Jayson Tatum underwent successful surgery on Tuesday to repair his ruptured his Achilles tendon. The Celtics announced no definitive timetable on his recovery when announcing the procedure but Marc Spears of Andscape revealed some insight on Tatum’s conversations with his family over the past two days, including with his father Justin Tatum.

Rumbles that Tatum might be able to play again much sooner than a calendar year give or take a month have begun to percolate.

The Boston Celtics entered this season with hopes of ending the NBA’s six-season drought without a repeat champion