Near-20 PPG Wing powerful Scorer Floated as Boston Celtics Free Agent Target

The Boston Celtics have some alternatives for who will fill the final two roster positions with the two remaining roster spots they have. If the Celtics desire more scoring on the wing, The Athletic’s Jay King explains why T.J. Warren is worth a look.

“T.J. Warren had a down season after dealing with serious injury issues, but he has long been able to put the ball in the basket,” wrote King.

Warren spent the 2022-23 season with the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns. In 42 games combined with the two teams, Warren averaged 7.5 points and 2.9 rebounds while shooting 48.9% from the field and 32.8% from three.

Those numbers are a far cry from what he was during his days with the Indiana Pacers. Warren averaged as many as 19.8 points per game while shooting 53.6% from the field and 40.9% from three during the 2019-20 season. He only played four more games before missing the rest of the 2020-21 season and the 2021-22 season due to stress fractures in his foot.

Warren may never return to the player he was with the Pacers, but he is 29 years old and may have simply needed to shake off the trust. The Celtics had interest in Warren last offseason, as reported by NBA Insider Jake Fischer (back when he was with Bleacher Report), but they signed Danilo Gallinari instead.

Those numbers are a far cry from what he was during his days with the Indiana Pacers. Warren averaged as many as 19.8 points per game while shooting 53.6% from the field and 40.9% from three during the 2019-20 season. He only played four more games before missing the rest of the 2020-21 season and the 2021-22 season due to stress fractures in his foot.

Warren may never return to the player he was with the Pacers, but he is 29 years old and may have simply needed to shake off the trust. The Celtics had interest in Warren last offseason, as reported by NBA Insider Jake Fischer (back when he was with Bleacher Report), but they signed Danilo Gallinari instead.

“The 30-year-old shot 39.4% from three-point range in 2023, and at 7-feet tall, he can guard the forward and center positions. Like we said, no one is going to jump for joy if this is the signing, but he’s more than capable of filling in minutes.”

Kaminsky has a career three-point percentage of 34.9% and would fit the mold of the stretch bigs that the Celtics have brought in over the last several years.

Drew Gooden Likes Kristaps Porzingis Trade

While talking with Bally Sports’ Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson, former NBA player Drew Gooden explained why he believed the Celtics trading for Porzingis would be beneficiary for the team despite what they had to trade to get Porzingis

“I like Porzingis in Boston because they didn’t have to give up too many pieces,” Gooden told Robinson. “I know Marcus Smart was a huge, huge, huge emotional piece I would say that you cannot probably replace, but when you get a guy like Porzingis that ultimately can play alongside Jaylen (Brown), and…(Jayson) Tatum. I say they’re going to be a tough team to beat in the East.”