Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Tremont Waters was born on January 10, 1998 in New Haven, Connecticut. He is a point guard in the NBA.

Waters began his career playing prep basketball at South Kent School in South Kent, Connecticut and Notre Dame High School in West Haven, Connecticut for his senior year. Waters was the 2017 Gatorade and Register State Player of the Year in Connecticut. Waters was ranked 37th overall in his class by Rival.com.

Waters would commit to playing collegiate basketball at Louisiana State University. As a freshman at LSU, Waters averaged 15.9 points, 6.0 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game. His 198 assists broke the school record for assists by a freshman set by Ben Simmons. Waters was named to the Freshman All-SEC team and was the Freshman of the Year in Louisiana.

On June 20, 2019, Waters was selected with the 51st overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.