Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a popular Wikipedia page every day. With 363,182 views on Tuesday, 18 June 2024 our article of the day is Jayson Tatum. Jayson Christopher Tatum ( TAY-təm; born March 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a McDonald's All-American in high school in Missouri and played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Tatum was selected with the third overall pick by the Boston Celtics in the 2017 NBA draft and voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2018. A five-time NBA All-Star and four-time All-NBA selection, Tatum was named the NBA Eastern Conference Finals Most Valuable Player in 2022 and helped the Celtics reach the NBA Finals. In 2024, he led the team to a league-best 64 wins, second NBA Finals appearance in three years and eighteenth NBA championship in franchise history, the first in sixteen years. Tatum also won a gold medal on the 2020 U. S. Olympic team in Tokyo. He holds the record for most points scored in an NBA All-Star Game, with 55, and the most points scored in a Game 7 of any NBA playoffs series, with 51. This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:21 UTC on Wednesday, 19 June 2024. For the full current version of the article, see Jayson Tatum on Wikipedia. This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes. Follow us on Mastodon at @[email protected]. Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast. Until next time, I'm Kajal Neural.