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Luka Garza

Boston Celtics
Number #52
Position C
Age 27
Height 6-10
Weight 243LBS
Wingspan 85.5
Draft 2021 R2 Pick 52
Nationality USA
Born Dec 27, 1998
College / Team Iowa

Key Insights

2025-26
Something goes wrong when he and Sam Hauser share the floor
Sam Hauser

Boston Celtics are 13.5 points per 100 possessions worse with him and Sam Hauser on the floor together than when that pair sits.

-4.6 net rating together vs +8.8 apart, over 479 shared minutes. 95th percentile of 1864 qualifying duos, 2025 (both players rotation regulars).
Payton Pritchard beside him changes where he shoots from
Payton Pritchard

He takes fewer of his shots at the rim when Payton Pritchard is beside him: 48% of his attempts, against 59% otherwise.

10.9 points of shot mix over 232 attempts together and 125 apart. 86th percentile of 4366 qualifying teammate pairs league-wide, 2025.
He takes a back seat when Jaylen Brown is on the floor
Jaylen Brown

His usage falls from 19.8% to 14.5% of the offence with Jaylen Brown on the floor.

1192 possessions together, 1077 apart. 95th percentile of 4366 usage shifts among qualifying pairs, 2025.
Put him out with Derrick White and Hugo González and the team takes off

With Derrick White and Hugo González, Boston Celtics are 22.0 points per 100 possessions better than when that trio is off the floor.

+28.3 net together vs +6.3 apart, 136 shared minutes. 92nd percentile of 2805 qualifying trios, 2025 (all three rotation regulars).
They work when they play, and the coach barely plays them together
Hugo González

He and Hugo González are +10.2 points per 100 possessions together, and share the floor for only 34% of the time the less-used of them is on it.

313 shared minutes, 616 possessions together. 91st percentile of qualifying 2-man groups, 2025.
His three point shot goes cold when Derrick White is out there
Derrick White

He shoots 35.1% from three beside Derrick White, against 49.3% without him.

57 threes attempted together, 69 apart. 92nd percentile of 2152 three-point accuracy shifts among qualifying pairs, 2025.

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Combine & Bio Data
DOB Dec 27, 1998
Birth Country USA
Draft 2021 (R2 / P52)
College Iowa
Wingspan 85.5
Standing Reach 107.5
Hand Length 9.0