St. Louisan Jayson Tatum reached a special career milestone last weekend in the Boston Celtics victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
The former Chaminade College Prep All-American scored 24 points to lead the Celtics to the victory in a game that was a rematch of last year’s NBA Finals. Tatum also scored his 13,000th point in his career in his eighth season.
Tatum also became the seventh player in National Basketball Association history to score his 13,000th career point before turning 27 years old. Tatum joins a select group which includes Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Tracy McGrady and Carmelo Anthony.
Tatum was also voted as a starter for the upcoming NBA All-Star Game, which will be held on Sunday, February 16 at Chase Center in San Francisco.
Joining Tatum as starters for the Eastern Conference All-Stars Jalen Brunson and Karl Anthony-Towns of the New York Knicks, Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Tatum is having another brilliant season for the Celtics, who are the defending NBA champions. He is currently averaging 27.1 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.4 assists while shooting 45 percent from the field, 35 percent from 3-point range and 79 percent from the free throw line.