Celtics Waive JD Davison, SIGNS 2-WAY Deal with the Houston Rockets!
What up? It’s your boy Wall Street and I’m back. Got more NBA news for you. JD Davidson, the reigning GLeague MVP, has been waved by the Boston Celtics and will now join the Houston Rockets on a two-way contract. So, I’m sure a lot of people are not familiar with JD Davidson or his game. He’s a 6 foot one. Well, some some some sites say 6’1, some say 6’3. He’s somewhere between that range, let’s imagine, right? But he’s a point guard. Um, he’s from Alabama, went to the University of Alabama, um, and was the G-League MVP last season, like I mentioned. So, he was a oneandone at Alabama for the 21-22 season. He was the 53rd overall pick by the Boston Celtics in the 2022 NBA draft. um spent a lot of time with their G-League affiliate, the main Celtics, and now goes to Houston, where he’ll likely also spend time with their G-League affiliate, which is the Rio Grand Valley Vipers. So, JD Davidson uh accomplished a lot with the Celtics. You know, he’s an NBA champion. He’s a GLeague MVP, all NBA GLeague first team, all NBA G-League third team uh last season. Um, and he’s just been a guy that’s really been under the radar in my opinion. Um, you know, has very, you know, little exposure to the NBA game at this point. He’s only played 36 career games and the NBA has not started any of them. Career average of 5.5 minutes a night. So, in the G- League though, you know, his first season with Boston, the 22 23 season, played 26 down uh 26 games down in the G-League, 12.5 points per game. Uh, you know, shot 31% from three, 50% from the floor, uh, and 31 minutes a night. Then his second year with the main Celtics, averaged 20.8 points per game. So, a very significant jump. That’s when he made all NBA G-League third team. um struggled from the three-point line only 26.6% for uh for the entire season played 28 games with the uh G-League affiliate main Celtics started all 28 of those games and then last season played 30 games started all 30 of them averaged 25.1 points per game shot 33.6% 6% from three-point range, which is a careerhigh for him in the G-League, and 48% from the field on 19.1 field goal attempts a night. So, he has grown a lot, right? And not to mention, he was getting, you know, career average of 8.3 assists a game throughout 84 games in the G- League over the past three seasons. So, he’s a guy that is very quick, very agile, can handle the ball very well. Needs to get a little bit better at taking care of the ball. Obviously, needs to get a little bit better at his outside shot, but, you know, he’s a young guy. He’s, you know, a guy that can grow a lot still in his NBA career. He’s only 22 years old. He’s going to turn 23 in October. So, I think this is a great pickup for Houston. um he’s probably not going to play all that much, right? He might go back down to the G- League and play most of his time there. You know, obviously the Western Conference is a little bit tougher than the Eastern Conference. I’m not sure if that’s the same for the G-League or not, but uh I would imagine it probably is. And you know, being on a team like the Celtics for your first 3 years in the league and not getting a lot of playing time, I think it takes a strong individual to really kind of like, you know, honker down and be like, “Okay, like I’m going to work on my game. I’m going really do everything I need to and, you know, figure out how I can move from there.” And all of the Celtics vets, you know, raved about this guy, you know, uh Derek White was talking about how he’s, you know, one of their best lob throwers. Um he’s a guy that’s very quick. He has a great feel for the game. Drew Holidayiday was very complimentary as well. Uh Jaylen Brown gave him, you know, his flowers, too. So, right now, the Rockets have on their depth chart as JD Davidson is the fifth point guard off the bench. So, like I said, not going to get a ton of playing time, but this is a guy that they can mold into somebody that they really, you know, want on their team, you know, for, you know, years down the line, right? But odds are he, you know, spends the year with Houston, plays a couple of games in the NBA, and then winds up going to another team after that. Who knows, right? But the Celtics mainly got rid of him just because they needed to get under the second apron. Obviously with Tatum out and you know the roster flexibility that they’re trying to have for the next year or so, you know, it made sense to let him go, right? He probably wasn’t going to get a ton of minutes anyway. They just traded for Anthony Simons. Who knows if Anthony Simons is going to stay on that roster or not either. So there’s a lot of questions. So I’m hoping the best for JD Davidson. I think he’s a guy that can certainly make an impact on an NBA roster. He just needs his, you know, chance to really show what he can do. So, let me know what you guys think in the comments down below. If you’re a Rockets fan, if you’re a Celtics fan, please chime in. And I’m going to check you guys later, man. Stay up, stay blessed, stay safe, stay humble, handle business, stay in business. Peace out. [Music]
G JD Davison is headed to Houston on a two-way deal after being waived by the Boston Celtics last week.
JD Davison is the reigning NBA G-League MVP, and averaged 25.2 PPG & 7.5 APG for the Maine Celtics this past season (30 games played).
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