The Boston Celtics watched six-year veteran Lonnie Walker IV make the most of his Exhibit 10 contract opportunity during the preseason. Still, it wasn’t enough for the 25-year-old to earn himself a spot on the regular-season roster.
Walker was waived by the Celtics ahead of Saturday evening’s deadline, adding him to a piling list of preseason hopefuls failing to make the cut in Boston — Ron Harper Jr., Jay Scrubb and Hason Ward are among the others waived to tidy up head coach Joe Mazzulla’s squad.