he was never expected to come back at 100%, meaning that resting him and giving him time to ramp back up for a playoff run was always in the cards for the final stretch of this regular season.
In 11 games this year, Tatum is averaging 20.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, and 4.2 assists on 39.9% shooting in his Achilles injury return.
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