Dogen wrote:I wouldn't count out DJ Steward in getting more than the 3rd 2-way., perhaps securing that 15th spot. He looks like he brings a cross between JD and Scrubb, his shooting better than Davison, and his court vision better than Scrubb. Defense I'm not sure, he's smaller than the other guys but looks OK. I've been watching some videos, seems he might make the leap to NBA third string and get some reg season minutes.
I agree. Steward is intriguing. Was very good in G league last year, was very good in summer league this year. Still only 21 yrs old so has some upside. Is unproven at the NBA level, but that's why he's a 2-way guy - or possibly a 15th man. He's a young guy you take a flier on.
He is a bit undersized at 6'2" (measured 6'1.75" at the combine and they round up if you're a half inch over). But he looks bigger on film, looks more like 6'4", or 6'3" at the least. And no, it's not wild to see a video and think a guy is an inch or 2 different than his listed height
People keep reporting that Steward is gonna compete for the last 2-way slot. But I'm not sure I buy that. I don't really think it makes sense to have a 6'3" PG (JD), a 6'2" SG (Steward) and a 6'5" SG (Scrubb) as your three 2-way guys.
Remember, 2-ways are non-guaranteed contracts. A guy on a 2-way can get waived at any time. I think if Steward ends up on a 2-way with us, I think there's a pretty good chance that either JD or Scrubb gets waived. And it could very well be JD. Scrubb and Steward were better at summer league this year than JD. JD's numbers across the board were worse in 2023 summer league, compared to 2022 summer league. He was a 30% shooter from 3 in college, 30% last year in G league (so no improvement there) in the limited mins he got for Boston last year, he shot 29% from 3 and this year in summer league he only shot 27% from 3. He doesn't seem to be improving very much.
It could very well be Steward, JD and Scrubb competing for 2 of the 2-way spots. And then we look to sign a frontcourt player to the third 2-way spot.
And there could even be an outside chance that 1 of those guys (but more likely either Steward or Scrubb) wins that 15th roster spot if they impress in camp (and also depending on who we sign to the 14th roster spot..).
