Celtics player-category-leaders approaching mid-season

Just for the Hell of it, I decided to look at the Celtics player stats through the first 37 games and see who is leading in the major categories. No surprise - Jayson Tatum's name pops up the most.

MINUTES:

Yes, it's Jayson Tatum leading the pack at 36.4 minutes per game.

POINTS;

Tatum again with 28.1 PPG.

REBOUNDS;

Yup! Jayson with 9.2 boards/game. He has become an elite rebounder.

ASSISTS;

Tatum once again with 5.5 APG.

STEALS;

Tatum's Jay Team partner, Jaylen Brown, shares the honors with Jayson in this one - both at 1.3 thefts per contest.

BLOCKS;

Kristaps Porzingis leads in this category with 1.4 BPG. But Derrick White (at 6'4") is right behind at 1.3 blocks per game.

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE;

Neemias Queta takes this one, shooting .661 from the field.

3-POINT PERCENTAGE:

The "half-court heave" artist, Payton Pritchard, wins this one - hitting at a 42.0% clip from deep.

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE;

Both Sam Hauser and Baylor Scheierman have not missed a free throw all season, but each only took two of them - making both. So Jrue Holiday gets the nod here, averaging 90.2% success from the charity stripe.

That's it, folks. So, do you think Jayson Tatum is vital in the quest for Banner 19? He leads the team in 5-of-9 categories. MVP is not out of reach for him.

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