Celtics secure Ron Harper Jr. on three-year, $9 million deal
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The Boston Celtics have reached a three-year, $9 million agreement with forward Ron Harper Jr., according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
As part of the arrangement, the Celtics declined a $2.6 million team option on the 25-year-old, clearing the way for the new contract.
Harper arrived in Boston on a training-camp invite last offseason, later converting a two-way contract into a standard NBA deal. He appeared in 29 regular-season games, averaging 4.2 points and 1.7 rebounds across 10.9 minutes.
The Rutgers product spent his first two NBA seasons with the Toronto Raptors before joining the Celtics. He is the son of former NBA guard Ron Harper and the brother of San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper.
In early April, Harper signed a prorated three-year veteran’s minimum deal that kept Boston below the luxury-tax threshold while occupying the team’s 15th roster slot. The new pact replaces that arrangement and extends his stay in Boston through the 2026-27 season.
Source: Hoops Wire
