Shortly after the conclusion of the Boston Celtics victory over the Denver Nuggets, the group introduced that they’ve waived Anton Watson. Watson was the 54th total choice within the 2024 NBA Draft, signing with the Celtics on a two-way contract final summer season.
We have now waived Anton Watson.
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 2, 2025
Regardless of his two-way standing, Watson by no means made his Boston Celtics debut. As an alternative, he spent all of his time with their G-league counterpart out of Maine. He performed 21 common season video games there, averaging 12 factors, 5.5 rebounds, and a pair of.1 assists in slightly below half-hour per sport.
By waiving Anton, the Celtics clears up one among their three two-way slots, coming simply earlier than the March 4th deadline to signal gamers to such contracts. This supplies Watson with a chance to signal with one other group earlier than the deadline.
Two-way contracts don’t have any wage or tax implications for a group. Gamers on such contracts are ineligible for the NBA Playoffs, that means Watson wouldn’t have been out there previous the common season regardless. With that being stated, two-way gamers are eligible to play in as much as 50 NBA video games. On condition that there are solely 21 video games left within the Celtics season, a brand new signee could be eligible to play in all of Boston’s remaining common season video games.
