"I wish he could have stayed with us the whole year so I could have developed him even more," said Pressey.

Joe Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics have defied expectations this season. With preseason over/under odds of 41.5 wins, many believed the Celtics season would be lost without superstar Jayson Tatum. Boston has exceeded those early-season predictions in droves, standing at the top of the Atlantic Division with a 47-24 record.

Bassey, of course, had been a fan favorite of the Sin City Celtics in Summer League, and Shulga has been bumped up to a two-year contract.