How will Baylor Scheierman fare in his first season with the In his rookie season as an NBA player, Scheierman can expect the game to be a lot faster, and played by players who are a lot longer, taller, and smarter than most of the competition he has faced at the college level when he was with Creighton.
He will also have similar qualities in his teammates, however, able to make the Celtics wing look better at whatever he happens to be doing on the court. And if you Bleacher Report NBA analyst Eric Pincus what it all means for the Hastings, Nebraska, native in his first season in the league with Boston, the B/R league analyst thinks it will mostly be played in Portland (Maine) with the Maine Celtics, but not without a chance at setting himself up well for success in the future. He also has a slightly higher-level prediction fans of the team will appreciate.
“Scheierman will be the only rookie on this list to win an NBA title in his debut season, as the Celtics become the first repeat champions since the Golden State Warriors (2017 and 2018),” writes Pincus.
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“He may get more minutes with the Maine Celtics in the G League than the big league club, but he has real potential to crack the rotation in future years,” he adds.
Boston fans might be a bit disappointed with the back half of this assessment, their shiny new toy not able to see the floor as much as some may have hoped. But hanging another banner would soften the blow as well as anything, while we’re on the topic.
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