What you need to know about Brandan Wright, Jameer Nelson and Jae Crowder
As you have already heard, three players are coming to Boston by way of Dallas in the Rajon Rondo trade. Brandan Wright, Jameer Nelson and Jae Crowder will be the newest players to don Celtics green.
Here's what you should know about each player:
Brandan Wright
-Position: Center
-Age: 27 years old
-Drafted 8th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2007 NBA Draft (traded to the Golden State Warriors for Jason Richardson)
-First in Field Goal Percentage this season at .748
-Fourth in Player Efficiency Rating* this season at 26.1
-2014-2015 salary: $5,000,000
-Unrestricted Free Agent following the 2014-2015 season
-Will wear number 12 for the Celtics
-@bwright34
Jameer Nelson
-Position: Point Guard
-Age: 32 years old
-Drafted 20th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2004 NBA Draft (traded to the Orlando Magic for a 2005 1st round pick)
-2009 All-Star
-2014-2015 salary: $2,732,000
-$2,854,940 player option for the 2015-2016 season
-Will wear number 28 for the Celtics
-@jameernelson
Jae Crowder
-Position: Small Forward
-Age: 24 years old
-Drafted 34th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2012 NBA Draft (traded with Jared Cunningham and Bernard James to the Dallas Mavericks for Kelenna Azubuike and Tyler Zeller)
-2014-2015 salary: $915,243
-Unrestricted Free Agent following the 2014-2015 season
-Will wear number 99 for the Celtics
-@CJC9BOSS
*Per Basketball-Refrence.com: PER -- Player Efficiency Rating
A measure of per-minute production standardized such that the league average is 15.
All stats taken from Basketball-Refrence.com
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