“It's a lot of fun coming here.”
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Boston Celtics first-round draft pick Baylor Scheerman got his first NBA game experience on Saturday night in a summer league game against the Miami Heat in Las Vegas.
Shierman started alongside fellow members of last season's championship team — Neemias Queta, Jordan Walsh, JD Davison and Jaden Springer — and the 23-year-old Creighton University product played 24 minutes and scored 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-7 3-pointers.
“It felt really good to go out there and play against a different opponent,” Schierman told reporters after Boston's 119-114 loss to the Miami Heat in Summer League, according to CLNS Media. “I was kind of choked for about the first five minutes of the game. It's hard to replicate that speed of play and the work, but once we got settled in, it was good from there. But it was a lot of fun playing against new opponents.”
Shierman played two seasons at Creighton University and entered June's draft as one of the best outside-shooting prospects, catching Boston's eye when it came time for the Celtics to select him with the 30th overall pick.
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In addition to knocking down three-point shooting opportunities on the offensive end of the court, Schierman also had five rebounds and six assists. Schierman revealed that some of the best three-point shooting specialists in NBA history weren't the only influences he had growing up.
“I started playing at a really young age watching Pistol Pete (Maravich) growing up,” Schierman said. “He had these fancy passes and I was really young so I tried to emulate that. And it just continued to grow and develop and it just became a part of my game. Whoever I'm playing with, I try to get my teammates involved, get them open shots and make them feel good.”
Boston signed Scheuermann to a four-year contract, giving the rookie plenty of room to be patient and develop into the player the Celtics envision, but for now, Scheuermann can spend the remainder of Summer League enjoying a long-awaited experience.
“It's a lot of fun to be here, obviously I've been watching since I was a kid,” Shierman said, “… Now being here and seeing some familiar faces that I played against in college and competing against them in different jerseys is a lot of fun.”
