Though he still has to talk today with Phil Pressey and his agent, Danny Ainge said today that he regretfully is about to waive the backup point guard.
Circumstances mitigated the move, including an overload of point guards due to the selection of Terry Rozier in last month's draft. With Rozier, Isaiah Thomas and summer league star Marcus Smart all in line at point guard, Pressey's place simply was pushed too far to the margins. His contract would have become guaranteed today if the Celtics hadn't waived him.
The move has nothing to do with management's view of the guard, either.