BOSTON, MA – The Boston Celtics announced today that they have signed 2017 first
round draft pick Jayson Tatum and 2016 first round draft pick Ante Zizic.
Tatum, selected third overall in the 2017 NBA Draft, averaged 16.8 points, 7.3
rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.35 steals, 1.14 blocked shots and 33.3 minutes in 29
games (27 starts) in his lone season at Duke. During his single season at Duke
he set a single-season record with six games of at least 10 points, five
rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks. The 19-year-old Missouri
native ranked second on his team and second among ACC freshmen in both points
and rebounds en route to being named Third Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference
and to the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2016-17. He was named as one of the five
final candidates for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award. As a
senior at Chaminade College Prep in St. Louis, Missouri he was named as the 2016
Gatorade Boys National Player of the Year.
Zizic, selected with the 23rd overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, competed
internationally with Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul in Turkey and KK Cibona Zagreb
in Croatia last season. He played in a total of five different competitions last
season; the Euroleague, Basketball Champions League, Adriatic League, the
Turkish BSL and the Croatian A-1 league and played a total of 65 games. He
appeared in 21 games for Darussafaka Dogus in the Turkish BSL where he averaged
8.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and shot 68.8 percent from the field in 17.8 minutes
per game. He also appeared in 20 games for Darussafaka Dogus in the Euroleague,
helping them to a quarter-finals appearance against Real Madrid. In those 20
games in the Euroleague, Zizic averaged 9.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and shot 64.9
percent from the field. He had his highest scoring average per game in the
Adriatic League for KK Cibona where he averaged 20.0 points and 9.2 rebounds
while blocking 1.23 shots per game. He was named as the 2015-16 Adriatic League
Top Prospect which is given to the league’s best young player, aged 22 or under.
Previous winners of this award include current NBA players Nikola Jokic and
Daric Saric.
Player: Jayson Tatum
Player: Ante Zizic
Media Content:
http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/pressrelease/celtics-sign-jayson-tatum-ante-zizic
Media Keywords: NBA, Sports, Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum, Ante Zizic, Boston
Celtics
Media Thumbnail:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/celtics/sites/default/files/20170622-tatum-zizc.j
pg
Taxonomy: Press Release
Story Link:
http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/pressrelease/celtics-sign-jayson-tatum-ante-zizic
