Jayson Tatum: Crying as classmates laughed at my NBA dream 

This interview has done a great job at humanizing one of the best athletes in the world. All of the respect in the world to JT and his mother.

She is one hell of a mother jesus christ. Well done Brandy.

His mom is so respectable and loveable! What a rock to have behind you!

Who's laughing now!

What an incredible mother.

Imagine telling an 8-9 year old kid that his dream is unrealistic

Jason Tatum,such a calm soul 🥺

I like the motivation his mom gives him still 😊

Crazy how I felt everything he said.

Couldn't help but smile through the whole of this

Jason, I heard years ago that the best revenge a person can have on those who put you down is to be a success and you obviously are! I also envy you having a really great Mom, I didn't have that at all.

Cant believe Graham finally interviewed JT. Been manifesting it since the Djokovic interview 😍

"Now they always say congratulatiiiiiooooonnnnssss" 💯💯🙌🏾

F that teacher. How can you do that to a first grader?

Jayson and his mom is such an inspiration🥹

Tatum has a great mother

She tha real MVP❤🙌💯

Love this, great mom and Jayson is the man!

That’s a great mother

When a NBA players mom worked harder and is cooler then the player son.... my god what a W of a mom and woman. And this aint a knock on Jayson that a compliment to the mom

Great interview

I love him , I love his mom

Beautiful family & story!

I relate to this so much, I had a similar experience as a kid!

JAYYYYYY TEEEEEE FOOORRRRRR THREEEEEEEEE ain’t nobody laughing now ☘️🔥

This is going to be a movie one day, bank on it

I used to get laughed at a lot in school too. I totally get it. High school in particular was so bad. I dreaded going to school every day because the moment I got there people would just relentlessly criticize me and laugh at me for all sorts of stuff.

What a great mom

Great, great mom!

that's exactly how i felt as an asian kid in a mostly black school. they laughed at me and bullied me for being the only asian in school.

That teacher looks like a fool now! Make sure you go see her and let her see who you are

That is one hell of a mother.

Tatum always flexin the Jordan gear💪🏾

Wow his mommy Dope! 💯

I KNEW this video was gonna get me emotional. Fuck!

I attended school with his father and Larry Hughs. Both of them were driven, reacted so well to adversity, we're rarely treated as more than incredible athletes despite the fact that they were incredible young men and exceptional STUDENT athletes among a predominantly white, privileged male student body. They indirectly taught me how to be a transformative coach and teacher. Jason is the product of incredible family support from his mother and father so whether they were together or not has nothing to do with raising fine young men and women in a society where this combined with the fact that so many still believe that centuries of oppression and denial of any basic human rights is no excuse for any mistake in black culture. Excepting others to pull themselves up from boot straps that never had straps aka support to begin with is the mindset that sets all humans back centuries. This is a fantastic interview. Thank you so much for speaking your truth.

Super Dope ! Dream Big 🏀💪👏

00:51 "Why?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏾

bro is now an MVP candidate. Oh how the tables have turned.

2:58 look at Duece!

Jayson your father not only liked you ..he loved you. As adults we have to remember that we do not know our parents 'back story '. Parents never really tell their children every thing about their upbringing. Somethings are better left unsaid. Sometimes parents mimick what was shown to them maybe your father only knew though love as a way of saying 'I love you'. That doesn't mean it was right it just means that's what he was taught. I am sure you father showed love towards you as best as he could. Never forget that. Always strive to be the change you want to see in the world. Keep this in mind..no matter how much of your upbringing you share with your children you will never tell them everything because some memories people mentally block out for one reason or another. I will tell you something that a wise person told me. 'Hold on to the good memories, and let the bad ones go". In time you will see that having inner peace is worth more than you could have ever imagined. While you will never be perfect you will always be a work in progress as a child of God. Your friend in Christ Jesus.

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Why would the teacher shoot down his goals? If they were a good teacher they would encourage him

Can’t believe Tatum is still only 19

Ain’t no one laughing now

Thats crazy……thats a teacher with that type of attitude….i swear our coommunity is doomed when teachers are killing your dream lol

Woaaaw

It's crazy watchin this I just realized me and Jayson birthday 2 days away from each others and my moms name is Brandi Nicole and his moms name is Brandy Cole kinda weird lol

Video of when Kobe never knew Michael jordan graham bensinger interview he said the same as tatum

My mom is also named Brandi. Brandi don’t have time to play.

Look at me now ( leon edwards' voice)

Same thing happened to Kobe

I am Watching a rerun on NBC now and I came here because I didnt understand how he could afford private school with his mom struggling like that? Why didn't Graham ask him about that?

Damn lol 😂 wish I had parents.

Yall need to interview De’Aaron Fox 🦊

same thing happened to kobe, tatum the next kobe confirmed

Teachers should be more mindful… often they don’t mean any harm but words carelessly said crushed many a little people 😢

Guess who’s laughing now!!!

Great testamony of how God is an AWESOME God 🙏

It clearly gave you fuel

I hope he doesn’t have any of those people who laughed at him in his life including his teacher

hi!

I just wonder how you knew you were gonna be tall enough to play in the NBA. I guess they say when you know, you know.

How did the school allow 2 heavy chairs on the court?

I like how his mom handled the situation, but I gotta say Jayson's explanation of why other kids wanted to be certain things and he didn't makes no sense. He claims those kids wanted to be doctors and lawyers *because* they saw their parents do it and because he didn't see his parents do that he couldn't envision it - yet he could envision something way less common and likely which his parents also didn't do which is be a professional athlete lol

Glow up

🇯🇲😎👌🏾

JT

They're looking real clownish right about now.☠

SMH brokies will do say anything 🤦‍♂️

I love Tatum, great story but dude needs to be real. 1. He came from a very upper middle class family, not poor st louis. 2. He had both of his parents daily, they just weren't together 3. He never worked a day of real work, just basketball. Cool guy, but tell it real

Every teach says that to a student though? Why is this a sob story? More chance of being a doctor, lawyer, pilot than being a NBA player. Why do pro athletes always cry pity 😂

So hes priviliged? Every kid has parents like this. Every kid hears the same story you can do anything. He aint special just cause he made it off genetics

Why didn’t he want anybody else to know that he came from a single parent household? Because that is the familial institution that is projected as the normative family structure even while it’s failing so many people in this society. It’s total bs, but if the adults in your life allow you to be educated in a certain way, you will adopt the normative thinking and socialization.

I mean, its honestly good advice. For 99.9999% of kids, you will not make the NBA. The teachers were right to discourage it.

Jayson Tatum is such a weird guy

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