The Celtics have waived two-way player Anton Watson, the team’s PR department tweets.
Watson, a rookie forward selected with the No. 54 pick in last year’s draft, signed his two-way contract in August. He has yet to make his NBA regular season debut.
Watson has appeared in a total of 37 games (34 starts) for the NBA G League’s Maine Celtics, including his Tip-Off Tournament and regular season appearances. He’s averaging 12.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 29.9 minutes per game.
Watson, 24, played five seasons at Gonzaga and averaged career highs of 14.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists last season.
This opens the door for the Celtics to add another two-way player prior to the March 4 signing deadline. Drew Peterson and JD Davison hold the other two-way slots. Boston also has an open spot on its standard 15-man roster.
Dang that’s too bad, it’s always fun seeing former Zags (and Wazzu every couple years) guys get drafted. I remember being happy when he and Wells got drafted last season. Hopefully Watson can catch on somewhere maybe in the g league. It’s pretty interesting to see how much hate Bronny James gets, when there are guys like Watson who are drafted before him and are waived without playing a game and no one bats an eye