Sources: Celtics to sign Green, bring back Zeller

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The Boston Celtics will sign free-agent swingman Gerald Green, and have agreed to a deal with restricted free agent Tyler Zeller sources confirmed to ESPN.

The news of Green’s signing was first reported by the Sporting News, while Zeller’s news was first reported by the Boston Herald.

Green is expected to ink a one-year deal with the team that originally selected him with the No. 18 pick in the 2005 draft. He spent two seasons with Boston before being dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of the Kevin Garnett deal in 2007.

Gerald Green averaged 8.9 points and shot 39.2 percent in 69 games as Dwyane Wade’s backup in the Heat’s rotation last season. Oscar Baldizon/NBAE/Getty Images

Zeller has agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal with the second year being a team option, a source told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.

By signing Zeller and Green, the Celtics appear content to head into the season with the roster they have constructed. Boston had been maintaining its salary cap …

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