The Boston Celtics have signed free agent wing Ron Harper Jr. to an Exhibit 10 contract, as reported by Keith Smith of Spotrac.
Harper is a 6’6” wing who went undrafted in 2022 popping out of Rutgers College. From there he signed two-way contracts with Toronto in back-to-back years. He’s getting into his fourth season within the NBA, although most of his time has been spent within the G-League to this point. He’s additionally the brother of Dylan Harper, who was chosen by the San Antonio Spurs with the #2 decide on this yr’s draft.
An Exhibit 10 permits Boston to carry Ron in on a non-guaranteed, one-year deal for the minimal in order that he can basically check out for the workforce in coaching camps. If the Celtics determine to waive him earlier than the beginning of the common season – which is able to seemingly be the case provided that Boston solely has one open roster spot remaining, and tends to maintain a minimum of one obtainable heading into a brand new season – then he can nonetheless be designated as an affiliate participant, thus permitting Boston to retain his G-League rights.
Harper signed the same deal again in July of 2024, and was waived in October of the identical yr, simply earlier than the beginning of the common season. He then joined the Maine Celtics, with which he averaged 22.8 factors, 4 rebounds, and a couple of.5 assists in 4 video games.
Later within the season, the Detroit Pistons signed him to a two-way contract, and he spent the vast majority of his time with their G-League counterpart, the Motor Metropolis Cruise. With them, he averaged 17.4 factors, 4.6 rebounds, and a couple of.9 assists whereas taking part in just below 33 minutes per recreation.
Throughout the whole season, Harper was pretty environment friendly, taking pictures 44% from the ground, 39% from three, and 86.8% on free throws. Not solely that, he did it on excessive quantity – 13.5 area aim makes an attempt per recreation with 8.9 of them being from three-point vary.
If Harper is waived by Boston earlier than the beginning of the common season, he can obtain a bonus of as much as $85,300 by spending a minimum of 60 days with the Maine Celtics.
