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NBA: Celtics sign first-rounder Robert Williams

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First-round pick Robert Williams signed a four-year deal with the Boston Celtics on Thursday.Terms were not disclosed but Williams, the 27th overall pick out of Texas A&amp;M, is scheduled to make $1.65 million as a rookie according to the NBA&#x27;s wage scale.Williams is slated to play for the Celtics&#x27; summer league team after getting off on the wrong foot as a pro. First, Williams slept through a day-after conference call with reporters following the NBA draft. Even after a side conversation with team officials, Williams missed his flight from Louisiana to Boston before the first summer league practice.Williams, 20, is a two-time defensive player of the year in the Southeastern Conference. He has a 7-foot-6 wingspan and was rated by most draft experts as a top 20 pick.Since the draft, Williams said off-the-court approach has been stressed to him by team management. He called missing the first summer league practice a wake-up call.&quot;Just accountability and just stressing that this is a job. Things are different in college so just knowing what you have and the opportunities are limited,&quot; he said Tuesday.--The Los Angeles Clippers announced they have signed first-round picks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jerome Robinson.Gilgeous-Alexander, who turns 20 next week, was drafted 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets last month. The Clippers followed by taking forward Miles Bridges from Michigan State and flipping him with two future second-round picks to Charlotte for the rights to Gilgeous-Alexander.L.A. then took the 21-year-old Robinson at No. 13 overall. Both players will earn between $3 million and $4 million in the first year of a four-year deal, based on their respective draft slots.<div>--Field Level Media</div>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

First-round pick Robert Williams signed a four-year deal with the Boston Celtics on Thursday.

First-round pick Robert Williams signed a four-year deal with the Boston Celtics on Thursday.