Boston Celtics interim coach Joe Mazzulla faces reporters photo during the NBA basketball team's Media Day, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in Canton, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
JD Davison has re-signed with the Boston Celtics on a two-way contract.
After serving in the same capacity for the Boston Celtics during the 2022–2023 season, guard JD Davison has agreed to a second two-way deal with the team, according to a press statement from the team. As is customary with these matters, the contract’s terms were not disclosed to the public.
After being selected 53rd overall by Boston in the 2022 NBA draft, Davison made his NBA debut in 12 games, averaging 1.6 points and 0.9 assists in 5.5 minutes per contest. During his 44 games as a player with the Maine Celtics in Portland, Davison averaged 13.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 7.7 assists, 0.8 steals, and a 49.7% field goal percentage.
The Alabama native also helped to get Maine to its first G League postseason appearance in six years.
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Jaylen Brown, who recently signed the highest NBA contract, wants to bring Black Wall Street to Boston.
On Wednesday, two-time NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown agreed to a five-year, $304 million supermax contract extension with the Boston Celtics, making it the biggest NBA deal ever.
In addition to addressing the “unsettling” wealth inequality in the city, Brown stated that he wants to introduce Black Wall Street to Boston and boost the national economy.
“I want to start an initiative to introduce Boston to Black Wall Street.Here, I want to take aim at the wealth gap. At a press conference held at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brown stated, “I think there’s analytics that supports that stimulating the wealth gap could actually be something that could be better meant for the entire economy.”
“Given the largest financial transaction in NBA history, it seems reasonable to discuss a one-year commitment in the community, but the wealth gap that exists here—which is among the biggest in the US—is something that all of us can work to close.It’s uncomfortable.
“I think through my platform, through influential partners, through selected leaders, government officials, a lot who are in this room, that we can come together and create new jobs, new resources, new businesses, new ideas that could highlight minorities but also stimulate the economy and the wealth gap at the same time.”
Brown added, “Boston could be a fully integrated self-sufficient hub. I think Boston could be the pilot, not just for wealth disparity here in the US, but also for around the world.”
When asked why the news conference took place at his “7uice Foundation’s Bridge” program and not the team’s facility, Brown said, “This is the day it fell on and I knew I was going to be here spending most of my time, so I thought it was fitting. … For it to be here, I think was just divine timing and now as we are putting the pen to paper, we got a lot of work to do. I think we’re all in that same journey to make this place, this community that we all live in, better and we all have that responsibility.”
Last season, Brown, a guard/forward, averaged a career-best 26.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He was named to the 2022-23 All-NBA second team. Brown, the 2016 No. 3 overall pick, was eligible for the new contract as a result of making the All-NBA team.
Brown’s deal eclipsed the $276 million contract of Denver’s Nicola Jokić, signed in 2022, according to salary tracking website Spotrac.
In seven seasons in Beantown, the 26-year-old has helped the Celtics advance to five Eastern Conference Finals and an NBA Finals appearance in 2022.
ESPN reported the contract extension begins in the 2024-2025 season and runs through the 2028-2029 season when Brown will be 32.
His previous contract was a four-year, $106 million deal, according to Spotrac.
