The Boston Celtics are leaning into the local talent pool for their training camp ahead of the 2022-23 NBA season, reportedly extending an Exhibit-10 contract to Roxbury’s own AJ Reeves according to SNY’s Adam Zagoria. A 6-foot-6 shooting guard out of Providence College who went unselected in the 2022 NBA draft, Reeves has struggled with his shot at the college level despite being assessed as a four-star recruiting going into college.
His 3-point shot (35.4%), oddly, was a better bet than his overall efficiency from the field (36.1%) in his senior season with the Friars, and the former Gatorade Massachusetts player of the year has proven to be a solid defender with size.
Reeves will only have one exhibition game with the Celtics against the Toronto Raptors in Montreal on Friday and the practices left before Boston’s season opener to convince the team to sign him.
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It is much more likely the Brimmer and May graduate ends up playing with the Maine Celtics in Portland this season instead. With the Celtics having waived forward Luka Samanic earlier in the day, Boston will be at a full 20 players for their camp roster as a result.
He previously played for Boston in this year’s Las Vegas Summer League, where he put up 4.5 points and 1.5 boards per game in just over 10 minutes per game.
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