8:37pm: The Celtics have officially re-signed Fitts, the team announced in a press release.
4:19pm: Power forward Malik Fitts will sign with the Celtics through the 2022/23 NBA season, his agents at UNLTD Sports Group, Nick Blatchford and Derek Johnson, inform Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). Woj adds that Fitts’ contract for the 2022/23 season will be partially guaranteed.
Fitts and Kelan Martin, having both signed a pair of 10-day deals with Boston, saw those deals expire on Monday night.
After initially going undrafted out of Saint Mary’s in 2020, the 6’8″ Fitts latched on with the Clippers for three games in 2020/21 and appeared in 14 games for L.A.’s G League team. Ahead of the 2021/22 season, he joined Utah on a training camp deal. The Jazz liked what they saw enough to add Fitts on a two-way contract heading into the 2021/22 season.
When Fitts fractured his finger in January, the Jazz waived him. Boston then added him on his initial 10-day deal last month. He holds averages of 4.4 MPG through nine games between the two clubs this year.
This is HUGE
Wait, wait, wait….I thought he broke his wrist, right?
No one is really sure
Looks like Boston Celtics President Brad Stevens is shooting 2b quite the talent scout. Unless things change, which can always happen suddenly & dramatically in the NBA, he’s building the Celts with overlooked talent. Fine with me as the concept of buying titles with full-of-themselves, overpaid star players (who can always get hurt) is a turn off. Takes away some of the pleasure & satisfaction of winning anything. Just buying a title. But of course that’s just me, liking to pick long-shots at her racetrack, etc. Go Celtics!
Who is the last team to “buy a title”?
Miami. LA if you consider leverage a form of currency.
Lakers have bought most of their titles.
I always say that the Lakers play with territorial rights. Glamor, sunshine, hot celebs, Hollywood stardom, that’s Lakers territory.
Fitts showcased a lot of talent at St Mary’s. I think he’s got a higher ceiling than Grant Williams. I wonder if this move is an indication that GW isn’t in the Cs long term plans.