Boston Celtics sign Jay Scrubb to two-way contract

After three notable performances for the Summer time Celtics in Vegas, scorer Jay Scrubb has signed a two-way contract with Boston, in line with Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe.

Scrubb’s capacity to get buckets—no less than on this settings the place particular person performances usually earn a lot of the consideration—seems to have earned him one other shot. He’ll actually get time to play in Maine. And if Joe Mazzulla finds himself in want of a deep-bench scoring expertise, he may have Scrubb as an possibility.

By three Summer time League video games, Scrubb is the Celtics second-leading scorer, averaging 16.5 PPG on a blistering 50% from the sphere (together with 50% from three), per stats from RealGM.

CelticsBlog’s Adam Taylor not too long ago praised the younger taking pictures guard’s offensive talents after his third sport, however qualified the analysis. “With out proving himself on the defensive facet of the ground, Scrubb will battle to persuade the Celtics, or some other NBA staff, that he’s value a respectable function inside their rotation,” Taylor wrote in his most up-to-date column.

Boston is technically Scrubb’s fourth cease within the NBA. Although he was drafted fifty fifth general by the Brooklyn Nets in 2020, he by no means performed a sport in New York Metropolis. The Los Angeles Clippers used a decide swap the night time of the draft to convey the taking pictures guard west, the place he logged 22 video games earlier than being waived final season. Scrubb logged two extra video games with Orlando to shut out 2022-2023.

Time in Portland may very well be nice for Scrubb, because it has been for Sam Hauser and Luke Kornet. By 24 complete NBA video games (a small pattern dimension that in all probability says extra about previous teaching staffs’ confidence than it does his accuracy), Scrubb’s taking pictures 41.6% FG and 31.3% 3PT.

For now, although, sit back and watch him mild it up within the desert.