Jayson Tatum’s latest workout clip did exactly what offseason workout clips are built to do: spark a full-blown debate before anyone has played a real game.
On Monday, the Boston Celtics posted four short videos from one of Tatum’s recent sessions. The clips showed him hitting a one-legged 3-pointer, burying a fadeaway jumper, knocking down catch-and-shoot 3s and getting work in the weight room. The post has since climbed past 250,000 views on X.
The one-legged 3-pointer is the shot that grabbed everybody’s attention.
It’s not some brand-new move out of nowhere, either. Tatum has taken - and made - that shot in an NBA game before.
Still, plenty of Celtics fans weren’t exactly signing off on it as part of the offseason menu. The replies filled up fast with skepticism, MVP chatter and a lot of people basically begging him to leave that one alone.
"I hope he doesn’t try that one-legged jumper," one fan wrote."He tried that a couple times last year and they were duds."
"Tatum out here only able to shoot one-legged 3s. The Ls keep piling up for the Celtics," another user replied.
"He genuinely trying to add a one-legged three to his game," a third user commented with a heartbreak emoji.
The fall will tell what the summer was doing ⏳
- Boston Celtics (@celtics) August 17, 2026
There’s a real basketball conversation buried under the noise. The Celtics would absolutely prefer Tatum be more efficient from deep this season than he was last year, when he launched 8.9 3-pointers per game and hit 32.9 percent. But the one-legged looks that set off the fan reaction barely registered in the bigger picture.
Tatum attempted 143 3-pointers last season. By my count, four of them were one-legged tries, and he missed all four.
That’s the offseason in a nutshell: one clip goes viral, everybody overreacts, and the actual basketball reality is usually a lot calmer. Tatum may take the occasional one-legged 3, but it’s hard to imagine that shot deciding anything major for Boston.
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