Just-Waived Celtics Guard Signs with Major West Contender

Apr 11, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics forward Torrey Craig (12) (left) and guard JD Davison (20) (right) react to game action against the Charlotte Hornets during the second half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images | Eric Canha-Imagn Images

One of the Western Conference's best clubs has just added a young ex-Boston Celtics guard.

Per Jack Simone of HardwoodHoudini.com, the league's transaction log has indicated that now-free agent point guard JD Davison has agreed to a two-way deal with the rising Houston Rockets.

Looks like JD Davison has signed a two-way contract with the Rockets, per the NBA’s transaction log. pic.twitter.com/2qLMcFiYKU

— Jack Simone (@JackSimoneNBA) July 27, 2025

Davison's agent at EZ Sports Group, Corey Marcum, has confirmed the deal to NBA insider Chris Haynes.

Free agent guard JD Davison has reached an agreement with the Houston Rockets, his agent Corey Marcum of EZ Sports Group tells me. pic.twitter.com/9GdzJ7A2MK

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 27, 2025

The 6-foot-1 pro, 22, was selected with the No. 53 overall pick in the second round of the 2022 NBA Draft.

Davison was inked to a series of two-way contracts with the Celtics across the intervening three seasons, and was toggled between Boston proper and its G League affiliate, the Maine Celtics, throughout the regular season.

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As a two-way signing, Davison was never activated for the playoffs, although he still earned an NBA championship with the rest of his teammates in 2024. Across three years with Boston, Davison played sparingly, appearing in 36 just games. He averaged 1.9 points on .385/.281/.692 shooting splits, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.9 assists over 5.5 minutes.

Still, he's thrived in the G League, earning 2024 All-NBA G League Third Team honors and a 2025 All-NBA G League First Team selection.

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Last season on the Maine Celtics, Davison suited up for 30 regular season stints, three playoff games and 15 Tip-Off Tournament preseason contests. In his 30 regular season bouts for Maine, Davison averaged 25.1 points while slashing .483/.336/.742, 7.6 dimes, 5.3 boards, 1.5 swipes and 0.5 rejections a night.

Now, Davison will join a Houston squad that has emerged as a serious contender to challenge the mighty Oklahoma City Thunder for supremacy in the league's superior conference.

Thus far this offseason, the Rockets have brought in 15-time All-Star power forward Kevin Durant, 3-and-D combo forward Dorian Finney Smith, rim-rolling center Clint Capela in an encore appearance, and shooting guard Josh Okogie, while re-signing incumbents Fred VanVleet (a still-viable former All-Star point guard), Steven Adams, Jae'Sean Tate, Aaron Holiday and Jeff Green.

Tate, Holiday and Green may not be consistent rotation pieces, but they're clearly beloved teammates.

Houston's new and returning additions augment an exciting young core that went 52-30 last season and secured the West's No. 2 seed: All-Star big man Alperen Sengun, All-Defensive Team wing Amen Thompson, and forwards Jabari Smith and Tari Eason.

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