Jayson Tatum Opens Up About His Agonizing Injury — and How Sons Deuce and Dylan ‘Kept My Spirits Up’ (Exclusive)

Lying on the couch at his mom’s home outside Boston last spring, his right leg propped up in a splint, Jayson Tatum watched as his 7-year-old son Deuce replayed basketball highlights on his iPad. Days earlier, the Boston Celtics’ star forward was playing the final minutes of an NBA playoff game when he took a step forward and ended up sprawled on the court, writhing in pain with a ruptured Achilles tendon . “Deuce,” Tatum said to his son, pointing to the players he was watching on the tablet, “you...