Judging a players growth can be a difficult task. What you see on the court and what computes in the analytics can often be miles apart. It is possible that both aspects are correct though. Sometimes improvements take time to reflect positively from a percentages aspect.
Herein lies the problem for Boston’s third-year wing, Jayson Tatum, who was mentioned during a recent episode of The Jump as being 6th in the league in real plus-minus. That’s right. Sixth in the entire NBA. But how can this be when his offensive stats are down across the board?