Jayson Tatum's torn Achilles tendon, without hyperbole, is among the most consequential injuries in NBA history. Kevin Durant comes to mind as a similarly gifted player to suffer such an injury, but he was almost 31 when he went down in the 2019 NBA Finals.

Jayson Tatum’s Achilles surgery puts both the hopes of the Boston Celtics repeating and Tatum’s playing status for next season in doubt.

On Tuesday evening, it became official. After Celtics star Jayson Tatum was injured on Monday night in the team's Game 4 loss to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden in ther Eastern Conference semifinals series, there was ample speculation that Tatum had suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon.