Players waived today: K. Joseph & J. Varnado (BOS), S. Samuels (CLE), C. Douglas-Roberts (DAL), S. Young (IND), L. Hayward (MIN) and ...39 minutes ago via UberSocial for BlackBerryReplyRetweetFavorite@ESPNSteinLineMarc SteinThe Celtics celebrated a rather macabre NBA holiday this afternoon, the annual exodus of players with non-guaranteed deals who haven’t been impressive to earn guaranteed deals, by cutting Jarvis Varnado and Kris Joseph. Per Marc Stein of ESPN, the deadline to cut non-guaranteed deals before they become guaranteed is tomorrow at 5 pm.This move is disappointing, although it shouldn’t be entirely surprising. Varnado, a hard-working shot-blocker and rebounder in the D-League, is the kind of player that sounded useful to the Celtics when he was signed two weeks ago, and Kris Joseph is a rookie. It’s always hard to see a rookie get waived. But although we’d love to see players develop within the Celtics’ system, both Varnado and Joseph are older rookies without a t...
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The Boston Celtics announced today that they have waived forwards Kris Joseph and Jarvis Varnado.
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