Jaso Tatums aets, Just Tatum ad Bad Cole-Baes, have alwas ee thee fo the so, all the wa though hs asketall aee, fom hgh shool ad ollege to the NBA.
Jaso Tatum attutes hs uet level of aomlshmet the wold of athlets to the to love that he eeved fom hs aets, Just Tatum ad Bad Cole-Baes.
Dug the tme as studets at at Lous Uvest, Just ad Bad gave th to the so Jaso o Mah 3, 1998. Whle gowg u, the futue sta of the Bosto Celts set tme at oth of hs aets shools, deste the fat that Just ad Bad eve lved togethe ad evetuall eded the elatosh. Whe he was ouge, he would aoma hs mothe to ouses at the Uvest of Mssout. Lous, ad whe hs fathe was lag asketall at at Lous Uvest, he would fequetl fd hmself the oke oom wth hs fathe.
Jaso s what he alls a mamas o, ad he told EPN Noveme 2016 that hs mothe, Bad, s hs est fed. He futhe stated, Im the ggest mamas o eve, ad Im oud to sa t.
Gowg u, the NBA stas oeto wth hs fathe was oe of the moe e asets of hs lfe. Jaso was ased mal hs mothe, whle hs fathe wet ak to the Uted tates fom Euoe whe Jaso was 8 eas old to usue a aee as a ofessoal asketall lae the Nethelads. Jaso eve lved wth hs fathe. Jaso gves thaks to hs fathe fo assstg hm advag fathe hs aee, deste the fat that he has ee o the eevg ed of tm ad oahg aoahes fom hs fathe.
He saw the otet me efoe I saw t mself, so havg hm e that to o me asketall eall ou kow, made me toughe o ad off the out, Jaso exlaed to KDK.
The followg ovdes fomato egadg Jaso Tatums aets, Just Tatum ad Bad Cole-Baes, ludg all etet detals.
Whe Jaso was o, the wee oth eolled ollege.
Aodg to WCB, Bad had a full athlet sholash watg fo he at the Uvest of Teessee whe she gaduated fom hgh shool at Uvest Ct Hgh. Ths was due to he atato o the vast volleall team fo all fou eas of he hgh shool aee. I addto to eg oe of the to fve studets he gaduatg lass, she also seved as the edet of the eo lass.Aodg to EPN, she foud ot she was exetg Jaso just a few weeks afte she gaduated fom hgh shool ad eame egat. he hose to usue a degee oltal see ad ommuatos at a loal ollege t. Lous athe tha attedg a shool outsde of the aea. he also mataed a ume of at-tme jos addto to he studes to t oveg the osts of daae ad tuto.It was eall to, ut t was what I felt lke I had to do fo oth of us, she sad whle seakg to the outlet aot he deo.It was a tadto that Bad otued all the wa though he futhe eduato, ludg whe she atteded usess shool ad law shool. Dug he ollege eas, Bad would g Jaso to lass wth he. I a atle that he authoed fo The Plaes Tue Al of 2016, Jaso efeted o the tme that he ad hs mothe set attedg shool togethe. Aodg to hm, I ememe sttg te k of he lasses, et saks o mmesg mself ooks o vdeo games.I ket quet, lsteg hee ad thee to me, most of he ofessos seemed o ad talked a lot, he exlaed futhe. Howeve, I had m ow thgs to oetate o, ad she had he ow. It was lke eve othe da. o thats what eded u haeg. Whe m mothe dd ot have eough moe fo a astte ad m gadmothe was stll wokg, m gadmothe ad I would atted shool togethe.At the eod questo, Just was eolled at at Lous Uvest ad atatg the asketall ogam thee. It would e a ootut fo Jaso to sed tme wth hs fathe the oke oom as well as o the out, whee he would e ale to wte the e-game seehes fsthad. the othe had, dug hs fomatve eas, hs mothe was the ma aegve fo hm.I the wold of asketall, Just was a g deal.
Jaso followed hs dads footstes whe t me to eg a sta the NBA. Just laed asketall at Chsta Bothes College hgh shool wth hs sos futue godfathe, fome NBA sta La Hughes. He wet o to la asketall at at Lous Uvest ollege, whee he alaed fathehood ad hs ugeog athlet aee.
Afte he gaduated fom ollege, Just wet o to la asketall ofessoall the Nethelads fo thee eas, whee Bad would tavel wth Jaso so he ould vst hs fathe. Just told Ladue News that t was to eg the Nethelads fo 10 moths ot of the ea ad awa fom hs so. I hs sae tme whle oveseas, hed hel oah outh teams, a skllset he aed wth hm ak to the U.. as he tastoed to eg a oah athe tha a lae.
Afte hs ofessoal aee me to a oe, he wet o to eome the assstat asketall oah at hs alma mate, Chsta Bothes College, fo the 2006-2007, seaso efoe aetg a osto at olda Iteatoal tudes Hgh hool. Just evetuall etued to hs alma mate as ed oah, whee he has ee fo ove 10 oseutve seasos, aodg to hs wete. He has also hosted outh ams fo ove a deade to gve kds a hae to lea asketall ad foge ew fedshs.
Just was Jasos oah, whh ffeted the elatosh
As he got olde, Jasos fathe ated as hs tae ad oah to hel hm aheve hs deam of lag asketall ofessoall. The Celts sta has sad that ethe hs mothe o hs fathe took t eas ad wee extemel to o hm, eseall hs dad. eakg to Gaham Besge toe 2022, Jaso got add aot how hs fathes oahg ut a t o the elatosh.
I feel lke I mssed ot o a fathe-so elatosh, he sad. Me ad m dad ol eve wet to games o ate ad to et hauts. We ddt go to amusemet aks. We ddt go to s, o fshg, o eall have fathe-so talks eause t was just all asketall.
