Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

 Former-Celtics great, Paul Pierce, ranks 9th on the NBA's  all-time list for career made free throws . He made 6,918 freebies in his 19-year career.  The next long-term Celtic on that list is John Havlicek (5,369) , followed by Kevin Garnett (4,887) . The Truth would take-and-make mid-range shots and 3-pointers, but he never shied away from (actually thrived on) driving to the hoop for the score or the frequent foul. Not so for Jayson Tatum - at least thus far. This is Tatum's shot chart. It's a bit unusual for a guy to get 8 shots in the restricted area and no free throws pic.twitter.com/Lax2pQ8i1z — John Karalis 🇬🇷 (@RedsArmy_John) December 26, 2020 A rough calculation shows Jayson ending a 19-year career with a total of 4,545 free throws made - far shy of what Pierce put up. Tatum is slighter-of-build and not as strong as Paul, but is the better athlete. Whereas Pierce would fight through contact, Tatum avoids it.  Pierce was listed at 6'7" and 235 pounds...

      Paul Pierce labeled The Truth by the great Shaquille O'Neal . Was one of the greatest Celtics to ever put on the green and white. He could get to the hoop with ease , he had a nasty midrange game that was at times unstoppable and could he knock down the three! No one embodied being a Celtic like Paul, and his love for the franchise was evident even when he played for other teams later in his career.       An early indication of his greatness in the post season came during the Eastern Conference Finals vs the then New Jersey Nets . Where the Celtics were trailing by 21 points in the fourth quarter and he scored 19 of his 28 points in that fourth quarter to to lead the Celtics to the greatest fourth quarter comeback ever! Talk about incredible! In game 7 vs the Cavs during their epic title run he scored the 2nd most points in Celtics playoff history where he scored 41 points and out did Lebron. During the Finals that year he was carted off the f...