Former Celtics guard JD Davison has signed a two-way contract with the Houston Rockets, per the NBA transactions log. The Celtics introduced they’d waived Davison on Wednesday, after he spent the final three seasons on a two-way contract with the group.
The 6’1 guard was drafted 53rd total in 2022 and was with the Maine Celtics for many of the previous three seasons. Final 12 months, he gained G League MVP after averaging 25.1 factors, 7.6 assists, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per recreation.
Davison was not eligible for a two-way contract with the Celtics, as the utmost two-way contracts a participant can signal with one NBA workforce is three. However gamers can play on a two-way contract for as much as 4 seasons in complete — so Davison has one remaining 12 months of eligibility. He joins a Rockets workforce anticipated to be among the many NBA’s contenders, led by former Celtics head coach Ime Udoka and offseason acquisition Kevin Durant.
JD Davison completed his Celtics tenure as a Maine Celtics legend
In his three years with the Celtics, he solely appeared in 36 video games, averaging 1.9 factors, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.9 assists. Davison completed his Celtics’ tenure because the Maine Celtics’ all-time chief in factors, assists, and steals. In 2023, he gained a championship with the Celtics.
Originally of final season, Davison’s Celtics teammates took observe of his enhancements.
“You can inform he took it to a different degree in coaching camp,” Jaylen Brown stated. “I feel he’s been capable of study from our guys, going towards Payton [Pritchard], going towards Jrue [Holiday] and Derrick [White].”
Jrue Vacation stated his experiences taking part in alongside and towards Davison in apply gave him confidence he was going to make it: “He’s positively going to be a extremely good NBA participant.”
Now, Davison will get another probability to attain his final aim of signing an NBA contract.
