𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀

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Building better player evaluation through data.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

After a lot of thought, I decided to rebrand.

What started as a Celtics/Tatum account has turned into something much bigger, thanks to all of you guys.

Going forward, this page will be centered around all NBA analytics, original research, player evaluation, Boston sports, and whatever else I find interesting.

Same person. Same content. Just under my own name now.

Appreciate everyone who’s been here so far. More to come. 🍀

Old: MoggedByTatum
New: ZachMAnalytics

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

That happens when you’ve played the most games and have carried the most burden on both sides of the ball, even with the bad offensive finals, he was still statistically the most clutch player in the playoffs throughout the whole run, you’re using a very tiny and noisy sample size to depict his flaws.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

Since the 2001 post-season (min. 10 playoff games), only 7 players have cleared:

30+ true shot attempts/100
+3.0 rTS%
≤6.0 ScoreTOV%

Massive volume, well above-average efficiency, and almost no wasted scoring possessions.

About as complete of a playoff scoring profile as you’ll find.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@JaysEnjoyer_ She was elite

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

6.4/10

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

#NowWatching

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

#NowWatching

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

81 days until Jayson Tatum plays regular season basketball again.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

Respectfully, not a single team is “lurking” as a potential suitor for Paolo Banchero🥀

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

REPORT: The Warriors would “lurk” as a potential suitor for Paolo Banchero if the Magic begin to underachieve in a now-loaded Eastern Conference, per @BrettSiegelNBA.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@Hurtsknowsball But he sucked in a 1 game sample size, shouldn’t that mean he sucks?

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@cappacaa You seek improvement while I seek consistency, teach me.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

Yep

[Adam Pellerin @adampellerin]

Red Sox record through 108 games:

2026: 57-51
2025: 57-51
2024: 57-51
2023: 57-51

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@talkintriple Love IQ pu3 in that offense, Walter is really solid too, super bullish on Graves, my only critique is their bigs.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@DDemon96 Potential assists per 100 possessions

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

Only players this season to be on-ball less than 20% of the time and average 14+ PotAST (1500+ min)

1. Draymond Green
2. Scottie Barnes

Also creating the most efficient looks on offense at the 98th percentile shows true pressure at the rim, not just volume playmaking.

It’s time we respect Scottie Barnes as a top 15 player in this association.

[Basketball University @UofBasketball]

Scottie Barnes is an excellent playmaker…

Not just spamming high screen & roll or swinging the ball around the horn for easy assists. Sick interior passing vision, creative finding cutters, beautiful drop passes, short roll spray outs. High feel hoops.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@MoggedByGillesp Good because he can’t be a 1

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@pmmbasketball That Nets team is going to be so fun

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

don’t you love when high 3PR + good off. rebounder = more offensive rebounds 😮‍💨

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@Youjusttaggedme @Hurtsknowsball Yeah, the first criteria was post-season, and this criteria is regular season, and I added rORTG and a lower TS threshold.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

Since the 2001 post-season, only 3 players have met these thresholds (10+ games played)

8.0+ Long Mid-Range FGA
+2.0 rTS%

Kobe Bryant (x2)
Dwyane Wade (x1)
Paul Pierce (x1)

Some of the toughest shot-makers we’ve ever seen, yet still managed to score well above league efficiency in a playoff setting, over a meaningful sample.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@ChukaJamesFC I’d agree.

Luka-Reaves-Matisse-Sandro-Kessler

Is a good lineup.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

@Hurtsknowsball I’m very moved by this fit.

[𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙣 🍀 @ZachMAnalytics]

The Ajay-Shai lineup is honestly a blueprint for what works next to Shai.

Together: 125.6 ORTG, +9.4 rORTG, 60.8 TS%, 8.9 TOV%.

Shai without Ajay: 121.6 ORTG, +5.4 rORTG, 60.7 TS%, 11.6 TOV%.

Ajay without Shai: 115.8 ORTG, -0.4 rORTG, 59.8 TS%, 9.3 TOV%.

Neither one reaches the level they hit together because the skillsets are completely complementary. Shai bends the defense, while Ajay keeps possessions alive. He doesn’t hijack offense, doesn’t turn it over, makes quick reads, and keeps the floor organized without taking the ball out of Shai’s hands.

That’s why I think Bennett Stirtz could be that fit on crack.

He brings the same turnover economy (84th percentile TO avoidance) and connective facilitation (74th percentile AST impact) that made the Ajay pairing work, but with even more spacing. Ajay had just a .30 3PR and shot 34.7% from three. Stirtz is an 83rd percentile shooter with 67th percentile 3PT volume, meaning defenses have to honor him far more often instead of helping into Shai’s driving lanes, which we saw happen at a rapid rate vs. SA completely neutralizing Shai’s scoring.

That’s the difference. You’re maximizing Shai’s overall creation. More spacing, another low-turnover decision-maker, another player who immediately punishes rotations. That’s exactly what OKC was missing against San Antonio when the floor shrunk around Shai, that’s why Ajay being injured honestly made all of the difference in the world. Now imagine that around Shai x2, whew.