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Woj: Champion Celtics alum Svi Mykhailiuk signs 4-year, $15m deal with Utah Jazz

Mykhailiuk has found himself a new ball club.

It seems that former Boston Celtics deep reserve shooting guard and small forward Svi Mykhailiuk has found himself a new ball club. A member of the 2024 title team, Mykhaliuk has turned his supporting role on that club into a new, multi-year deal with a new team.

Per ESPN senior writer Adrian Wojnarowski, “Mykhailiuk has agreed on a four-year, $15 million deal with the Utah Jazz … He played 41 games for the NBA champion … Celtics last season.” The Ukrainian swingman showed himself to be a great depth option for Boston in those 41 games, putting up 4.0 points, and 1.2 rebounds per game for the Celtics in 10.1 minutes of floor time.

Mykhailiuk shot 41.6% from the floor overall with Boston last season, 66.7% from the free throw line, and 38.9% from beyond the arc.

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Sam Hauser agrees to four-year extension to remain with Celtics

Sam Hauser is reportedly signing a four-year contract extension with the Boston Celtics. Here’s the latest.

The Boston Celtics have agreed to a contract extension with forward Sam Hauser according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal is worth four-year, $45 million, and keeps Hauser in Celtic green through the 2028-29 season.

Hauser is one of Boston’s most important bench players. He shot 42% on 3-pointers last year, one of the highest marks in the league. He’s also a reliable passer and a sturdy defender. The 26-year-old went undrafted in 2021, but signed with the Celtics on a two-way contract, spending considerable time with the club’s G League affiliate, the Maine Celtics. In 2022, Hauser earned enough burn at the NBA level to ink a three-year, $6 million deal, and has continued to improve since. This latest extension is great value for both parties, however adding more salary to the books does increase Boston’s future tax bills and penalties further.

Hauser joins Jayson Tatum and Derrick White in signing extensions with the Celtics this summer. Boston will enter next season as the favorites to win the 2025 NBA title.

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Boston Celtics have reportedly signed Ron Harper Jr. to an Exhibit 10 deal

If he can continue to add to his game and develop his 3-point shot, Harper could make a lot of sense as a Boston developmental project.

The Boston Celtics have signed free agent small forward Ron Harper Jr. to an Exhibit 10 contract, according to recent reporting from the Athletic’s Jared Weiss. Per Weiss, “Harper has shown progress with the summer league team after returning from shoulder surgery.”

Son of Los Angeles Lakers luminary Ron Harper, the younger Ron played his college ball at Rutgers, going unselected in the 2022 NBA draft. He would then sign with the Toronto Raptors as a two way player, with whom he played parts of two seasons playing for the Raptors 905 at the G League level. Harper has struggled a bit at the NBA level, but has shown flashes in the G League, where he has averaged 16.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.4 steals, and 1.2 blocks per game.

If he can continue to add to his game and develop his 3-point shot, Harper could make a lot of sense as a Boston developmental project.

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The Boston Celtics have added Killian Tillie to their summer league roster

The French forward is now hoping to find a spot for himself with the Celtics.

The Boston Celtics have added a familiar name to their roster for the NBA’s 2024 Las Vegas Summer League, big man Killian Tillie. Born in Paris, France, Tillie played professionally in Europe before being picked up by the Memphis Grizzlies as an undrafted free agent from the 2020 draft.

Playing there and for the Memphis Hustle at the G League level ever since, the French forward is now hoping to find a spot for himself with the Celtics. What do we need to know about his game and measurables? the hosts of the CLNS Media “How Bout Them Celtics!” podcast, Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance, took a closer look on a recent episode of their show.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say.

If you enjoy this pod, check out the “How Bout Them Celtics,” “First to the Floor,” “Celtics Lab,” and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network.

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God Shammgod Jr. and Da’Sean Butler to reportedly join Celtics bench as assistant coaches

The pair will help replace some of the coaches heading to Charlotte with Charles Lee.

The Boston Celtics have seen some loss in their coaching ranks this season, with former lead assistant coach Charles Lee taking the head coaching job with the Charlotte Hornets for next season. With him will go Maine Celtics head coach Blaine Mueller and Boston assistant Jermaine Bucknor.

To ameliorate this concern, Boston’s front office has mostly been promoting from within. This sees Sam Cassell taking the lead assistant role held by Lee on, and D.J. MacLeay, Tony Dobbins, and Matt Reynolds all bumping up a spot in the bench hierarchy as well. But according to the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach, a pair of new faces will also be joining Boston’s bench.

Those two new additions would be God Shammgod Jr. and Da’Sean Butler, with the former a player for Mazzulla at Fairmont State who later became a coach with him, and the latter played with Mazzulla at West Virginia.

