{"id":962035,"date":"2026-07-27T07:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/962035\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T07:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:42:29","slug":"celtics-notes-uzan-cenac-mitchell-lebron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/962035\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics Notes: Uzan, Cenac, Mitchell, LeBron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Houston Cougars guard <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/u\/uzanmi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Milos Uzan<\/a><\/strong> is excited to have a chance to potentially make the <strong>Celtics<\/strong>\u2018 regular season roster, writes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/07\/25\/sports\/sunday-basketball-notes-new-nba-salary-reality\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe<\/a> (subscriber link). Uzan, who went undrafted in June, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/07\/celtics-officially-sign-milos-uzan-tucker-devries.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed<\/a> an Exhibit 10 contract with Boston a couple weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity,\u201d Uzan said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m a pretty good point guard and that\u2019s what [the Celtics] needed, especially on the summer league team as well. I feel like I got a good shot and a good opportunity, and I\u2019m just trying to make the most of it. [I want to show] I can guard, I can run a team, and I can make open shots, and when it\u2019s time to make a big play down the stretch, I can do that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Exhibit 10 deal is a non-guaranteed, minimum-salary contract that can be converted into a two-way deal before the regular season begins. If a player on an Exhibit 10 contract is waived and then spends at least 60 days with his team\u2019s G League affiliate, he\u2019s eligible to earn a bonus worth up to $91K.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s more from Boston:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"longlis\">\n<li>Uzan\u2019s teammate at Houston, No. 27 overall pick <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cenacch01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chris Cenac Jr.<\/a><\/strong>, made a \u201cpositive impression\u201d on the Celtics during summer league action, Washburn notes. While the 19-year-old big man didn\u2019t score efficiently, posting a .366\/.273\/.714 shooting line in four games, he was productive in other areas, including pulling down 8.0 rebounds and blocking 2.8 shots in 23.3 minutes per contest. \u201cHe just continues to get better,\u201d Uzan said of Cenac. \u201cI remember seeing him [last] June during summer work and just making little plays and doing too much, ill-advised shots sometimes. I feel like just his growth throughout the year \u2026 I saw him make a play the other day where he caught it on a short [pick and roll] and hit the corner guy [with a pass]. I can see him get so much better, and he\u2019s already a great rebounder. And with Chris, he\u2019s such a good listener that I think he\u2019s going to continue to grow and get better.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Second-rounder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchdi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dillon Mitchell<\/a><\/strong> was another summer league standout, averaging 13.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.7 SPG and 1.3 BPG in three games (26.0 MPG). Washburn wonders if the 6\u20198\u2033 forward will end up on a standard contract or a two-way deal, since he remains unsigned.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LeBron James<\/a><\/strong> signing with the Sixers made the Celtics\u2019 path to contention in the East that much more difficult, Washburn writes in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/07\/24\/sports\/lebron-james-decision-76ers-celtics\/?event=event12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">another story<\/a>. Philadelphia improved dramatically this summer by trading for longtime Celtics star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brownja02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jaylen Brown<\/a><\/strong> and adding James, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wadede01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dean Wade<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/simonan01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-26_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anfernee Simons<\/a><\/strong> in free agency. The Celtics appear to be \u201cno better than the third-best team\u201d in their own division, behind the defending champion Knicks and the Sixers, Washburn adds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Houston Cougars guard Milos Uzan is excited to have a chance to potentially make the Celtics\u2018 regular&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":962036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[346753,336678,3363,94811,1260,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-962035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-chris-cenac","tag-dillon-mitchell","tag-lebron-james","tag-milos-uzan","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116990820169966917","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}