Top Rookie Seasons in Celtics History — nba.com

Jayson Tatum surpassed all expectations during his first season with the Boston Celtics, putting forth one of the best all-around rookie performances of the 2017-18 NBA campaign. So, that got us thinking – where does his inaugural success rank among the achievements of all the great Celtics rooks that came before him? Looking back over last 70-plus seasons, Boston has seen an abundance of strong rookie campaigns, many of which helped set the table for Hall-of-Fame careers. After digging through numbers and evaluating overall impact, here’s how Tatum’s opening act stacks up among them.

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