Shams: Former Celtic Jason Terry hired as assistant coach at Arizona

Former Boston Celtics shooting guard Jason Terry has been hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater of Arizona, reports The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Terry, who played for the Celtics for just one season in the 2012-13 NBA season before being dealt to the Brooklyn Nets along with Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, won an NCAA championship as a sophomore with the Wildcats, and played for that school between 1995 and 1999.

The 19-season NBA veteran leaves a position with the Dallas Mavericks — with whom he won an NBA championship in 2011 — as assistant general manager of Dallas’ G League affiliate, the Texas Legends, reports Charania.

19-year NBA veteran and former Wildcat Jason Terry has accepted assistant coaching job at Arizona, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Terry departs Mavs, where he's been assistant GM of Texas Legends. Announcement expected Thursday.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 28, 2020

A formal announcement should be forthcoming on Thursday.

The Jet (as he was sometimes called) averaged 10.1 points, 2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game while with the Celtics, famously getting a tattoo of the Larry O’Brien championship trophy in optimism for what he hoped to achieve with Boston’s aging 2008 championship core.