There has been plenty of speculation as to whether new Boston Celtics big man Nikola Vucevic will be starting or coming off the bench for the Celtics. Now attention turns to that question for when star Boston forward Jayson Tatum returns to action from the Achilles tendon injury he picked up in the 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals.

And while we do not yet have an answer to that particular potential conundrum, we do know how the former Chicago Bulls center feels about coming off the bench for Boston at the moment. "When I got to Boston and (was) talking to (Celtics head coach) Joe (Mazzulla), he had mentioned that," said Vooch in an interview with NBC Sports Boston. "And in our conversation, I told him I was open to (it)."

"I didn't mind if my role would be different, if I'd come off the bench, if my minutes were different and he just ... asked me to be flexible to start off the bench and see how it goes and figure out the minutes and everything," he added.

"And I told him I was open to that," continued Vucevic "I didn't know that was an issue for me. I knew it would be an adjustment, when you start for so long, you have a certain routine, you go from the warm-up straight to the intro to playing."

"Now it's that you sit on a bench for a little bit and, so it was an adjustment. I think the first game I was just excited to be out there and just wanted to play as hard as I can to help the team. And there was a lot of process, learning the offense, learning the defense, the communication we use, and things like that."

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