JULY 6: The Celtics have officially signed Brissett, the team announced in a press release.
JUNE 30: Oshae Brissett is signing a two-year deal with the Celtics, agent Mike George tells Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). The second year is a player option, Woj adds.
Based on Boston’s financial situation, Brissett will be inking a minimum-salary contract, as Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe confirms.
A 6’7″ combo forward, Brissett went undrafted in 2019 after two college seasons at Syracuse. He originally signed an Exhibit 10 deal with his hometown Raptors, which was converted into a two-way deal for his rookie season.
Brissett was waived by Toronto in December 2020, later catching on with the Pacers in April 2021 on a couple of 10-day contracts. He played so well for Indiana to close ’20/21 (he averaged 10.9 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.0 BPG and 0.9 SPG on .483/.423/.769 shooting in 24 games) that he earned a multiyear contract for the veteran’s minimum.
His numbers declined in ’21/22, but were still solid enough for his contract. However, his role was further reduced in ’22/23, with Brissett averaging 6.1 PPG and 3.4 RPG while shooting 31% from three-point range in 65 games (16.7 MPG).
The Celtics likely won’t be expecting much from Brissett beyond providing depth, but he’s still young and clearly they liked him enough to give him a two-year contract. He’ll be looking for a bounce-back season with Boston in order to increase his value going forward.
Ahahahaha, ain’t no free agent want to play for the Celtics. For a team with all that talent and market size, you think players would be flocking there to on vet minimums, but all they getting is Brisset, ahahaha
Such as?
Got nothing, I see
Relax hater the teams in good shape
Your comment negates itself. First of all “ain’t no” actually means the opposite of what you are trying to say. But let’s overlook that.
“All that talent”….means players are signing contracts there. If players didn’t want to play there they wouldn’t. Btw Porzingis opted in because he wanted to go to Boston. It was according to Adrian Wojnorosk,his preferred trade destination.
You really should add HARD to the end of your name if your going to make statements that are based on personal feelings that are inaccurate.
Haha, I bet correcting grammar on a basketball site comment section is your greatest achievement.
Your second point? Just stop. Porstinkus had no choice. If he opted out, who had money to sign him? Houston? Yay! You Celtics fans are so delusional, y’all will jump through every hoop imaginable just to justify nonsense.
Go ahead, give me the Celtics Top 5 acquisitions from free agency. I’ll even make it easy for you, not last 5 years, or 10 years, Top 5 of All Time. Let’s see what you can come up with.
Speaking of underrated 2way Canadian wings, what’s good with Dillon? Hoping against hope that my Hawks surprise everyone & grab him on a 3yr $35M deal
I like Oshae Brissett and think he will be a really good backup for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
Really like him at the 4/3. Thought he could get more, but he didnt get used much for some reason the last couple of years. They drafted Walsh, they have Champagnie, and now they bring in Brissett. I would think Grant Williams is likely on the move.
They could use another wing player to finish out
Brissett got inconsistent run with the Pacers but seemed to perform when he was in there. A solid bench piece for the Celtics.
Good bench rotation guy in case they move GW