The Boston Celtics‘ 2022 Las Vegas Summer League roster may be about to get considerably more dangerous with the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach reporting that third-year reserve small forward Aaron Nesmith may elect to join the Celtics’ Sin City squad in the NBA’s annual offseason exhibition series held in Nevada.
The Vanderbilt product saw his floor time opportunities shrink considerably in the 2021-22 season with a focus on contention and several more veteran players eating up any opportunity for the South Carolina native to see the floor. The concurrent and likely related regression in his shooting did not help his cause either, making the unusual third-season summer league bid make some sense to get more high-level play under Nesmith’s belt.
Nesmith saw his number drop from 4.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in his rookie season to 3.8 points and 1.7 boards per contest while his shooting dipped from a solid 37% from deep to just 27%, so a play to work on his confidence in his stroke is not a terrible plan.
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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) June 29, 2022
Summer league play for Boston in Nevada kicks off in Las Vegas on July 9, and runs roughly two weeks depending on whether participating teams make the summer league playoffs.
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