Ranking the top 10 players under age 25:
1. Victor Wembanyama
2. Cooper Flagg
3. Alperen Şengün
4. Jalen Johnson
5. Paolo Banchero
6. Chet Holmgren
7. Stephon Castle
8. Amen Thompson
9. Dylan Harper
10. Brandon Miller
Luka is taking 15.3 Pull-Up Shots per game while only taking 3.9 Catch-And-Shots per game. He’s also the only player in the league with a 50 point game 👀
Leaders in FG% on Pull-Up Shots (min 5 attempts per game):
1. Kevin Durant -54.8% (5.3 attempts)
2. Tyrese Haliburton - 53.6% (7)
3. Cooper Flagg - 52.3% (7.3)
4. Donovan Mitchell - 46.9% (7)
5. Tyler Herro - 46.9% (7)
6. Ty Jerome - 46.4% (11.5)
7. Anthony Edwards - 46.3% (13.5)
8. Zach Lavine - 45.8% (6.9)
9. Scottie Barnes - 44.7% (6.7)
10. Luka Doncic - 43.9% (15.3)
(Via NBA App)
Tatum has been a better player than Brown quite literally every single season they’ve played together:
• 2017-2018
- Tatum: 13.9 PPG, 5 RPG, 1.6 APG, 47.5% FG, 43% 3PT
- Brown: 14.5 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 1.6 APG, 46.5% FG, 39.5% 3PT
• 2018-2019
- Tatum: 15.7 PPG, 6 RPG, 2.1 APG, 45% FG, 37.3% 3PT
- Brown: 13 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 1.4 APG, 46.5% FG, 34.4% 3PT
• 2019-2020
- Tatum: 23.4 PPG, 7 RPG, 3 APG, 45% FG, 40.3% 3PT (All-NBA 3rd Team)
Brown: 20.3 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 2.1 APG, 48.1% FG, 38.2% 3PT
• 2020-2021
- Tatum: 26.4 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 4.3 APG, 45.9% FG, 38.6% 3PT
- Brown: 24.7 PPG, 6 RPG, 3.4 APG, 48.4% FG, 39.7% 3PT
• 2021-2022
- Tatum: 26.9 PPG, 8 RPG, 4.4 APG, 45.3% FG, 35.3% 3PT (All-NBA 1st Team)
- Brown: 23.6 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 3.5 APG, 47.3% FG, 35.8% 3PT
• 2022-2023
- Tatum: 30.1 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 4.6 APG, 46.6% FG, 35% 3PT (All-NBA 1st Team)
- Brown: 26.6 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 3.5 APG, 49.1% FG, 33.5% 3PT (All-NBA 2nd Team)
• 2023-2024
- Tatum: 26.9 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 4.9 APG, 47.1% FG, 37.6% 3PT (All-NBA 1st Team)
- Brown: 23 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 3.6 APG, 49.9% FG, 35.4% 3PT
• 2024-2025:
- Tatum: 26.8 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 6 APG, 45.2% FG, 34.3% 3PT (All-NBA 1st Team)
- Brown: 22.2 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 4.5 APG, 46.3% FG, 32.4% 3PT
This narrative that Brown has always been better is nonsense.
Jared Jeffries says Jaylen Brown is a top-five player in the NBA and that Jayson Tatum rushed back from his Achilles injury because he was afraid Brown would lead the Celtics to the Finals without him.
(Via @GilsArenaShow / @NBA__Courtside )
3PT% for players with five or more attempts per game:
1. 51.9% - Jamal Murray (8.7 attempts)
2. 49.9% - Toumani Camara (7.7)
3. 48.2% - Jabari Smith Jr. (6.5)
4. 47.6% - Meleek Thomas (5.3)
5. 47.6% - De’Anthony Melton (5.0)
6. 46.8% - Julian Champagnie (6.7)
7. 46.6% - Grayson Allen (7.3)
8. 45.8% - Davion Mitchell (5.0)
9. 45.8% - Landry Shamet (5.0)
10. 45.1% - Duncan Robinson (8.9)
49. Matt Able (North Carolina)
50. Paul McNeil Jr. (NC State)
51. Malachi Moreno (Kentucky)
52. Cayden Boozer (Duke)
53. Elliot Cadeau (Michigan)
54. Daniel Jacobsen (Purdue)
55. Dash Daniels (SE Melbourne)
56. Neoklis Avdalas (North Carolina)