The Boston Celtics are signing free-agent guard Lonnie Walker IV to an Exhibit 10 contract, his agent, George S. Langberg of GSL Sports activities Group, advised The Athletic’s Shams Charania on Wednesday.
Boston Celtics guard Lonnie Walker IV will possible play for the Maine Celtics, the staff’s NBA G League affiliate
An Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year deal that permits an NBA staff to offer a bonus to a participant if he’s waived after coaching camp, and he goes on to play for the staff’s G League affiliate.
The Maine Celtics are Boston’s G League affiliate. In actual fact, the staff debuted within the 2009-10 season because the Maine Purple Claws. The Maine Celtics are primarily based in Portland and have received three division titles (2015-17).
Walker, 25, posted a career-best participant effectivity ranking of 13.1 and averaged a real taking pictures share of 54.5% with the Brooklyn Nets within the 2023-24 season.
Contract particulars for Lonnie Walker IV with the Celtics, sources mentioned: Exhibit 10. An E10 permits Celtics to offer a bonus to Walker if he’s waived after coaching camp and performs for the staff’s G League affiliate in Maine.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 29, 2024
Based on the Basketball-Reference database, Walker averaged a career-high 3-point try price of 55.1%. His utilization share (24.4%) was a profession finest as effectively.
In 58 video games off the bench with the Nets final season, he averaged 9.7 factors, 2.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 17.4 minutes per contest whereas taking pictures 42.3% from the sector, 38.4% from past the arc, and 76.3% on the free throw line.
Walker made a career-high six 3-pointers in a loss towards the Philadelphia 76ers final season
Moreover, in Brooklyn’s 121-99 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Nov. 19, 2023, he recorded a season-high 26 factors on 9-of-17 (52.9%) taking pictures from the ground and a career-best six made 3-pointers.
Final season, then-Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn praised Walker for his persistence with the teaching employees.
“I needed him to get a really feel of who we’re, how he was enjoying, get to know him some,” Vaughn mentioned. “Then, I don’t play him [in] the primary recreation. For him to nonetheless have the dedication to the staff, to… stick with us. To me, that speaks to who he’s, how we will construct with him. He’s proven the flexibility that he can produce.”
Walker spent the primary 4 years (2018-22) of his profession with the San Antonio Spurs after being chosen with the 18th total choose in 2018. The 6-foot-4 guard spent one season (2022-23) with the Los Angeles Lakers earlier than signing a one-year, $2 million contract with Brooklyn.
He now joins a Celtics squad returning most of its roster from final season’s championship staff. Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Jrue Vacation, Derrick White, and Kristaps Porzingis are all again.
If Walker makes the staff, he’ll possible play within the second unit.
