Ian Levy of Nylon Calculus recently published a deep dive into last season’s numbers to see how this year’s squad - particularly with the addition of veteran big man Al Horford - might fare this coming season with three-point shooting. Consistent offensive options were few and far between last season apart from Isaiah Thomas, most glaringly in the playoffs, thanks in no small part to Horford’s former team, the Atlanta Hawks.
Levy notes that much of the strengths of last year’s team can be attributed to their “fast-offense, slow-defense” approach, which requires a fair amount of energy to maintain on both ends of the court.