The defending champion Celtics continued to pursue roster stability, reaching a multiyear agreement with big man Neemias Queta, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.
Boston made Queta a restricted free agent on Saturday by extending a qualifying offer of approximately $2.37MM. That came after the club declined its team option on his contract.
Queta averaged a career highs of 5.5 points and 4.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per night with the Celtics across 28 contests, earning a promotion from his two-way contract to the 15-man roster.
He was not part of the club’s rotation during its title run, appearing for cameos in just three contests.
The Celtics also reached a one-year agreement with another of their backup big men, Luke Kornet. That depth should come in handy with starter Kristaps Porzingis sidelined 5-6 months after undergoing left leg surgery.
Great move. He is a good defender and xsb give Embiid and Giannas trouble!
He’s better than many realize.
We said that in Sacramento too. Have fun.
Interesting job of developing Neemias Queta in Sacramento. Looked it up. He played in 15 games in his first year and 5 games in his second year there. We’ll chance Celts can do better w Neemias.
Really glad the Celtics held on to him I think he has so much potential to be a dominate big in the nba
Happy Neemias is staying! Guess guys need to pay their dues to play minutes with this Celtics coach & team. Hauser and Pritchard seemed to have to do so. Celtics!
I’ve been a big fan of this dude for a few years, so I’m super happy for him to be getting this opportunity