Other players like Romeo Langford and Aaron Nesmith also saw their careers at the NBA level fizzle a bit while playing with the Celtics due to a lack of playing time to develop on a squad with designs on contending.
Detroit Pistons barely avoided tying franchise record for worst 50-game start, set by 3 teams: 1980-81, ’93-94 and ’21-22 Pistons all started 12-38.
Tatum has already equaled all the other 50-point games in Celtics history in total apart from Larry Legend's.