The Boston Celtics wrapped up their dose of Summer season League motion on Sunday evening with a comfort recreation in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers. Regardless of a hard-fought battle, the Celtics dropped the competition 103-98, with David Jones pouring in 23 factors to prepared the ground for Philadelphia.
On the inexperienced aspect, Jordan Walsh led the way in which in scoring, dropping 18 factors and at last discovering his three-point shot. Jaelen Home and Tyler Prepare dinner made for a nifty bench combo, scoring 17 and 16 factors, respectively.
1. Jordan Walsh escapes his personal head
After 4 straight video games of woes, Walsh lastly broke via on Sunday. He nailed his first two triples of the sport and ended the night capturing a clear 4-of-8 from past the arc. His ultimate statline was 18 factors, seven rebounds, two assists, and two blocks. He shot 7-of-14 from the ground.
There have been nonetheless just a few moments all through the sport the place Walsh confirmed off his youth, however this was by far his greatest Summer season League displaying.
“I really feel like I performed fairly dangerous,” Walsh stated of Summer season League. “However we got here out, gained a pair video games, had some enjoyable, received to fulfill new guys, received to play as a workforce, I really feel like I received higher because it went on. However I positively anticipated extra from myself, for certain.”
Walsh’s struggles have been positively eyebrow-raising, however they have been by no means a full reflection of who he’s as a participant. With youth comes psychological errors, and Walsh was clearly in his personal head about his three-point shot. As quickly as he noticed one go down, he loosened up and received again to regular.
“We discuss so much about not letting issues snowball, not letting issues boil up and boil over,” stated coach DJ MacLeay. “As we speak, he put a cease to that.”
2. Anton Watson is an NBA participant
If the Celtics’ loss to the Dallas Mavericks solidified Anton Watson’s case as a respectable NBA participant, then this recreation ought to have made it a actuality. It’s not possible that Boston will shell out the cash to signal him to a second-round exception contract with the fifteenth roster spot proper now, however Watson deserves it.
“I feel we’re going to determine that out someday this week,” Watson stated of potential contract talks. “These conversations are positively coming.”
At each flip, Watson is in the correct spot, making the correct play, and doing the entire little issues. On this recreation, he completed with 15 factors, 4 rebounds, and three assists whereas capturing 6-of-12 from the ground and 2-of-5 from distance.
Defensively, Watson ought to be capable to defend a number of positions, and if he stays assured on offense, he may play actual minutes up in Boston as quickly as this season.
3. Baylor Scheierman will get clowned
ESPN’s Channing Frye couldn’t cease laughing at Baylor Scheierman on the published. It was a tricky evening for the rookie, as he simply couldn’t discover his shot for many of the recreation. And shot after shot, turnover after turnover, and mistake after mistake, Frye was letting the jokes rip.
That stated, Scheierman persevered. Despite his poor capturing evening, he remained assured and nailed two huge threes within the fourth quarter.
Scheierman completed the sport with 13 factors, seven rebounds, 4 assists, and one steal. He shot 4-of-13 from the ground and 2-of-7 from past the three-point line. The rook additionally dedicated 4 turnovers and picked up three fouls.
This was in all probability Scheierman’s worst recreation of Summer season League, however his confidence by no means wavered, and his playmaking flashes nonetheless shined via. Each of these issues bode effectively for him shifting ahead.
4. Tyler Prepare dinner type of cooks
This was a sneaky-good recreation for Tyler Prepare dinner—if a recreation the place you end third on the workforce in scoring qualifies as “sneaky.”
Prepare dinner didn’t do something notably flashy. He simply stayed in the correct spots and capitalized on his buckets. The massive man additionally received to the road eight occasions, sinking six of his free throws.
Prepare dinner looks like the kind of participant who can be a great selection for an end-of-the-bench huge man—if he have been two inches taller. As Frye identified on the published, Prepare dinner performs the position of a standard huge man effectively. However he’s solely 6-foot-8. If he was even 6-foot-10, he may fill the position of a Drew Eubanks or Jock Landale-type man simply. However he’s not.
That stated, having Prepare dinner in Maine subsequent 12 months wouldn’t be a foul concept.
5. Jaelen Home items and bads
The previous two video games have cemented the truth that Jaelen Home deserves to at the very least have a spot in Maine if he doesn’t get signed elsewhere. He’s a tenacious defender, is extraordinarily fast with the ball in his palms, and has proven indicators of promise operating an offense.
Concurrently, he fouls so much. He picked up 9 on this recreation—one away from fouling out. Home’s dimension additionally comes again to chew him at occasions, which he can’t assist. He additionally tends to attempt to pressure the problem a bit an excessive amount of, whether or not or not it’s attempting to squeeze a cross into a decent window or go for a steal that results in a foul.
As talked about, nonetheless, he’s performed effectively sufficient to the purpose the place the Celtics ought to need to hold him of their orbit if they’ll.
6. The remaining
The Celtics solely trotted out eight gamers on this recreation, so there are fewer notes than typical. Killian Tillie received the beginning and was stable, however his seven fouls have been lower than excellent. Ron Harper Jr. was in avenue garments for this one, as was JD Davison.
Tristan Enaruna was the primary participant Boston signed to a coaching camp deal, however he simply doesn’t look like an awesome match. With no dependable exterior shot, all he appears to supply is stable hustle and the occasional duck-in dunk. He was fairly invisible all through Summer season League.
Drew Peterson wrapped up a comparatively underwhelming Summer season League with a six-point, three-rebound, three-assist efficiency. He didn’t play in opposition to the Mvas however was thrown again into the motion with a begin on this one. If anybody’s two-way is in jeopardy, it’s his.
Lastly, Jaden Springer, Neemias Queta, and Jahmi’us Ramsey have been nowhere to be discovered. They weren’t on the bench. For Queta and Springer, that in all probability simply signifies that they went again to Boston. However the place is Ramsey? With how effectively he performed, one must assume he received signed to some kind of deal someplace.
