The Celtics will promote Ron Harper Jr. to their normal roster and signal him to a brand new two-year contract, ESPN’s Shams Charania stories (Twitter link).
Harper, who’s at the moment on a two-way deal, has performed 26 video games for the Celtics this season after spending the earlier three years with the Raptors and Pistons.
The 6’5″ ahead is averaging 3.4 factors and 1.6 rebounds in 10.3 minutes per contest, with a majority of his video games performed coming within the second half of the season.
Keith Smith of Spotrac notes (via Twitter) that Harper will likely be signed on the prorated three-year veteran’s minimal quantity, which is able to permit the Celtics to remain below the posh tax whereas filling their fifteenth roster spot with one other prorated veteran minimal participant.