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Report: Boston Celtics re-sign Tyler Zeller to 2-year deal

Tyler Zeller is coming back to the Celtics on a two year deal to reprise his role as the big at the end of the bench who occasionally reminds us why he was a first-round pick.

The Boston Celtics will re-sign Tyler Zeller to a two-year deal with a team option on the second year, Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald reports.

Celtics bringing back Tyler Zeller on a 2-year deal, with the second season at team option.

— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) July 23, 2016

The Celtics needed one more big at the end of the bench and Zeller showed last year that he could be a useful back-end rotation player.