The Boston Celtics have added more depth as they enter the home stretch of the regular season.
The Celtics have signed forward Miles Norris to a two-way contract. According to CLNS Media's Bobby Manning, it's a two-year contract for Norris, who will wear the No. 44 jersey last occupied by Jaden Springer. ESPN's Shams Charania was the first to report Norris' signing Sunday.
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Norris, 24, had been playing with the Memphis Grizzlies' G League affiliate, averaging 17.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists over 36 games for the Memphis Charge while shooting 39.5 percent from 3-point range. More than half of Norris' made field goals (6.1 per game) have come from 3-point range (3.3 per game), and he currently ranks third in the G League in made 3-pointers (79) this season.
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A San Francisco native, Norris played high school basketball at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire before going to Oregon, where he overlapped with Celtics guard Payton Pritchard for one season (2018-19).
The 6-foot-7, 220-pound wing transferred to UC Santa Barbara from 2020 to 2023, then went undrafted in 2023 and latched on with the Atlanta Hawks, spending the 2023-24 season with their G League affiliate.
Norris had a stint with the Turkish club Çağdaş Bodrumspor in the spring of 2024 before signing with Memphis in October.
While Norris has yet to play a regular-season NBA game, he's shown plenty of upside in the G League as a rangy wing with a strong outside shot. The Celtics waived 2024 second-round pick Anton Watson earlier Sunday and now have three two-way players on their roster in Norris, Drew Peterson and JD Davison.
