The great Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics has had an incredible climb. He has guided the Celtics to three Eastern Conference Finals in his first five years in the team. And he’ll be playing in his first NBA Finals in just one more game. Tatum gives Bradley Beal, another NBA player, credit for all of his achievements. In St. Louis, they grew up as best friends. Tatum’s mother called him out for taking his son to the club despite this, though.

Despite being five years apart, Beal and Tatum became friends while attending the same school. There is a small brother-big brother dynamic between these two. Tatum stated that Beal became an even better big brother. He claimed that as a result of him being the ideal role model, he was motivated to pursue a career in basketball. However, Beal’s mother became enraged because of one of his behaviors.