Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum has evolved into one of the NBA's biggest stars, something that his mother, Brandy Cole, had envisioned right from the beginning.
The five-time NBA All-Star previously appeared in an interview with host Taylor Rooks, during which he was pleasantly surprised by his mother, who shared a story highlighting one of the numerous ways she prepared her son for NBA stardom.
Cole revealed that when Tatum was between six and eight years old, she would hold a brush or remote to his face and ask him impromptu basketball questions as if she were a reporter.
Initially, Tatum didn't grasp why his mom would ask these questions, but Cole explained that she pretended to be a reporter from ESPN and TNT because she firmly believed that her son would become one of the best players in the world.
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Tatum's mother had him when she was 19, and she persevered in raising him as a single mother.
Jayson Tatum's touching letter to his mother resurfaces
During Mother's Day 2024, a touching letter from Tatum to his mother, written as he was about to begin his college basketball journey at Duke in 2016, resurfaced on The Players' Tribune.
The two-time All-NBA first team member shared how his mother refused to halt her education at 19, despite having a child, continuing college, and bringing young Tatum to classes because she couldn't afford a babysitter, and Tatum's grandmother also worked.
Cole has since earned four degrees, including an MBA, and graduated from law school.
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