Former Hawkeye Luka Garza has a new NBA home
Celtics sign Garza to fully guaranteed deal
Updated: 6:33 AM CDT Jul 1, 2025
Hawkeye great Luka Garza has a new team.Monday, Garza’s father Frank confirmed to KCCI’s Scott Reister that Boston signed Luka to a two-year deal worth $5.5 million. The contract is fully guaranteed. ESPN was the first to report the news. The 26-year-old Garza was the national player of the year at Iowa in 2021. That June, Detroit picked him 53rd overall in Round 2 of the NBA Draft. He spent the last three years in Minnesota, but playing time never materialized.Last season he averaged 3.5 points and 1,4 rebounds a game. Minnesota declined to pick up his player option for next season, making him an unrestricted free agent. Now he heads to Boston, which needed a big man after trading away Kristaps Porzingis and losing Luke Kornet in free agency. Boston has also not re-signed veteran free agent Al Horford.Garza seems to have a pathway to playing time and a chance to display the same productivity that made him a household name during his days in Iowa City.
BOSTON —
Hawkeye great Luka Garza has a new team.
Monday, Garza’s father Frank confirmed to KCCI’s Scott Reister that Boston signed Luka to a two-year deal worth $5.5 million. The contract is fully guaranteed. ESPN was the first to report the news.
The 26-year-old Garza was the national player of the year at Iowa in 2021. That June, Detroit picked him 53rd overall in Round 2 of the NBA Draft. He spent the last three years in Minnesota, but playing time never materialized.
Last season he averaged 3.5 points and 1,4 rebounds a game. Minnesota declined to pick up his player option for next season, making him an unrestricted free agent. Now he heads to Boston, which needed a big man after trading away Kristaps Porzingis and losing Luke Kornet in free agency. Boston has also not re-signed veteran free agent Al Horford.
Garza seems to have a pathway to playing time and a chance to display the same productivity that made him a household name during his days in Iowa City.