The Boston Celtics have picked up the third-year group possibility on Baylor Scheierman’s rookie contract, protecting him beneath contract for the 2026-27 season. Scheierman, the thirtieth decide within the 2024 Draft, will likely be owed a wage of $2.74 million subsequent yr. By exercising the group possibility, the Celtics retain a younger prospect for affordable, paving the best way for them to reload the roster subsequent yr.
Baylor is getting into simply the second season of his NBA profession at 25 years outdated. As a rookie, he appeared in 31 video games for Boston, beginning two of them. He averaged 3.6 factors, 2.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 0.5 steals in 12.4 minutes per sport. In these video games, he had taking pictures splits of 35.5/31.7/75.0.
He additionally spent a while with Boston’s G-League counterpart out of Maine final yr. He performed 11 common season video games with them, and was far more impactful there. He averaged 18.2 factors, 6.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 0.9 steals in 32.8 minutes per sport. His taking pictures numbers have been a bit higher too – 41.9% from the ground, 33.3% from three, and 78.6% from the free-throw line.
Scheierman will likely be seeking to construct on his rookie season and set up a job for himself within the Celtics rotation given their short-handedness within the wings division this season. He’s a artistic facilitator, however has lacked taking pictures contact and NBA-level defensive expertise to date, each areas that ought to catch the attention of his improvement.
On condition that Baylor continues to be on his rookie contract, the Celtics will once more have a group possibility on whether or not they wish to carry him again for a fourth yr firstly of subsequent season. In the event that they select to take action, they may owe him $4.95 million in 2027-28, and could have him as a restricted free-agent on the finish of that season.
