ZATA FIBA GREAT JTTatum has played 30.5 minutes per game, fourth-highest among rookies and the fourth-most on the team. The 2,412 total minutes he’s played this season ranks second among all rookies, only behind Rookie of the Year candidate Donovan Mitchell.
His 79 starts are a team-high and his 13.9 points per game is the third-highest on Celtics. It’s the fifth-highest scoring average among rookies. With Kyrie Irving out for the rest of the season, he now holds the second-highest scoring average on the team among the Celtics rotation players.
[His 5.1 rebounds per game rank fifth on the team and seventh among rookies.]
He’s not scoring 20.3 points per game, as Hayward had over the past three seasons. Nonetheless, his play as a rookie has been admirable. Even moreso because it’s been necessary.
