About half a century ago when I was growing up only a few blocks from where the Celtics’ fancy new Auerbach Center now sits, there was another kid in the neighborhood named Paul who proudly claimed the nickname “Atilla, King of the Huns” … in the sports lingo of the time, a “Hun” was a player who’d shoot pretty much every time he touched the ball, a gunner, not necessarily the type of player you’d wish to choose as a teammate.
The C’s MVP candidate Jayson Tatum tops the Association this season with 1,453 Field Goal Attempts in his 70 appearances, one of only 11 players to average 20 or more FGA’s per game.