{"id":54511,"date":"2023-09-17T13:27:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T17:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=54511"},"modified":"2023-09-17T13:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T17:27:19","slug":"the-boston-celtics-sign-neemias-queta-to-a-two-way-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/09\/17\/the-boston-celtics-sign-neemias-queta-to-a-two-way-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics Sign Neemias Queta to a Two-Way Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics have signed center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/q\/quetane01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Neemias Queta<\/strong><\/a> to a two-way contract.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Sacramento Kings waived Queta after they signed free agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcgeeja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>JaVale McGee<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With this move, the Celtics no longer have a two-way contract remaining. This is because, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/07\/10\/nba-rumors-roundup-paul-reed-jaime-jaquez-scoot-henderson-john-wall-and-jd-davison\/\" target=\"_self\">earlier in the offseason<\/a>, the Celtics also signed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisjd01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JD Davison<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/scrubja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jay Scrubb<\/strong><\/a> to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/07\/16\/boston-celtics-sign-jay-scrubb-to-two-way-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">two-way contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1703139841406316865?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet<\/p>\n<h2>The Boston Celtics Sign Neemias Queta to a Two-Way Contract<\/h2>\n<h3>Neemias&#8217; NBA Career Breakdown<\/h3>\n<p>The Kings drafted <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2021\/05\/21\/neemias-queta-2021-nba-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_self\">Queta<\/a> with the 39th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft out of Utah State.<\/p>\n<p>In three years at Utah State, Queta was named to the All-Mountain First Team in 2021 and the All-Mountain Second Team in 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Queta was also the 2019 Mountain West Freshman of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Queta is also a two-time Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year (2019 and 2021) and made it to the Mountain West All-Defensive Team all three years at Utah State.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, Queta declared for the 2019 NBA Draft, but he withdrew his name.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Queta is the first Portuguese player to be drafted in the NBA. Queta had represented Portugal in European Championship games from 2017-2019 and led his team to win gold in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2021, Queta signed a two-way contract with the Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Splitting time between Sacramento and their G-League affiliate, the Stockton Kings, Queta made his NBA debut on December 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Against the Memphis Grizzlies, Queta recorded five rebounds and a block. The big man also dished out one assist.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a month later, Queta scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds in a 109-108 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Queta tallied an assist and a steal as well.<\/p>\n<p>Queta spent most of his time in the G League while he was with the Kings. In fact, Queta was named to the 2023 All-NBA G League First Team and the G League All-Defensive Team. Queta also played in the G League&#8217;s inaugural Next Up Game in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Playing for Team Scoot, Queta recorded 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists in a 178-162 loss to Team Luka in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings signed Queta to a standard contract in August 2023 before they waived him.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neemias Queta&#039;s Best Plays Of The Season... So Far\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQyMJZdme3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>How Does Neemias Queta Fit With the Celtics?<\/h3>\n<p>Queta showed flashes of potential while with the Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of two seasons with the Kings, the 24-year-old played in 20 total games. In these games, the Portugal native averaged 2.9 PPG and 2.1 RPG on 7.5 MPG.<\/p>\n<p>These numbers may not say much, but the Utah State alum has shown that he can become a solid defensive-minded big man who can grab boards at will. This is similar to what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/williro04.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Robert Williams III<\/strong><\/a> currently does for the Celtics on a higher level.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unlikely that Queta will make a short-term impact for the Celtics. However, the team is in need of big man depth behind Williams III,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/porzikr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> Kristaps Porzingis<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/horfoal01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Al Horford<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kornelu01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Luke Kornet<\/strong><\/a> was serviceable in a small role with the Celtics last season, it would make sense for the team to look for an upgrade there.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it may say a lot about Queta if the Celtics are willing to use their last two-way contract spot on him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics have signed center Neemias Queta to a two-way contract. Recently, the Sacramento Kings waived Queta after they signed free agent JaVale McGee. With this move, the Celtics no longer have a two-way contract remaining. This is because, earlier in the offseason, the Celtics also signed JD Davison and Jay Scrubb to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":54573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,5,62,4721],"tags":[605],"class_list":["post-54511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-celtics","category-nba","category-trade-rumors","tag-nba-eastern-conference"],"modified_by":"Mike Schretter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}