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Which NBA player Celtics assistant GM Austin Ainge compared 1st-round pick Baylor Scheierman to

When the Celtics selected Baylor Scheierman with the final pick of the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft, many compared the Creighton product to Sam Hauser due to their 3-point shooting ability.

Celtics assistant general manager Austin Ainge has another comparison in mind though for Scheierman as he remarked about the first-round pick’s “crazy” stats as a high school quarterback.

“Some people have asked me about comps. He’s bigger and a little different, but Luke Kennard was also a high school quarterback and plays kind of similarly,” Ainge told NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg on the “Celtics Talk” podcast.