Tatum 25 MPG. 12 ppg 6 RPG

[KG Living Legend]

 Realistic goals for Tatum. Wiggins obviously came into a bad team but he avg 17 ppg his rookie year. Parker avg 12 ppg his rookie year. Tatum is probably more offensively gifted than either at the same age.

[bopna]

He won't be starting so I reckon 8 to 10 ppg for him and around 12 for Jaylen specially if eventually JB gets the starting 2 spot which is highly likely if GH doesn't want to start there.
My predictions as far as our starters/ bench...

IT. 24ppg 7 ast
JB 12ppg
GH 23ppg 6 reb 4ast
JC 12 ppg 6 reb
AH 10ppg 8 reb
MM 12ppg 5 reb
MS 14ppg 5 ast
JT 9 or 10 ppg depending on if develops faster.

[trickybilly]

He won't be starting so I reckon 8 to 10 ppg for him and around 12 for Jaylen specially if eventually JB gets the starting 2 spot which is highly likely if GH doesn't want to start there.
My predictions as far as our starters/ bench...

IT. 24ppg 7 ast
JB 12ppg
GH 23ppg 6 reb 4ast
JC 12 ppg 6 reb
AH 10ppg 8 reb
MM 12ppg 5 reb
MS 14ppg 5 ast
JT 9 or 10 ppg depending on if develops faster.

MM is getting nowhere near those numbers.. more like 6 and 3

PS. If we average more 117 PPG, Hat = eaten.

[cman88]

Morris averaged 14ppg last year. I have a hard time believing he will drop to 6ppg.

Tatum will be the focal point of the 2nd unit imo so i could see him getting those #s. Who else on the second unit can score?

[celtics2030]

he wont average more than 6

[footey]

He won't be starting so I reckon 8 to 10 ppg for him and around 12 for Jaylen specially if eventually JB gets the starting 2 spot which is highly likely if GH doesn't want to start there.
My predictions as far as our starters/ bench...

IT. 24ppg 7 ast
JB 12ppg
GH 23ppg 6 reb 4ast
JC 12 ppg 6 reb
AH 10ppg 8 reb
MM 12ppg 5 reb
MS 14ppg 5 ast
JT 9 or 10 ppg depending on if develops faster.

8 guys averaging double figures? Don't think that has ever happened in history of NBA. I know one of the old Celtic teams had 7, but 8??

[PAOBoston]

Morris averaged 14ppg last year. I have a hard time believing he will drop to 6ppg.

Tatum will be the focal point of the 2nd unit imo so i could see him getting those #s. Who else on the second unit can score?

I find it unlikely the Cs would use a 19 year old rookie as the focal point of the offense on a second unit that could notbsure last year.

With the addition of Hayward,  you can now expect at least one or two of IT, GH, or AH on the floor with the reserves. I also think Morris was brought in for his scoring to help that second unit as well. The team didn't have the luxury of a scorer off the bench last year.

Tatum will get opportunities but he's not going to be any sort of focal point.

[gouki88]

I see his statline going something like:
12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists on shooting stats of 45/36/85 (hopefully )

[celtics2030]

He won't be starting so I reckon 8 to 10 ppg for him and around 12 for Jaylen specially if eventually JB gets the starting 2 spot which is highly likely if GH doesn't want to start there.
My predictions as far as our starters/ bench...

IT. 24ppg 7 ast
JB 12ppg
GH 23ppg 6 reb 4ast
JC 12 ppg 6 reb
AH 10ppg 8 reb
MM 12ppg 5 reb
MS 14ppg 5 ast
JT 9 or 10 ppg depending on if develops faster.

8 guys averaging double figures? Don't think that has ever happened in history of NBA. I know one of the old Celtic teams had 7, but 8??

The hilarious part with this record breaking double figures prediction for this many players is the fact that Marcus Smart will average 14 points per game lol,

Celticsblog always good for laughs.

[JBcat]

I think those numbers are too high.  I can see the Gerald Green role at least starting the season which means roughly 12 minutes a game, and 5 or 6 points.

You have to look at the minutes distribution for our team, and where he could get minutes.

