Continuity is the guiding concept of the Celtics’ offseason. Thirteen of the fifteen players who had Boston on regular contracts the previous season are back in the hunt for Banner 19, which is testament to ownership’s dedication to retaining as much of the squad as can.
JD Davison and Drew Peterson, who concluded the 2023–24 campaign on two-way contracts, are also returning.
Only Oshae Brissett and Svi Mykhailiuk, two free agents, aren’t bound to the Celtics from the championship squad from the previous season.
“Everyone wants to know about free agency,” the former Syracuse star said in a recent video on his YouTube site, BrissyTV. “I’m waiting, so you’ll have to wait,” I said, adding, “I’ll put any updates in the next vlog as soon as I have them.”
In his first and maybe only season in Boston, the fifth-year wing averaged 3.7 points and 2.9 rebounds in 55 regular season games while playing 11.5 minutes per night.
At the end of Boston’s second consecutive Summer League game, an 89-84 triumph over the Hornets, on Wednesday, Brad Stevens, the president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics, talked about the potential for Brissett to return and support the team’s championship defense.
“We have to be mindful of, with the last roster spot, what our needs might be,” Stevens stated. And Oshae had a great year with us, not just when he got the chance to play, but also as a teammate and a person. Given his circumstances, it seems sense that he would want to play more, don’t you think? I want to constantly show respect for it, therefore. However, we cherished having Oshae.”
About how the team, which also has a two-way place available, is going about adding a player on a regular contract—something they are not obligated to do—after fielding a squad of 14 players to meet the league minimum Stevens said, “We’ll see how the next few months play themselves out,” stating, “We have to determine what’s the best need for our team in that 15th spot.”
