{"id":612054,"date":"2026-02-19T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/612054\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:00:29","slug":"celtics-to-convert-two-way-guard-john-tonje-to-full-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/612054\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics to convert two way guard John Tonje to full roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 19, 2026, 11:48 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Boston Celtics will &#8212; at least for now &#8212; complete their roster with the addition of two way guard John Tonje. HoopsHype reporter Michael Scotto <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/2024516734858727836?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">relates<\/a> that the Celtics will convert the two way guard to a full roster spot. This move gets the Celtics to the 14-man minimum for the next 10 days with Boston having also signed guard Dalano Banton to a 10-day deal earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tonje was dealt to the Celtics in the trade that sent vet forward Chris Boucher to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/utah-jazz\/26\/\" data-autotag=\"b47c1f60-983a-4f05-b662-93d89a8ac7dc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Utah Jazz<\/a> ahead of the 2026 NBA trade deadline to help Boston get under the luxury tax for this season and start the clock on removing the franchise from a repeater luxury tax status that significantly raises the cost of the team. Tonje has played for both the Maine Celtics and the Salt Lake City Stars (the Jazz&#8217; developmental franchise at the G League level) this season, with the Stars his most recent stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In total, he averaged 18.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and just under a steal per game while shooting 43.7% from the floor overall, 34.8% from beyond the arc, and 90.4% from the free throw line.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88537040007-usatsi-27342940.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oct 16, 2025; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Utah Jazz guard John Tonje (17) drives with the ball against Portland Trail Blazers guard Jrue Holiday (5) during the second half at Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Peter Creveling-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Don&#8217;t expect either Tonje or Banton to remain with the Celtics beyond the end of their respective 10-day deals due to their limited spending power under the luxury tax for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But there will be more moves to come from Boston&#8217;s front office closer to the end of the 2025-26 NBA regular season as Boston gets to at least 14 players to finish their current campaign heading into the 2026 NBA Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Listen to &#8220;Havlicek Stole the Pod&#8221; on:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Blue Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.ee\/CdKp\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tiny.ee\/CdKp<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">iTunes:<a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.ee\/RK47\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> https:\/\/tiny.ee\/RK47<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">YouTube:<a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.ee\/cOW3\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> https:\/\/tiny.ee\/cOW3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 19, 2026, 11:48 a.m. ET The Boston Celtics will &#8212; at least for now &#8212; complete their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3785],"tags":[72400,7,423,6,72493,72494,72404,75162,81214,72444,72422,72445,72406,72465,72403,422,427,3972],"class_list":{"0":"post-612054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-jazz","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-jazz","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-sstssportsnbaceltics","13":"tag-sstsnceltics","14":"tag-tagbasketball","15":"tag-tagchris-boucher","16":"tag-tagdalano-banton","17":"tag-tagnational-sports","18":"tag-tagnba","19":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-tagutah-jazz","22":"tag-typestory","23":"tag-utah","24":"tag-utah-jazz","25":"tag-utahjazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116098606037826760","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}