With their final pick of the 2025 NBA draft’s second round, the Boston Celtics elected to take Virginia Commonwealth University guard Max Shulga with the No. 57 overall pick, who ESPN NBA draft expert Jonathan Givony relates will play as a two way player for the Celtics in the coming 2025-26 NBA season.

The 23-year-old (happy belated birthday!) combo guard has the size and maturity to potentially earn some floor time with the parent club in Boston next season, a former senior at VCU standing at 6-foot-5.5. Weighing in at 206 lbs., Shulga put up 15.0 points, an impressive 5.9 rebounds per game as a guard, 4.0 assists, and 1.8 steals per game.

The Kyiv, Ukraine native is also a good shot from beyond the arc, hitting 38.7% of his shots from deep on 5.7 attempts per game. He hit 43.5% of his shots from the floor overall, and 78.3% of his 5.4 attempts from the free throw line as well.

Testing a bit low on lane agility in the 2025 NBA Combine, Shulga had concerns about his defense coming into the draft.

But playing as a two way player for the Celtics should go a long way with seeing how well he can shore up that aspect of his game against a higher level of competition that he has yet seen at the NCAA level.

This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Boston takes VCU guard Max Shulga with No. 57 pick of 2025 NBA draft