Celtics to work out pair of veteran free agent forwards

The Celtics will work out free agent forwards T.J. Warren and Lamar Stevens this week in Boston, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Boston has 11 players with guaranteed contracts and two others with partial guarantees, so it has the roster space if Warren and/or Stevens make a favorable impression.

Warren, 29, appeared in a combined 42 games with Brooklyn and Phoenix last season, all off the bench. He also came off the bench for the Suns in six postseason contests. He appeared in just four games the previous two seasons due to foot injuries.

Warren signed a one-year, veteran’s minimum deal with the Nets last summer.

Warren was a consistent scorer for Phoenix and Indiana earlier in his career. He’s averaged 14.6 points in 27.4 minutes per game during 374 career regular-season games.

Stevens was waived last month by the Spurs.

Stevens’ contract for 2023-24 was partially guaranteed at $400K and San Antonio cut him loose before his full $1.93M salary becomes guaranteed.

Stevens, 26, was sent to the Spurs by Cleveland as part of the Max Strus sign-and-trade.

The combo forward went undrafted in 2020 after four college seasons at Penn State, later signing a two-way deal with the Cavaliers. He was promoted to a multiyear standard contract in April 2021, the end of his rookie season.

Overall, Stevens averaged 5.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in three seasons with the Cavs (165 games, 16.0 MPG).