I think it is pretty self-explanatory, so I will move onto the next section. It will help show that Tatum and Brown are significantly better on defense than Kuzma and Ingram are.Ĭlearly, and I mean clearly, the Boston duo is better defensively, as they are better in every single defensive category that I just presented to you. My point in showing that is that the Lakers are not extremely far behind the Celtics in terms of defense. On the contrary, the Lakers have a the 8th most BPG with 5.5, 15th most SPG with 7.7, and the 9th best DRtg with 107.7. The Boston Celtics as a team have the 5th most BPG in the league with 5.8, the 5th most SPG in the league with 8.9, and the fourth best DRtg in the league with 105.4. Sure, I can agree that I do see some potential for Ingram on that side of the floor because of his wingspan, but if we are talking right now, he definitely does not have it. Tatum and Brown actually know what the word defense means, unlike Ingram and Kuzma. Here is where my next argument comes into place, defense.Īh, yes, my main argument for why Tatum and Brown are a better duo than Kuzma and Ingram. The Celtics easily take the steals and rebounds part of it, and they also take ORtg slightly DRtg by far. The rebounds the Celtics take, but the Lakers take the assists. Personally, I think the Celtics would have more PTS if it were not for the absence of LeBron. The scoring the Lakers just barely take due to what I stated earlier. Allow me to present that statistics to you. Simply, once one looks at the per 100 possessions statistics of these duos, in my opinion, it is pretty evident that Tatum and Brown are the superior duo to the one of Kuzma and Ingram. Section II: Per 100 Possessions Statistics Ingram’s statistics did not change as much as Kuzma, but there is a difference. His season averages are 17.2 PPG and a USG% of 22.9. During the stretch with LeBron, Ingram averaged 19.2 PPG with a 23.5 USG%. During the absence of LeBron James, Brandon Ingram’s PPG increased, along with his USG%. The same situation occurred with Brandon Ingram. During this stretch, Kyle Kuzma averaged 21.5 PPG with a 28 USG%, compared to his season average of 18.8 PPG and 23.9 USG%. Part of the reason that the Lakers duo’s PPG is higher is due to LeBron James’ absence of 16 games. First off, the Celtics have Kyrie Irving, a top scorer in the league, so of course, Tatum and Brown won’t have their ball in their hands as much as the Lakers duo. Like I said in my introduction to this blog, it is true that Kuzma and Ingram have a higher PPG than Tatum and Brown do, but there is indeed reasoning for that. Now, allow me to show the combined duo’s efficiency.Ĭlearly, the Celtics duo is more efficient than the one of the Los Angeles Lakers. What I will be doing for this to really show the power of the duo is that I will show each of the 4 players alone, then I will find the average of both duos to show my point of which duo is better, because that is what I’m arguing.įirst off, I will start off with efficiency. With that being said, allow me to jump into the next portion of my argument, as I really explain why the duo of Tatum & Brown overpowers the duo of Kuzma & Ingram. Sure Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma may look better when just looking at simple per game statistics like PPG, but when you really dive down into this type of debate, you can really see where Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown take this debate for themselves. Really though, what we are looking at is the entire season thus far, and of course, the duo of these players. I know Brandon Ingram recently had a great near 40 point career high night, and I also realize that Kyle Kuzma did amazing carrying the load offensively with LeBron’s 16 game absence. Though I may seem stupid for saying that Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram are worse than Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, hear me out. Personally, I think Tatum and Brown are better than Kuzma and Ingram. For Boston, their top two highlights are Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, whereas for LA, their top two highlights are Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram. NBA fans love to talk about what teams are next, and often, teams that are brough up are the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers because of their upside of their young players.
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