Joe Mazzulla quickly shut down any notion that was the case.

Joe Mazzulla was fined $35,000 for “aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official” after Thursday’s Celtics loss.

The Boston Celtics have had to deal with a lot of different narratives from the media regarding Jayson Tatum over the last couple of years, with a lot of them being negative. This is despite the fact that Tatum was a first-team All-NBA performer a year ago when the Celtics won their 18th NBA championship.