The Celtics will exercise their team option on Baylor Scheierman‘s rookie scale contract for the 2026/27 season ahead of Friday’s deadline, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).
Scheierman, 25, was the 30th overall pick in the 2024 draft and played a limited role as a rookie, averaging 3.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game across 31 regular season appearances.
In the wake of the Celtics’ offseason roster shake-up, there was a sense that Scheierman could be in line for a bigger role this season, but that hasn’t materialized yet. Although he has seen the floor in four of five games so far, the 6’6″ shooting guard is averaging just 8.5 minutes per contest.
Still, it likely wasn’t too difficult a decision for Boston to guarantee Scheierman’s $2,744,040 salary for the ’26/27 season. Since the former Creighton standout was the last pick in the first round of the 2024 draft, his third-year option won’t be worth all that much more than a veteran’s minimum deal.
The full list of rookie scale option decisions for 2026/27 can be found right here.
They include a contract clause to stop chucking low-probability shots?
Baylor Scheierman had that one brilliant game, maybe just one stretch of that game, last season when he hit all those threes, showed he had some magic, and this fan thought he was the next coming. I watched and hoped. He seems a terrific passer, boards fine and a “great” three point shooter but now he can’t make a three. And so he’s trying to play by playing defense. Who knows how he will end up? Nesmith now shoots threes well. Remember Grant Williams? He couldn’t make a three until he could. Come on Baylor, Celtics fans want you to make it!