Thursday’s Boston Celtics observe 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 (by way of 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 blokes welcomed me again, so, that’s an important half,” conveyed Scrubb, including, “It felt thrilling. All of the work that I put in, seeing it translate to the court docket, it felt superb.”
Jay Scrubb on the ground at Auerbach Middle. First time we’ve seen him figuring out because the ACL tear. He’s nonetheless a number of weeks away from sport motion, however took half in his first observe because the damage as we speak. pic.twitter.com/3HkyOoQZLc
— Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) October 10, 2024
The damage got here shortly after the previous JUCO standout earned a two-way contract with Boston, following a formidable displaying on the 2023 Las Vegas Summer time League.
Scrubb averaged 14.4 factors, 3.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and slightly below a block per sport for the Summer time Cs. The six-foot-five guard acquired his buckets effectively too, pulling down 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 damage. (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 day-after-day, making an attempt to place it again collectively.”
Scrubb went on to elucidate that his rehab course of was a troublesome one and that he discovered lots about himself all through that point. He pointed finally season’s championship crew as an enormous motivator whereas he recovered.
“Seeing them win a championship — it motivated me, it gave me that additional push.”
The group as an entire performed an incredible function in Scrubb’s restoration and for that purpose, he hoped to have the ability to rejoin them upon returning to full power.
“Now we have been in communication ever since I acquired injured. So, I just about knew that is the place I needed to be at, and I voiced it with them that I needed to be right here. They took excellent care of me by my rehab course of. So, I felt like this is able to be the most effective place for me to return again.”
Although Scrubb was capable of get again on the ground Thursday, it’s unlikely that he’ll go well with up in any of Boston’s three remaining preseason video games. Followers ought to count on to see him taking part in up with Maine with Boston’s G-League affiliate as soon as the season will get underway.