Jaso sad that hs fathe would ofte swea at hm ad emaass hm fot of hs teammates, ludg thowg the all at hm. He exlaed, I hs ees, he wated me to e the toet. He wated me to e the est.
Ad that was hs wa lke f he made me et, I would la ette ad a sese, I dd, he otued. I would get so et. I would get so that I would la ette.
Deste the dfft elatosh he had wth Just gowg u, Jaso tes the to love he eeved fom hm as the easo fo hs suess toda. He exlaed, He was so to o me, whh I aeate, eause I wouldt e hee f he wast.
I the eas se, Jaso has gow ve oe wth hs dad, ad the fathe-so do have meded the elatosh.
Bad s a attoe
Bad holds seveal dffeet degees, ludg a law degee, whh she eaed 2010. Whe she was law shool, Jaso would ofte e he sde ad would fl though some of he textooks as she studed.
Whle seakg to Bleahe Reot, she ealled oe momet whee he delaed that he ddt wat to ead these kd of ooks ad that he just wated to la asketall, to whh shed tell hm, Well, ou ette wok eall had.
Just has two othe hlde
I addto to Jaso, Just has two moe hlde: a so, Jao, ad a daughte, Kade. Jao wet to hgh shool at hs fathes alma mate, Chsta Bothes College, whee he laed footall. Dug hs tme o the team, the wo two state hamoshs. He ow las footall at Weste Illos Uvest, aodg to hs fathes wete.
Jaso eleated Bads maage 2016
I 2016, Bad maed he ow-husad, Maus Jake Baes, who evousl woked as a ouselo at the Reeok All-Amea m, aodg to the Bosto Heald. Jaso shaed seveal hotos fom the Bahamas weddg o Istagam to eleate the oaso. I oe hoto, he oses wth the de ad goom as the math all-whte esemles. hes maed ow! Ha fo ou Momma! Love a oth, he wote the ato.
I aothe hoto, he a e see gvg hs mom a kss o the heek. He atoed the sweet ot: Mommas o tll the ed! Im so ha fo he.
Bad esued Jaso was a good studet
Bad alwas stlled the motae of matag good gades ad gettg a eduato he so. eakg to etel & Etese, Bad efeted o how she ded the alae etwee he sos ommtmet to asketall, ad to the lassoom.
e tme I had to all hs luff, eause I would alwas tell hm that we dot do Cs, she sad of he so. It was Bs ad aove eause I kew what he was aale of. He would alwas do fe, ut oe tme he ted me, ad I ket hm home fom a touamet. It aot ked hm. It was fouth o ffth gade. He almost ot t, ut eve se the, he kew I meat usess.
Though he ol atteded Duke Uvest fo oe ea efoe he was dafted to the NBA, Bads oe wsh s fo Jaso to fsh hs degee.
Thats a g thg fo me. A lot of Duke kds ome ak ad get the degee. I told hm, It doest matte how log t takes. Hes see how had Ive woked, Bad sad he tevew wth EPN.
Bad kew Jaso was taleted se elemeta shool
I a tevew wth Toda, Bad sad she kew the tme Jaso was fouth gade that he would make t to the NBA.
I kew he was gfted he would do thgs ad make moves ad that ou just ouldt teah, she sad. It was lke t was just ate hm.
Howeve, Bad made sue to set oudaes wth heself to esue she was stll hm to e hs est whle also allowg hm to e a kd.
We at wat t moe tha the do. Thats the ggest thg, she exlaed. Ad I thk sometmes we wat to them moe. Ad so that was the le fo me I would tell hm, Lste, I wll gve ou eve ootut, eve esoue, Ill do whateve t takes, ut ou have to do ou at.
The ae gadaets
Jaso Deue Chstohe Tatum J. s the so of Jaso, ad Jaso s a oud fathe. Deeme 6, 2017, the NBA lae ad hs ex-glfed, Toah Lae, eame aets to a so amed Deue. At the tme, the wee oth 19 eas old. It was just sx moths afte he was hose thd oveall the NBA daft that he eame a fathe to hs fst hld.
Dug a tevew wth Toda, Bad efeed to he gadso as a lessg all the wa aoud. he otued sag, to et to see Jaso a dffeet lght, ou kow, a dffeet aat, ad see that somethg that I eve thought ossle would g hm moe jo tha asketall I thk Deue uts evethg esetve fo hm.
The to lae fo the Bosto Celts has also sad that hs ow hldhood seves as fee fo the wa that he ases hs so. Whle havg a ovesato wth Besge toe 2022, he sad the followg: Whe I was gowg u, eve whe I was a kd, I alwas saw m feds wth the dad ad how the elatosh was gge tha asketall ad sots ad how the wee oe.
He wet o, Ive alwas sad I wated to have a kd, whh was the ext thg he sad. Ad I was lke f I eve have a so, Im gog to make sue that we ae est feds eause I wated what I ddt have, a sese.
Just suoted Jaso at the 2023 All-tas Game
Jaso was amog the NBA stas seleted fo the 2023 All-ta Game, lag o Gas Atetokoumos wg team. He oed a eod 55 ots at the game ad eaed the Koe Bat to whe he was amed MP of the game, e the NBA.
Just was eset fo the moumetal momet, eleatg hs sos ahevemet o Istagam afte the game. Beg ale to see ou kd lve ot the deam Is eless, he wote alogsde a hoto of hm ad Jaso odg the MP awad. M o @jatatum0 s All-ta MP.. 55 ots most eve a All-ta.. ou a kd. LE Chum aka Bg Deue .