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Maine Celtics coach Blaine Mueller, Boston assistant Jermaine Bucknor to join Charles Lee in Charlotte

Given Boston’s success in 2023-24, it is not hard to see why teams are looking to peel off a little of what led to Banner 18 being hung.

It seems former Boston Celtics assistant coach Charles Lee is going to thin the bench of the Celtics’ G League and assistant coaches a bit as Lee makes the move to Charlotte to take over as the Hornets head coach next season.

According to recent reporting from the Portland (Maine) Press Herald’s Drew Bonifant, Maine Celtics head coach Blaine Mueller will join Lee in Charlotte as an assistant coach. MassLive’s Brian Robb adds that Boston assistant Jermaine Bucknor will also join Lee on the Hornets’ bench, which will also have Celtics alum Kemba Walker making the leap to the other side of the clipboard this week.

They will have former Boston forward Grant Williams on the roster as well, making the new-look Hornets a distinctly Celtics-inflected ball club next season. 

Given Boston’s success in 2023-24, it is not hard to see why other teams are looking to peel off a little of what led to Banner 18 being hung.

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On the Boston Celtics signing Jayson Tatum to the biggest NBA deal in history

The deal marks the largest contract in NBA history up to this point, passing his teammate Jaylen Brown in that regard.

The Boston Celtics and star forward Jayson Tatum have agreed to a five-year, $315 million supermax contract extension, with a player option on the final year of the deal. The deal marks the largest contract in NBA history up to this point, passing his teammate Jaylen Brown in that regard.

CLNS Media reporter Bobby Manning reacts to this historic deal for the Celtics, breaking down its potential impact. He explores what securing Boston’s entire starting five for the upcoming 2024-25 NBA season means for the Celtics’ future championship ambitions to hang Banner 19 on the heels of their last title.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what he had to say about Tatum’s new deal.

If you enjoy this pod, check out the “How Bout Them Celtics,” “First to the Floor,” “Celtics Lab,” and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network.

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Ex-Boston point guard Kemba Walker to join Charles Lee’s coaching staff in Charlotte

Walker will coach current Hornets and former Celtics forward Grant Williams in Charlotte.

Fresh on the news breaking that former Boston Celtics floor general Kemba Walker would be calling it quits as a player, news of the next step in his basketball career post-playing days is now coming into focus.

That phase, which he alluded to in his goodbye message shared on social media this past Tuesday (June 2) evening, reportedly consists of the University of Connecticut point guard legend making a leap to the other side of the clipboard. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports that after “retiring from a 12-year NBA career, four-time All-Star Kemba Walker is rejoining the Charlotte Hornets on new coach Charles Lee’s coaching staff as a player enhancement coach.”

Lee and Walker will join current Hornets and former Celtics forward Grant Williams as an active Charlotte player with Boston ties under a new ownership regime in a post-Michael Jordan era.

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Celtics have signed Drew Peterson to two way deal for 2024-25

A career 38.5% shot from beyond the arc at the G League level, Peterson is an intriguing if still raw talent.

The Boston Celtics have announced that they have filled one of their three two way roster slots for the coming 2024-25 NBA season. The player in question is a familiar face for fans of the team, with the slot going to 2023-24 Celtics two way forward Drew Peterson.

Terms of the deal have not officially been made public, but the move shores up the Celtics’ development pipeline with a known commodity in terms of Peterson’s play. At the NBA level last season, the University of Southern California alum put up a solid 3.7 points per game with Boston in 3 games played. And at the G League level, Peterson logged 12 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3 assists per game over 4 appearances.

A career 38.5% shot from beyond the arc at the G League level, Peterson is an intriguing if still raw talent that could conceivably play his way into an NBA role in the next season or two with luck.

Boston still has guard JD Davison pending as a two way unrestricted free agent, and could bring him back — or go another way with his and the third open two way spot Boston has left to fill for this season to come.

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Boston Celtics sign Xavier Tillman Sr. to two-year deal, run it back

Tillman averaged 5.3 points and 3.9 rebounds last season with Boston.

Free agent Boston Celtics forward Xavier Tillman Sr. has agreed to a two-year deal to return to the Celtics, sources tell ESPN. Tillman averaged 5.3 points and 3.9 rebounds last season with Boston.

CLNS Media reporter Bobby Manning took some time to react to the move on a special edition of the “Garden Report” podcast. Manning also discusses the team’s ability to sustain their frontcourt rotation next season through the time star Boston big man Kristaps Porzingis will miss as he recovers from surgery. With this signing, the Celtics have now filled 14 of their 15 roster spots for the coming 2024-24 campaign.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what Manning had to say about the potential impact of the Tillman signing.

If you enjoy this pod, check out the “How Bout Them Celtics,” “First to the Floor,” “Celtics Lab,” and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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