Tyler Zeller, Aaron Brooks, Joakim Noah, Kirk Hinrich

Boston Celtics center Tyler Zeller (44) is guarded by Chicago Bulls guard Aaron Brooks, left, center Joakim Noah (13) and guard Kirk Hinrich, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago, on Saturday Nov. 8, 2014. The Celtics won 106-101.

(AP Photo/Jeff Haynes)

After nine games with the Boston Celtics, Tyler Zeller is shooting 86.2 percent from the field, which would lead the NBA if he had attempted enough shots to qualify.

While you can easily diminish the meaning of that ridiculous percentage ("he doesn't take any tough shots!"), there is also a benefit to knowing your limitations. Zeller rolls to the hoop, shoots layups, releases an occasional floater, draws fouls, and avoids any type of situation for which he's not equipped. Watching him can get weird because he's a 7-footer who occasionally finishes below the rim like a point guard, but his soft touch down low has helped the Celtics off the bench.

Most recently, the backup center went 8-for-9 against the Phoenix Suns for his best line of the season: 19 points, seven rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block. If that doesn't impress you, check out Zeller's season-long shot chart, courtesy of NBA.com. It may be the most boringly effective work of art these eyes will ever witness:

Yes, you read that chart right. Just one attempt so far for Zeller outside the paint. It was this typically awkward try, which of course fell in for two points:

Explained head coach Brad Stevens: "He really stays in his lane well. He knows what he can and can’t do. That’s a positive thing. He obviously played really well (against the Suns). No question about that.”

Zeller might not maintain the most boringly effective shot chart forever, though.

“He can make 16- or 17-footers with very good regularly especially in practice or in drills or whatever," Stevens said. "What he does better than I ever realized was handle and pass. And I think that’s going to open up that 16-foot jumper a little bit more because people are going to have to pick and choose off him.”

(H/T Julian Benbow)