Thursday’s Boston Celtics apply marked Jay Scrubb’s first since tearing his ACL throughout final season’s coaching camp.
“I felt nice,” Scrubb informed reporters on the Auerbach Middle on Thursday (through CLNS Media). “I felt nice to be again on the market, getting the wind again, getting my shot again, getting my rhythm again. It felt good, and all the fellows welcomed me again, so, that’s crucial half,” conveyed Scrubb, including, “It felt thrilling. All of the work that I put in, seeing it translate to the court docket, it felt wonderful.”
Jay Scrubb on the ground at Auerbach Middle. First time we’ve seen him understanding because the ACL tear. He’s nonetheless a couple of weeks away from sport motion, however took half in his first apply because the harm in the present day. pic.twitter.com/3HkyOoQZLc
— Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) October 10, 2024
The harm got here shortly after the previous JUCO standout earned a two-way contract with Boston, following a powerful displaying on the 2023 Las Vegas Summer time League.
Scrubb averaged 14.4 factors, 3.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and just below a block per sport for the Summer time Cs. The six-foot-five guard bought his buckets effectively too, flattening 40% of his makes an attempt from three-point vary.
Earlier this week, CelticsBlog’s Bobby Manning was the primary to report that the swingman would be a part of the Celtics’ roster for this 12 months’s coaching camp.
“It’s been a battle. (I) had a troublesome harm. (I) needed to bounce again from it, however (I’m) simply making an attempt to work laborious to get again to the place I used to be at. I had actual confidence in (the) final 12 months that I might get again to the place I used to be at, and that’s simply what it’s been, simply working, working every single day, making an attempt to place it again collectively.”
Scrubb went on to clarify that his rehab course of was a troublesome one and that he discovered rather a lot about himself all through that point. He pointed eventually season’s championship crew as an enormous motivator whereas he recovered.
“Seeing them win a championship — it motivated me, it gave me that further push.”
The group as an entire performed an excellent function in Scrubb’s restoration and for that cause, he hoped to have the ability to rejoin them upon returning to full energy.
“We’ve been in communication ever since I bought injured. So, I just about knew that is the place I wished to be at, and I voiced it with them that I wished to be right here. They took excellent care of me by way of my rehab course of. So, I felt like this might be the very best place for me to come back again.”
Although Scrubb was in a position to get again on the ground Thursday, it’s unlikely that he’ll swimsuit up in any of Boston’s three remaining preseason video games. Followers ought to anticipate to see him taking part in up with Maine with Boston’s G-League affiliate as soon as the season will get underway.
