The Celtics are releasing a pair of training-camp invitees, according to Jay King of The Athletic, who reports that guard Ryan Arcidiacono and forward Juwan Morgan are hitting waivers.
Celtics head coach Ime Udoka said before Friday’s preseason finale against Miami that the roster moves weren’t official yet, but acknowledged that Arcidiacono and Morgan wouldn’t be active for the game, according to Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe. Arcidiacono and Morgan are both expected to join Boston’s G League affiliate, the Maine Celtics, as affiliate players, a league source tells Himmelsbach.
Arcidiacono, 27, has spent the last four seasons with the Bulls, averaging 4.8 points, 2.2 assists and 2.0 rebounds with a .431/.373/.807 shooting line across 207 total games (17.6 minutes). He signed a two-way deal with the team in 2017, a one-year contract in 2018, and a three-year pact in 2019. Chicago turned down its team option on the last year of that deal earlier this year.
A former Big Ten standout at Indiana, Morgan went undrafted in 2019 and caught on with Utah, first signing an Exhibit 10 deal with the Jazz and then agreeing to a multiyear deal with the team. In 50 total regular-season games with the club across two seasons, the 24-year-old averaged 1.4 points and 1.1 rebounds on 51.8% shooting in just 5.6 minutes per contest.
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