Jay King

He was banged up last year, and especially during the playoffs, he was kind of a shell of himself.

And if you think back to the 2024 run to the title, a lot of those games, when it was close, he was handling the big possessions.

Game three against the Mavericks in the finals, everything's crumbling.

Mavericks...

get rid of a 25-point lead.

Celtics are up two, I think.

Jalen gets to his spot at the elbow, rises up, and cans a jumper.

So, yes, it's very different than it was last year, but I don't think this is totally new for him.

He's been a tough shot maker from the mid-range for a few years now with a little break last year when his knee wasn't working right.

I don't know.

It's really the story of his entire career.

When it looks like he can't do something, he then works at it enough to where he's good at it.

Made a left-handed layup last night, too.

People used to say he has no left hand.

Now he goes left constantly and has some incredible finishes.

He'll even throw cross-court passes with his left hand.

He had that disaster class against Miami in Game 7 when Tatum got hurt on the first play of the game.

They needed him to run offense.

He couldn't do it.

I think he had eight turnovers.