The Boston Celtics have signed guard Nik Stauskas.
Per Boston.com, “Stauskas scored 100 factors mixed in his final two G-League video games for the Grand Rapids Gold, together with a 57-point explosion on Tuesday. Stauskas set the report for factors in a half with 38.”
Initially chosen by Sacramento with the eighth total decide of the 2014 NBA Draft, Stauskas, 28, has averaged 6.8 factors (38.9% FG, 35.4% 3-PT, 81.4% FT), 2.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.4 steals, and 19.8 minutes in 337 NBA video games (63 begins) over six NBA seasons with the Kings, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Portland, Cleveland, and Miami. Stauskas competed in two video games with the Warmth earlier this season, tallying 11 factors on 3-of-8 taking pictures (2-4 3-PT) and three boards.
Stauskas has performed in 26 video games (25 begins) with the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League this season, averaging 23.8 factors on 47.6% taking pictures (41.6% 3-PT, 87.9% FT), 5.8 rebounds, and 4.5 assists in 38.0 minutes. He scored a career-high and set the franchise scoring report with 57 factors on 20-of-29 taking pictures (11-15 3-PT) in opposition to the Wisconsin Herd on March 1, and tallied 43 factors on 16-of-21 taking pictures (9-13 3-PT) the very subsequent evening in opposition to the Lakeland Magic, changing into the second participant in G League historical past to supply 100+ factors in a two-game span.
Stauskas will put on no. 13 for Boston.
