The primary of many dominoes has fallen in Boston’s offseason.
Per former CelticsBlogger and Spotrac’s Keith Smith, Oshae Brissett has formally opted out of his $2.46 million participant choice for the 24-25 season and turns into an unrestricted free agent. Shedding Brissett clearly creates a gap in Boston’s wing depth behind Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. In the course of the common season, he averaged 3.7 factors and a pair of.9 rebounds in 11.5 minutes in the course of the common season. Search for sophomore Jordan Walsh to probably fill that spot within the rotation as a flexible defender and energizer off the bench.
Signing Brissett was Boston’s first transfer final summer time and in lower than a yr, he raised a Larry O’Brien. He’ll now enter the free agent pool, however that doesn’t rule out a return to Boston essentially. The Celtics have few choices so as to add to the roster this summer time exterior of signing minimal contract veterans to the roster. If Brissett can’t discover a higher touchdown spot elsewhere, he could possibly be again in inexperienced.
“No. By no means. I knew I’d be within the NBA, however NBA champion? It felt like a dream and a stretch. It nonetheless appears like a dream now, however I’m embracing it,” Brissett informed CelticsBlog’s Bobby Manning of his expectations coming into the yr. “I’m happy with myself for being right here. It took a whole lot of arduous work to get right here, to remain within the league, and I did it.”
Oshae Brissett’s participant choice deadline is as we speak ⏳
I hope he stays with the group. Had some strong performances all year long, together with within the Recreation 2 of the Japanese Confernce Finals: pic.twitter.com/CGbclfumq1
— Tomek Kordylewski (@Timi_093) June 23, 2024
He’ll subsequent signify Crew Canada within the 2024 Olympics later this summer time in Paris. Be sure to take a look at BrissyTV on YouTube for the avid vlogger. He’s already dropped Half I of a few of his championship footage.
Subsequent up on the offseason docket for the Celtics entrance workplace is the NBA Draft on Wednesday and Thursday the place they’ll have the ultimate decide of the primary spherical on the twenty sixth and the 54th decide within the second spherical on the twenty seventh. On June twenty ninth, group choices are due on Neemias Queta and Sam Hauser and qualifying presents on restricted free brokers Drew Peterson and JD Davison.