This is just a guess for minutes:

Horford 32 Baynes 15
Morris 26
Crowder 26 Brown 25
Hayward 35 Smart 26
Thomas 35 Rozier 20.

That adds up to 240 minutes for the 5 positions.  The question then becomes whose minutes is he taking away. Maybe it will be a case he will be splitting minutes with Brown for about 12 each.  Barring injury though I can't see Tatum playing more than 15 minutes a game which will limit his numbers.  Maybe halfway through the season or sometime along the way his play forces him to get more minutes, or a trade opens up minutes.

[Sophomore]

The hilarious part with this record breaking double figures prediction for this many players is the fact that Marcus Smart will average 14 points per game lol,

Celticsblog always good for laughs.

MS averaged 10.6/game last year. I don't know that he'll hit 14, but anywhere from 8-14 seems possible, depending on his development, the lineups, and injuries. Reduced scoring from taking fewer shots is definitely possible, now that there are more scorers on the team. But it's also possible he'll be able to slot into a role that makes the most of his very limited offensive abilities. Maybe he won't need to heave up those above-the-break 3s and can focus on collecting offensive rebounds for putbacks, and taking catch-and-shoot 3s from the corner. Maybe he'll finally learn to finish as the ballhandler on pick and rolls (OK, that's a little like waiting for the great pumpkin). Gun to my head? I'll predict 11 ppg for him.

The weirdest thing about Marcus Smart? Almost a quarter of his 3s were from the corner. Care to guess what percentage he made? 41.9%. Obviously this means the rest of his attempts were incredibly atrocious. But that glimmer makes it hard to give up completely. He also had a few games around the end of the year last year where he really got it - against NYK and Toronto. But yeah, he's let us down a lot. Hopefully Brad can find a useful role for him.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smartma01.html

[kmart12]

I think the highest he averages is 10 ppg, and that's coming off the bench in a role similar to what Jaylen played this past season. I don't see how he'll earn too many minutes when Hayward, Crowder, and Morris all play his position.

I think Jaylen will be around the same, too. I think his defense needs to improve significantly in order for him to be seeing starter minutes and I don't think that's going to be the case, despite us trading away Bradley. We still have Smart, who will get plenty of minutes at the 2 and backing up IT. However, I don't have the same expectations that Smart will jump in scoring this season.

[ZoneD]

I think both Jaylen and Tatum average 8-10 ppg.

With Thomas, Hayward, Horford, Crowder and Horford on the team there won't be enough touches for them all to avg over 10 ppg.

[jay]

I could see something like IT and GH both scoring 20+ ppg then the next 6 guys averaging 8 or 9 ppg.  (Horford, Smart, Crowder, Morris, Brown, Tatum)

We averaged 108 last year and GS averaged 116. If Tatum and GH combine for 50, and the next 6 guys combine for 51, we are already on our way with 101. That leaves just a few points for Rozier, Baynes, and the end of the bench.

Look at GS in 2015-2016.  Curry had 30, Klay had 22, Green had 14, and Barnes had 11.7 - no one else was over 7.1

[dreamgreen]

He won't be starting so I reckon 8 to 10 ppg for him and around 12 for Jaylen specially if eventually JB gets the starting 2 spot which is highly likely if GH doesn't want to start there.
My predictions as far as our starters/ bench...

IT. 24ppg 7 ast
JB 12ppg
GH 23ppg 6 reb 4ast
JC 12 ppg 6 reb
AH 10ppg 8 reb
MM 12ppg 5 reb
MS 14ppg 5 ast
JT 9 or 10 ppg depending on if develops faster.

8 guys averaging double figures? Don't think that has ever happened in history of NBA. I know one of the old Celtic teams had 7, but 8??

The hilarious part with this record breaking double figures prediction for this many players is the fact that Marcus Smart will average 14 points per game lol,

Celticsblog always good for laughs.

LOL yea people on here get carried away with Smart. What he didn't mention is it's going to take 35 attempts a game to get him there hahaha.

Anyway I don't think Tatum will play 25 mpg, maybe closer to 15 but he could still get 8 ppg 3 rpg.

Also you have Horford with only 10 ppg I think that will be closer to 15 ppg.