Celtics Sign Brandon Wallace

[FLCeltsFan]

The Herald is reporting that the Celtics have signed Brandon Wallace to a contract.

LAS VEGAS — The Celtics have signed undrafted free agent Brandon Wallace to a contract. The deal was completed in the last hour.

Wallace, who has very much impressed the basketball staff after being moved to small forward during practice last week, will get a two-year deal.

There was some urgency to the signing, in that Wallace was unrestricted and free to go where he wanted after not being selected on June 28. But both sides very much wanted to get a deal done, and there was that expectation from the time Danny Ainge began talking to agent Eric Fleisher over the weekend.

[eja117]

I hope this is like Pittsnogle's deal where they can let him go and only owe him like 50K, cause he showed nothing at all in today's game except that sometimes he pulls up for a jumper when he should obviously take it to the rack

[BCHISTORIAN]

i still take him over all allan rays of this world who just don't have the size to play in the nba

[DERRENMATTS]

Well, if its a 2 year contract, its not like the short term contracts that teams can sign players to, just to keep them up until the start of the season. A two year contract is pretty much like a deal you'd have to offer 2nd round picks, right?

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derrenmatts said:

Well, if its a 2 year contract, its not like the short term contracts that teams can sign players to, just to keep them up until the start of the season. A two year contract is pretty much like a deal you'd have to offer 2nd round picks, right?

I think most 2nd round picks get 1 year guarantee deal with 2nd year team option. Otherwise, you have to use the MLE to sign them i.e. Ryan Gomes.

[The Eye of the Q is upon you!]

Sounds like Cheap Big Man Help to me.

[DERRENMATTS]

Well, he's not a big man, though. Looking at his physique and the way he moves on the court, I just don't know how he was mistaken for a big man. He looks like a SF all the way.

[freshnthehouse]

Could he be a poor man's Derick McKey? I'd be cool with that.

[ferbo]

I like (hope) the Prince comparison better.

[DERRENMATTS]

Hopefully, it won't take too long for Wallace to get acclimated to the speed of the NBA. All I want from him is his defense. Come off the bench and start making it tough for opposing wing players to score.

I hope by the second half of the season, he'll be earning 15 minutes per game.