As Boston's best player, Jayson Tatum has done a good job of playing solid basketball. Despite that, the Celtics are just 2-2 in their last four games, and they barely survived a win over the Pelicans.

Jayson Tatum made an Instagram post with a caption mocking some recent comments by Brandon Jennings. Jennings called Tatum soft.

Brandon Jennings continues to take aim at Jayson Tatum. The former NBA guard recently claimed Tatum was the "softest superstar in the NBA" during an appearance on the "Gil's Arena" podcast. Jennings' criticism is nothing new, as Tatum has faced that line of criticism for most of his career.

Former NBA star Brandon Jennings doesn’t think Jayson Tatum is the best player in the league and he has no problem saying that. On a recent episode of “The Gil’s Arena Show,” via NBACentral, Jennings said he does not understand how Tatum can be called one of the best players in the world after he was benched for much of the Paris Olympics over the summer.

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Jayson Tatum is no stranger to outside noise, but a recent jab from former NBA player Brandon Jennings calling him the "softest superstar in Celtics history" was met with an uncharacteristically direct response.

Jayson Tatum is on the verge of making his sixth consecutive All-Star game after winning an NBA title but did not expect barbs coming his way to slow down. “Surprised? No. I think it comes with being one of the best players in the league,

After Brandon Jennings called Jayson Tatum the "softest" superstar in Celtics history, both he and Joe Mazzulla responded.

Jayson Tatum hit back at former journeyman Brandon Jennings who named the All-NBA forward 'the softest Celtics superstar in history'.

Jayson Tatum continues to shoulder a heavy amount of criticism, despite proving himself as one of the best players in the world.