Celts' Waters marks 16 days only after his father's death



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Wear sneakers with the message "Team Waters!" and "Waters Way!" The Boston Celtics rookie, Tremont Waters, scored 16 points and got three assists in a summer league playoff game just days after his father's death.

Ed Waters, 49, was found dead Thursday in a hotel in West Haven, Connecticut, police said. On Friday, the medical examiner's office said that Waters' death was a suicide.

Tremont Waters did not speak to reporters after Saturday's game in Las Vegas, a 94-88 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies who eliminated the Celtics from the summer league playoffs.

"On the Celtics side, from top to bottom, everyone has offered and done everything in their power to help, it is obviously much more important than the basketball of the league. "Summer," Celtics coach Scott Morrison told reporters after the match. "It was his choice to stay and play, he thought it was the best way to handle it.

"I thought he had played very well, especially with all these considerations, so we're here to support him and do everything in our power to help him." It's a situation really unhappy. "

Waters was selected in the second round (No. 51 overall) by the Celtics in the NBA draft last month.

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