As good a pickup as we’re gonna get this late and this cheap. Guy was a lotto pick not long ago and if we can develop his game and find a good rotation fit this will be a steal. If not we didn’t lose much.

Quick somebody tell me how to feel

I watched Carter a good amount at Providence College.

Pros:- High ‘dawg’ levels- Gets after it on defense- plus athlete

Cons:- point/combo guard sized but more of a straight 2-guard offensively- limited self-creation at NBA level (ballhandling)

Swing skill:- Shooting - he was mediocre and then drastically improved as a 3pt shooter his last season at Providence, but that hasn’t translated to the league yet. Critical to being playable offensively since he’s not a self creator at this level

Solid bench depth at guard that we actually needed. Joe will get him right

PC dude coming home love it

Replacing JB in the aggregate.

Did we just get Devin Carter for free? What the.

Hell yes, Devin Carter was one of my favorite draft binkies. For those out of the loop, he’s a very good swing/combo guard type of player. Absolute menace on defense, above average athlete with 42 inch vertical and 6’9 wingspan. When I think of the word ‘dawg,’ Devin Carter pops to my mind.

He also was able to do 3rd quarter spring at 2.87 seconds, (combine record.)

He’s shifty, fast, elite at rebounding, and believes in shutting down opponets.

Obviously his weaknesses are ball handling and is really more of a undersized 2. However, this is quite literally the best environment for him to grow in, especially with Derrick White & Mike Conley being there to mentor him.

Devin Carter is going to playing alongside Hugo, Jordan Walsh, Derrick White, and Mitchell Robinson and the Celtics won’t even worry about half court offense. Opposing teams are going to be having a field day by our psychotic defense.

Reclaim a hyper-toolsy player with a hardworking reputation that was rotting in Sacramento? Yes, please.

FYI this was the scouting report on him from Game Theory before the Kings got their hooks in him:

Carter is one of my favorites in this draft class. His basketball character is off the charts. He’s an unbelievable competitor and possesses an insatiable work ethic that enabled his year-over-year improvements going back to high school. He’s an awesome defender who will be switchable and aggressive at the point of attack across the perimeter; those traits should be even more valuable if the NBA and its officials continue to allow as much physicality as they have since February. He reads the game very well, drastically improved as a shooter and has enough touch to believe he will continue to make long-range attempts even if his motion looks funky. He’s an elite athlete, too, who does all the little things one could ask of a player. I have a lottery grade on him and think he turns into the kind of guy every coach demands their front office pick up in the offseason.

PC legend

I don’t know much about him. However, I do know that we have a great track record with former Kings players.

Decent pick up with little to no risk.He’s a good defender.If he can keep building and working on his 3 pointer I can see him being a solid rotation piece.

Watching his highlights from college before the ‘24 draft, I thought he had a bit of Marcus Smart in him. I really think we got a solid future bench guard. Really good defender who flashed some shooting at times. White and Conley will coach him up. Providence guy like Joe. I have a good feeling about this.

I’ll always take a player with elite physical tools fighting for his nba life. If the jumpshot comes around this guy could become a real weapon

Loved this guy at PC, hope he can give us some good minutes off the bench. He’s already a menace on defense, but get him together with white and it could get even more out of him

He puts in the work and it is not like others on the Celtics don’t play hard. The Kings cut bait on Davion Mitchell who now starts for Miami. Traded a Top 3 guard for tweener Sabonis. He will get the two-way.

He is unusually fast. In a league with the best athletes in the world, his speed stands out. He has straight line speed.

Will he light it up in Maine?

LETS GO

Wonder what other offers were out there. Probably all two ways, but if he took this over a min somewhere, that’s huge for his mentality. If not, whatever, he’s a former lottery pick with an NBA skill under his belt (defense). I know hes not a good shooter, but I feel like he shoots a lofty moonball, maybe there is something to tap into

Friar

oh wow

Can he play wide receiver in the Josh McDaniels system?

Love this. He could turn into Derek White 2.0 with our coaching staff and development team.

derrick will show him the ways of the bald and continue the ways of lockdown guards

Kings fan - his whole tenure with us was weird. We signed him seemingly without knowing he has an injured shoulder so he was out the practically the whole first year (even thought seemingly every other team did know he was injured). Year 2 there were reports knocking either his work ethic or professionalism. He was pretty much in the dog house for the whole second year on a team trying to develop young talent.

He was overpaid at 13. Hopefully this was a wake up call for him. Best of luck!

Devin Carter get ready to learn corner 3 buddy

I am aroused

Absolute possession maxxing demon who just needs to work on his shot

As a fan living in Sacramento that went to a few games I wouldn’t get my hopes up he lost confidence in his shot and that kinda derailed the rest of his game.

Nice backup pg

Somehow, Marcus Smart returned

Yeah, Drew’s brother!

Cool, let’s go

As a Kings fan, I hope DC works out for you. I always wanted to give him more of a chance but his entire tenure was weird. Reportedly Fox was pissed we drafted another guard (reports suggested that we could’ve trade the 13th pick and Huerter for Curaso) and then seemingly our former GM Monte did not know Carter had a shoulder injury.

He makes his debut for the kings in December or January of that season and looks so out of shape. I don’t remember if Brown ever coached him before getting fired. Christie began to utilize him a bit more when he started getting in better shape.

Last season, his time with the kings was even weirder. Multiple reports start coming out of his bad attitude/tardiness. His rope was significantly reduced by Christie. I know multiple people who worked in the kings organization as support staff who disliked him, his attitude, and especially his lateness.

To his credit, it’s gotta be impossible to stay locked into a franchise that has had such a disastrous past two decades. I know kings fans were annoyed with his attitude especially when juxtaposed to our rookies who looked like they gave a shit and we’re fighting in every game and embracing the city. A change of scenery and being traded by the kings and cut by the hawks will hopefully be a wake up call for him

Nice. Welcome Devin

Welcome to the Celtics Mack Hollins!

With Carter and George Celtics are creating dynasty like no other in sports history!

Brilliant!!!

The defense is there

But we are loaded with defenders. He’ll need to separate himself offensively, which I have a hard time seeing.

It’s unlikely we give anyone guaranteed money to take that final roster spot, but maybe he can win a 2-way spot

I legitimately cant even keep up with who is and isnt on this roster any more 😭

lol 8.9 ppg? he ain’t making this rotation without a jump shot, lmao.

A reclamation project. Oh boy.

This is gonna be a long fucking season.

Another low cost option, great sign celts…

Let’s keep getting worse!

Nbatraderumors account might’ve missed on giannis but they had this one 2 days ago lol

This a good signing though for a 2 way flier. 6’2 with a 6’8 wingspan so i know he can defend we just gotta teach him how to shoot before his eligibility runs out.

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