Thursday’s Boston Celtics follow marked Jay Scrubb’s first since tearing his ACL throughout final season’s coaching camp.
“I felt nice,” Scrubb advised reporters on the Auerbach Heart on Thursday (via CLNS Media). “I felt nice to be again on the market, getting the wind again, getting my shot again, getting my rhythm again. It felt good, and all the fellows welcomed me again, so, that’s an important half,” conveyed Scrubb, including, “It felt thrilling. All of the work that I put in, seeing it translate to the court docket, it felt wonderful.”
Jay Scrubb on the ground at Auerbach Heart. First time we’ve seen him understanding for the reason that ACL tear. He’s nonetheless a couple of weeks away from recreation motion, however took half in his first follow for the reason that harm immediately. pic.twitter.com/3HkyOoQZLc
— Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) October 10, 2024
The harm got here shortly after the previous JUCO standout earned a two-way contract with Boston, following a powerful displaying on the 2023 Las Vegas Summer League.
Scrubb averaged 14.4 factors, 3.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and slightly below a block per recreation for the Summer time Cs. The six-foot-five guard bought his buckets effectively too, pulling down 40% of his makes an attempt from three-point vary.
Earlier this week, CelticsBlog’s Bobby Manning was the primary to report that the swingman would be a part of the Celtics’ roster for this 12 months’s coaching camp.
“It’s been a battle. (I) had a tricky harm. (I) needed to bounce again from it, however (I’m) simply making an attempt to work arduous to get again to the place I used to be at. I had actual confidence in (the) final 12 months that I may get again to the place I used to be at, and that’s simply what it’s been, simply working, working each day, making an attempt to place it again collectively.”
Scrubb went on to clarify that his rehab course of was a troublesome one and that he realized loads about himself all through that point. He pointed ultimately season’s championship workforce as an enormous motivator whereas he recovered.
“Seeing them win a championship — it motivated me, it gave me that additional push.”
The group as an entire performed a fantastic position in Scrubb’s restoration and for that cause, he hoped to have the ability to rejoin them upon returning to full power.
“We have now been in communication ever since I bought injured. So, I just about knew that is the place I wished to be at, and I voiced it with them that I wished to be right here. They took excellent care of me by my rehab course of. So, I felt like this might be the most effective place for me to come back again.”
Although Scrubb was capable of get again on the ground Thursday, it’s unlikely that he’ll swimsuit up in any of Boston’s three remaining preseason video games. Followers ought to count on to see him enjoying up with Maine with Boston’s G-League affiliate as soon as the season will get underway.