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Tom HeinsohnBoston Celtics · #15

Forward · 6'9", 225 lb · 9th season

Tom Heinsohn is a retired forward best known with the Boston Celtics. Champion player, coach and voice. Career averages: 18.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

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Boston Celtics · #15 · Forward

Tom Heinsohn

Season avg13.6 pts · 6.0 reb · 2.3 ast · .383 fg

Career avg18.6 pts · 8.8 reb · 2.0 ast · .404 fg

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Scouting report

Tom Heinsohn — 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 Famer · forward · Impact 72

Tom Heinsohn is a retired forward best known with the Boston Celtics. Champion player, coach and voice. Career averages: 18.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and

C-

Offense

Defense

C-

Feel / IQ

Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Strong scorer

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Rebounding

Average on the glass

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C-

3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Average late

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B-

Athleticism

Strong tools

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C-

Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Tom Heinsohn 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

72Impact index

774Star score

Career scoring average18.6 ppg

Seasons in the index9

Accolades on file3

8× NBA Champion · 6× NBA All-Star

Stat explorer

Tom Heinsohn — every number, three levels deep

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

Scoring

13.6 PPG

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Playmaking

2.3 APG

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Rebounding

6.0 RPG

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C-

Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Tom Heinsohn

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 1965-66 83% confidence

12.9

pts

11.4–14.4

5.6

reb

4.9–6.3

2.5

ast

2.0–3.0

25.3

min

proj

health

.400

fg%

~base

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3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 9-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 13.6 → projected 12.9 PPG

Minutes / role

-0.1

Development (his trend)

-0.9

Age curve

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Live context

+0.3

Net vs last season-0.7 PPG

Everything it reads

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9 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

+dev

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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: 76 / 76 / 67 → games & confidence

health

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

Tom Heinsohn career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%
1956-57 CHIP	72	29.9	16.2	9.8	1.6	.397
1957-58	69	32.0	17.8	10.2	1.8	.382
1958-59 CHIP	66	31.7	18.8	9.7	2.5	.390
1959-60 CHIP	75	32.3	21.7	10.6	2.3	.423
1960-61 CHIP	74	30.5	21.3	9.9	1.9	.400
1961-62 CHIP	79	30.2	22.1	9.5	2.1	.429
1962-63 CHIP	76	26.4	18.9	7.5	1.3	.423
1963-64 CHIP	76	26.8	16.5	6.1	2.4	.398
1964-65 CHIP	67	25.5	13.6	6.0	2.3	.383
Career	654	29.5	18.6	8.8	2.0

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

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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

72 of 99

Star starter tier.

Rarity

◆ Legendary

Rank #19 of 715 in NBA.

Résumé

3 accolades

8× NBA Champion · 6× NBA All-Star · HOF Hall of Fame

Act IV

The Ballad of Tom Heinsohn

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

Boston Celtics

Turning pro

Drafted 1956 as a Forward.

true

Tom Heinsohn is a retired Hall of Famer. Champion player, coach and voice.

Chapter

He averaged 18.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2 assists and won 8 championships over his career.

Where things stand

A Hall of Famer and Boston Celtics name.

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Heinsohn's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Celtics Tommy Heinsohn Shocking Highlights 💚▶ Tom Heinsohn 22pts 8reb 3a 2stl 1blk (1963 NBA Finals G6 Full Highlights)▶ RARE 🚨 Teenage Tommy Heinsohn on Ed Sullivan Show 🚨 RARE ▶ Tom Heinsohn Career Retrospective

Off the court

Measurables

Height: 6'9"
Weight: 225 lb
Draft: 1956
Jersey: #15

Legacy

Champion player, coach and voice.

The person

A retired Hall of Famer and Boston Celtics name.

Hall of Fame

Boston Celtics

Champion

FAQ

Tom Heinsohn — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Tom Heinsohn, answered.

What were Tom Heinsohn's career averages?

Tom Heinsohn averaged 18.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

Is Tom Heinsohn retired?

Yes — Tom Heinsohn is a retired forward and a Hall of Famer.

Tom Heinsohn 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.