Jayson Tatum literally pump faked a shot during a 3-Point Contest and fans couldn't believe it
"Not sure I've seen that before."
Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum has taken the ascension from basketball star to NBA superstar. But that won’t stop fans from clowning on him.
Tatum, who also participated in the NBA 3-Point Contest in 2021, was the first player to step up beyond the arc in the contest this year in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He got off to a slow start during the competition, which included a really strange moment that showed him doing a double clutch before one of his attempts. For a timed event, that is far from ideal.
It was super weird! Watch for yourself at the 0:45-second mark of this clip:
JT starts the #Starry3PT with a 20-point round pic.twitter.com/X1sxiUBCKe
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 19, 2023
Or if you want to watch just when it happened, here it is:
Jayson Tatum really pump-faked in the 3-point contest pic.twitter.com/iGtrYoLzEb
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 19, 2023
YIKES. That is not what you want to see during a shooting contest.
Here is how fans reacted when they saw this bizarre moment: