LAS VEGAS — Within the Celtics’ Summer season League finale, Baylor Scheierman sat in road garments on the finish of the bench. He was formally performed with on-court motion after 4 video games, and this time, he and fellow Summer season League vet Jordan Walsh had been each getting the night time off.
However Scheierman may barely sit.
The 24-year-old Celtics ahead was on his toes practically each possession, cheering the opposite guys after each hustle play or well-executed defensive possession.
Scheierman’s cheers had been significantly loud for Aaron Scott, one in every of 7 gamers on the Summer season League roster who aren’t presently slated to be part of the Celtics group subsequent season. Scott, who averaged 8.4 factors, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.4 steals at St. John’s final yr, had but to make his Summer season League debut when the finale — a comfort recreation towards the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday afternoon — got here round.
So, when Scott heard this title known as halfway by way of the primary quarter, he sprinted into the court docket, suppressing a smile.
And, Scheierman instantly rose to his toes.
“Let’s go, Aaron!” Scheierman belted after Scott first checked into the sport.
“Yeah, Aaron!” he yelled when the undrafted rookie grabbed 4 rebounds in his first three minutes on the ground.
Scheierman and Scott didn’t know one another properly earlier than Summer season League started. The 2 each performed within the Massive East — Scheierman for Creighton and Scott for St. John’s — however hadn’t crossed paths a lot earlier than this summer season.
However, Scott stated that the Celtics’ returner took him beneath his wing when coaching camp began, and that all through Vegas, Scheierman emerged as a mentor.
“I’ve been a sponge with Baylor,” Scott stated. “He’s been at this degree for a few years now, and I’ve been listening and studying from him.”
Aaron Scott says Baylor Scheierman has been a mentor to him at Summer season League. Scheierman took on a management position with the Celtics in his second stint in Las Vegas.
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Celtics rookie Amari Williams additionally credited Scheierman (and Jordan Walsh) for main the group.
“Any time any of the rookies or new guys had been confused, that’s who we’d look to,” Williams stated in his postgame interview on the ESPN broadcast.
Within the season finale, Scott’s influence was plain. He in the end tallied 9 rebounds (7 offensive), 3 assists, a steal, and a block in 18 minutes off the bench. He missed his first three three-pointers, however sank the fourth, inciting raucous cheers from Scheierman and the bench. The Celtics walked away with a 100-81 victory.
“That’s precisely the kind of participant he’s,” Summer season League head coach Matt Reynolds stated of Scott’s rebounding. “It’s not the best factor to do — to take a seat for primarily 4 video games, are available and simply be a relentless crasher.”
The place does Aaron Scott go from right here?
The 6’6 wing is seeking to carve out a 3&D position within the NBA: “I simply acquired to knock down my threes, however the protection is there,” he stated, noting he’s at all times been a participant who makes further hustle performs.
Scott may discover a spot on a G League workforce, or in the end go abroad, as many Summer season League gamers have performed. (Final season, Kenny Lofton performed in China and Isaiah Wong performed in Lithuania, amongst others.)
Sources informed CelticsBlog that a minimum of one participant from the Celtics’ Summer season League roster — guard Hayden Grey — has signed with the Maine Celtics, Boston’s G League affiliate. The place Scott and the opposite non-rostered gamers go subsequent has but to be decided.
However, Reynolds and the teaching employees will proceed supporting the 14 guys on the Summer season League roster no matter the place they go subsequent.
“I informed them, I’ll be ceaselessly rooting for that whole group,” Reynolds stated after the sport.
Baylor Scheierman impacted profitable regardless of taking pictures struggles
It’s no secret that Scheierman struggled along with his shot at Summer season League — he averaged 12.3 factors and shot simply 27.4% from the sector and 20.5% from past the arc.
“It’s the identical factor as a 4 or 5 recreation pattern in December, January, February,” Reynolds stated, including: “It’s actually nothing to get involved about.”
Nonetheless, he helped set a tone from the soar that allowed the Summer season League Celtics to win 4 of 5 video games, and relish in an surroundings of pleasure.
“Baylor’s empowered me to steer this workforce,” Reynolds stated.
On the court docket, the rising second-year participant did the whole lot else however rating effectively, tallying 6.8 assists and 5.3 rebounds per recreation throughout 4 Summer season League contests. And, he’s turned the ball over simply 1.8 occasions per recreation. Of gamers who’ve performed in 4 or extra video games this July, Scheierman ranks second in assists.
“I simply attempt to influence the sport in each space,” Scheierman stated. “I can’t management if pictures are getting in or not — I’m taking pictures to make it, I’m not taking pictures to overlook… With the ability to influence the sport in no matter method is critical is an efficient trait to have, particularly while you’re with the massive membership, to remain on the ground.”
On Sunday, that included being the No. 1 hype man for an undrafted teammate he’d met just some weeks earlier.