12:04pm: The Celtics have officially signed Knight to a two-way contract, the team confirmed in a press release. As expected, Boston waived Scrubb to make room for Knight.
10:45am: The Celtics will sign Nathan Knight to a two-way contract, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The 26-year-old big man was waived by the Knicks on Thursday. He signed a two-way deal with New York in July, but wasn’t able to secure a regular season roster spot.
At 6’10”, Knight will provide another big body for a Celtics team in need of frontcourt depth. He appeared in 38 games with Minnesota last season, averaging 3.7 points and 1.5 rebounds in 7.7 minutes per night. The Timberwolves declined their team option on Knight for the upcoming season and didn’t issue a qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent.
The Celtics currently have all three of their two-way slots filled with JD Davison, Neemias Queta and Jay Scrubb, but Scrubb suffered a torn ACL earlier this month, making him the likeliest release candidate.
Are they afforded another spot b/c of Scrubbs’ injury?
No.
They’ll bring him back if he wants to return next year.
They could just be promoting Queta to the 15th man. It’s uncommon for teams to carry Two-Ways at the same position.
I mean, it WAS uncommon because teams could only have 2 guys on 2 way contract. Now it’s three.
Plus Queta is a C and Nathan Knight is really a PF
The only team w/ multiple Two-Ways at the same position is Milwaukee because they notably didn’t carry a backup PG until late in the offseason (and don’t have a 3rd string on a standard deal).
So yeah, 1/30 teams is uncommon.
Two-Ways are essentially emergency reserves (i.e. injury replacements) so most teams are going to carry a guard, a wing, and a big.
I understand the reasoning behind Two-ways.
The point is this is the first year bro and it hasn’t started yet . Nothing is common or uncommon. Run that s**t back when the year is over. Make a spreadsheet. You’ll have fun.
He can rebound, has a great TS%, and can pass. Big upgrade from Gabriel.
Most likely queta will be moved to a roster spot