Jayson Tatum refuses to discuss Grant Williams’ blatant foul

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum declined to comment on the hard foul his former teammate Grant Williams placed on him on Friday night.

Tatum was asked about it on Saturday but declined to comment.

“I mean, I don’t really want to talk about it,” Tatum said. “It’s just… we got ready for today’s game, we came to Charlotte and we did what we had to do, and we’re going to Atlanta to try to get one more win before we go home.”

Tatum later mentioned Williams by name when asked how he responds when teams resort to a more physical style of play.

“You understand this is their plan,” Tatum said. “They let Grant deny me, they didn’t want me to get the ball, they kept an eye on me.”

“It makes you stronger, it makes you better,” he added. “You think of more ways to influence the game. Don’t limit yourself to just one way to be effective. I lift every game day, so those (expletives) don’t really bother me.

Here’s a look at the play.

While it didn’t seem to really bother Tatum, his fellow superstar teammate Jaylen Brown was bothered by Williams’ approach to Tatum.

“Like, what are we talking about? Y’all seeing the same play I saw?” Brown told reporters. “He hit him like it was a football match. Ray Lewis came through the middle or something. It is what it is. Grant knows better.’

“I thought JT and Grant were friends. I don’t think so,” Brown said.

On the other hand, Williams said he never goes on the field to hurt anyone.

“I’m not trying to hurt anyone. We all know this is one of my best friends in the league,” Williams said told NBC Sports Boston. “JB has escalated it a little bit, but I understand he’s trying to protect his teammate. But that’s (Tatum) my dog. No matter what happens, I’ll support him. … No malice or any problem with that.”

Nevertheless, the Celtics went to Charlotte to win, not for a fight, and they did just that.

They played Charlotte twice in a row and defeated them easily. The Celtics won Friday’s game 124-109 and less than 24 hours later defeated the Hornets again 113-103.

The Celtics are now 6-1 on the young season and are the second seed in the Eastern Conference behind the undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers.

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