Thursday’s Boston Celtics follow marked Jay Scrubb’s first since tearing his ACL throughout final season’s coaching camp.
“I felt nice,” Scrubb instructed reporters on the Auerbach Heart on Thursday (by way of CLNS Media). “I felt nice to be again on the market, getting the wind again, getting my shot again, getting my rhythm again. It felt good, and all the fellows welcomed me again, so, that’s a very powerful half,” conveyed Scrubb, including, “It felt thrilling. All of the work that I put in, seeing it translate to the court docket, it felt wonderful.”
Jay Scrubb on the ground at Auerbach Heart. First time we’ve seen him understanding because the ACL tear. He’s nonetheless a number of weeks away from sport motion, however took half in his first follow because the harm at present. pic.twitter.com/3HkyOoQZLc
— Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) October 10, 2024
The harm got here shortly after the previous JUCO standout earned a two-way contract with Boston, following a formidable displaying on the 2023 Las Vegas Summer season League.
Scrubb averaged 14.4 factors, 3.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and just below a block per sport for the Summer season Cs. The six-foot-five guard received his buckets effectively too, flattening 40% of his makes an attempt from three-point vary.
Earlier this week, CelticsBlog’s Bobby Manning was the primary to report that the swingman would be part of the Celtics’ roster for this 12 months’s coaching camp.
“It’s been a battle. (I) had a tricky harm. (I) needed to bounce again from it, however (I’m) simply attempting to work exhausting to get again to the place I used to be at. I had actual confidence in (the) final 12 months that I might get again to the place I used to be at, and that’s simply what it’s been, simply working, working day by day, attempting to place it again collectively.”
Scrubb went on to elucidate that his rehab course of was a troublesome one and that he discovered so much about himself all through that point. He pointed finally season’s championship workforce as an enormous motivator whereas he recovered.
“Seeing them win a championship — it motivated me, it gave me that additional push.”
The group as a complete performed a terrific function in Scrubb’s restoration and for that motive, he hoped to have the ability to rejoin them upon returning to full energy.
“We’ve been in communication ever since I received injured. So, I just about knew that is the place I wished to be at, and I voiced it with them that I wished to be right here. They took excellent care of me by means of my rehab course of. So, I felt like this is able to be the most effective place for me to return again.”
Although Scrubb was in a position to get again on the ground Thursday, it’s unlikely that he’ll go well with up in any of Boston’s three remaining preseason video games. Followers ought to anticipate to see him enjoying up with Maine with Boston’s G-League affiliate as soon as the season will get underway.
