Former Alabama guard scores his first NBA points

JD Davison’s first NBA steal became the Alabama alumnus’ first NBA basket for the Boston Celtics on Friday evening.

Davison acquired the basketball away from Sacramento Kings ahead Keegan Murray and drove to the opposite finish for the primary factors of his NBA profession. Davison scored with 67 seconds remaining within the Celtics’ 122-104 victory at TD Backyard.

Davison joined the Celtics because the 53rd participant picked within the 2022 NBA Draft and is enjoying with Boston on a two-way contract.

Davison had performed in two earlier video games for the Celtics. He made his debut with 2:02 of court docket time in a 131-112 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Nov. 11 and picked up a rebound and an help. He performed 3:32 in a 126-101 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Nov. 16 and missed the primary two pictures of his profession.

Every NBA workforce can have two gamers on two-way contracts, which permits them to be moved between the NBA roster and an NBA G League affiliate with out going via waivers. A participant on a two-way contract can seem in as much as 50 video games with the NBA workforce and receives a single wage of $508,891 masking each groups.

Davison has performed in seven video games with the Maine Celtics. For Boston’s G League affiliate, Davison has averaged 16.9 factors, 5.1 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.0 blocks per sport. Maine received six of the seven video games.

Davison starred on the Calhoun Faculty in Letohatchee, main the Tigers to the AHSAA Class 2A championship sport in his last two seasons and sinking a 3-pointer on the buzzer to win the state title in 2020. He received Alabama’s Mr. Basketball honor in 2020 and 2021.

Davison averaged 8.5 factors, 4.8 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.0 steals per sport in his solely season at Alabama.

Davison turned the thirty fourth former Crimson Tide participant to attain in an NBA regular-season sport.

Mark Inabinett is a sports activities reporter for Alabama Media Group. Observe him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.