While the Celtics beat the Lakers, Jayson Tatum made sure to express how much he respects LeBron James, via Daniel Donabedian of ClutchPoints: “Won a gold medal this summer with each other. Just respect the guys that came before you and paved the way. Can’t say enough good things about what he’s done and accomplished and what he means to the game of basketball. So as a fan, as a competitor, those moments that you get to play against him, you should cherish and you should go out there and compete. Somebody I got a lot of respect for. And I said it before, how you earn respect is going at those guys. He wouldn’t have it any other way,” Tatum said.