The Boston Celtics may end up having two way players Tacko Fall and Tremont Waters with the team a lot more than some of us might have expected, based on what The Athletic’s Jared Weiss is reporting.
While there seems to be momentum building towards a bubble-like environment for the G-League season to take place in the Atlanta, Georgia area, the overhead required of teams seems an unattractive prospect for the Celtics in a year that has hemorrhaged money at every seeming opportunity.
Boston bought their developmental team in the G League in 2019, but may elect to sit it given the cost and challenges running it in a pandemic entail.
The team’s Portland-based developmental outfit will likely eschew the $500,000 entry fee given the league’s new rules for two way players will allow them to spend up to 50 games with the parent club with unlimited practice and travel allowances.
The Celtics are opting out of the NBA’s preliminary plans for a G-League bubble, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA.
Details on the league’s planning stage, impact on Exhibit 10 contracts and what this means for the Maine Red Claws: https://t.co/7BzK6IFKjK
— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) December 6, 2020
The move will make exhibit-10 deals a fraught proposition for players like Duke product Amile Jefferson, with no $50,000 bonus waiting for players cut if there is no team for them to play 60 days with to earn it per the terms of the unusual contract.
With both of Boston’s two way players on the fringe of being NBA-level talents in a season where positive COVID-19 results could easily decimate a team’s roster, the lack of G League opportunity may well be made up for with meaningful minutes at the NBA level.
