The Celtics have re-signed forward Drew Peterson to a two-way contract, per NBA.com’s transaction log.
Peterson, 24, went undrafted in 2023 after spending two seasons at Rice and three at USC. He signed an Exhibit 10 contract with Miami and began the season in the fall with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, the Heat’s G League affiliate, before signing a two-way deal with Boston in December.
Although Peterson remained under contract with the Celtics for the rest of the season, he appeared in just three games at the NBA level, spending most of the year in Maine with Boston’s NBAGL team. In 51 total games for Sioux Falls and Maine, he averaged 15.5 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 5.1 assists in 34.3 minutes per contest, posting a shooting line of .474/.373/.836.
Peterson was among the players to receive a two-way qualifying offer ahead of Saturday’s deadline, making him a restricted free agent. He likely simply accepted that qualifying offer – equivalent to another one-year, two-way contract – rather than negotiating a new deal.
With Peterson back on the roster, the Celtics are poised to bring back at least 14 of the 17 players who finished the season on the 18-man roster. Only Oshae Brissett, Svi Mykhailiuk, and JD Davison are unsigned.
Stole him from the Heat b/c they decided to keep swider for some reason, which I still don’t get…they obviously thought they could hide Peterson for a year with the skyforce, as they’ve done before, but it was obvious that when he started to strengthen his body, he would be ready, and the Celtics jumped at it, the same way they signed Hauser out from under them after he went undrafted, and they thought they had him for summer league
Peterson is interesting, He’s a good shooter, a good passer, a good ballhandler, and can get some boards. If there are any injuries I could see him getting some run.
I thought he was perfect to replace Max Strus at the 3/4/2. He’s basically a 4 inches taller version of him, in a lot of ways
I liked Drew Peterson a good deal coming out of college. I think it’s just a matter of time before he’s an NBA role player.
He needed a few months to get his lower frame stronger, but it was obvious he’d be ready when he’d do that
That’s a killer contract right there…
You look at peterson on a 2 way contracy scheierman at the end of the bench your looking at 2very good 3 point shooters add them to the other 8 high level shooters on the team wow that is some serious offense
Drew made my summer leauge 2nd team last year. The comments in here fit what I said about him. Good Job Drew.