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Ed MacauleyBoston Celtics · #22

Center · 6'11", 245 lb · 8th season

Ed Macauley is a retired center and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Boston Celtics. Easy Ed; a skilled scoring big. Career averages: 17.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

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Boston Celtics · #22 · Center

Ed Macauley

Season avg4.6 pts · 2.9 reb · 0.9 ast · .293 fg

Career avg17.3 pts · 7.3 reb · 3.2 ast · .434 fg

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Scouting report

Ed Macauley — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

C+

Hall of Fame center · Impact 71

Ed Macauley is a retired center and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Boston Celtics. Easy Ed; a skilled scoring big. Career averages

C-

Offense

C-

Defense

C-

Feel / IQ

C-

Playmaking

Below average creator

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B-

Scoring

Strong scorer

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Rebounding

Average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Average at the rim

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Clutch

Average late

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C+

Athleticism

Average tools

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C-

Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Ed Macauley stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

✦ Balladex Consensus: Star starter tier — a blend of Impact, production and résumé.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

71Impact index

376Star score

Career scoring average17.3 ppg

Seasons in the index8

Accolades on file3

1× NBA Champion · 7× NBA All-Star

Stat explorer

Ed Macauley — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

B-

Scoring

4.6 PPG

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C-

Playmaking

0.9 APG

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Rebounding

2.9 RPG

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Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Ed Macauley

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 1959-60 70% confidence

3.7

pts

1.9–5.5

2.5

reb

1.6–3.4

0.7

ast

0.0–1.4

11.4

min

proj

health

.405

fg%

~base

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3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 8-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 4.6 → projected 3.7 PPG

Minutes / role

-0.8

Development (his trend)

-0.2

Age curve

+0.0

Live context

+0.1

Net vs last season-0.9 PPG

Everything it reads

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8 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

real

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

auto

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age — — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

+ctx

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 72 / 72 / 14 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Ed Macauley career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%
1951-52	66	39.9	19.2	8.0	3.5	.432
1952-53	69	42.1	20.3	9.1	4.1	.452
1953-54	71	39.3	18.9	8.0	3.8	.486
1954-55	71	38.1	17.6	8.5	3.9	.424
1955-56	71	33.2	17.5	5.9	3.0	.422
1956-57	72	35.9	16.5	6.1	2.8	.419
1957-58 CHIP	72	26.5	14.2	6.6	2.0	.428
1958-59	14	14.0	4.6	2.9	0.9	.293
Career	506	35.7	17.3	7.3	3.2

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Bob Lanier 99%Jack Sikma 99%Vlade Divac 99%Al Jefferson 98%Andrew Bogut 98%

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Boston Celtics built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

63–19proj record

#2conf seed

+8.4net rtg

120off rtg

111.7def rtg

99%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Mitchell Robinson, Derrick White.

How his role moves

Projected 63–19, 2nd in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

71 of 99

Star starter tier.

Rarity

◆ Rare

Rank #125 of 715 in NBA.

Résumé

3 accolades

1× NBA Champion · 7× NBA All-Star · HOF Hall of Fame

Act IV

The Ballad of Ed Macauley

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Boston Celtics

Turning pro

Drafted 1949 as a Center.

true

Ed Macauley is a Basketball Hall of Famer. Easy Ed; a skilled scoring big.

Chapter

He averaged 17.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists and won 1 title over his career.

Where things stand

A Hall of Fame center and Boston Celtics name.

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Macauley's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables

Height: 6'11"
Weight: 245 lb
Draft: 1949
Jersey: #22

Legacy

Easy Ed; a skilled scoring big.

The person

A Hall of Fame center and Boston Celtics name.

Hall of Fame

Boston Celtics

Champion

FAQ

Ed Macauley — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Ed Macauley, answered.

What were Ed Macauley's career averages?

Ed Macauley averaged 17.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

Is Ed Macauley in the Hall of Fame?

Yes — Ed Macauley is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Ed Macauley career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.