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#8 Jayson Tatum
Booming LeBron James in the 4th quarter of the Game 7 of a Conference Finals series as a rookie? Check. Finishing as a top 10 3-point shooter across the league in his inaugural NBA go-around? Check. Leading the Boston Celtics in scoring against a promising Sixers squad in the absence of the two best scorers on the squad? You bet.
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Tatum's stats from the regular season, or for that matter the playoffs, do not scream out superstar at you even by rookie standards. But then, that's the problem with statistics and people who use them as their primary basis for judging players, for Tatum is about twice as good as his stats show him already - all without an offseason under his belt.
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On course to develop as one of the best isolation scorers in the game, Tatum will be the lone youngster on the Celtics' roster to continue to see similar minutes as he did last season in the playoffs for the length of the season. An All-Star berth this season is not that far-fetched a notion as it might seem.
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