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Tremont Waters (born January 10, 1998) is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Maine Red Claws of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the LSU Tigers.

Early life and high school career
Waters played at South Kent School, a private all-boys school in NW Connecticut, for three years. He transferred his senior year to Notre Dame High School in West Haven, Connecticut. He tried out for the Puerto Rico national basketball team's U-17 squad in 2015. As a senior, he was selected for the Jordan Brand Classic. He initially committed to Georgetown but decommitted after coach John Thompson III was fired. Ranked number 37 overall in his high school class by Rivals.com, Waters committed to LSU and coach Will Wade on June 5, 2017. Waters was the 2017 Gatorade and Register State Player of the Year in Connecticut.

College career
On November 22, 2017, Waters scored a season-high 39 points on 13-of-22 shooting in a 94–84 loss to Marquette. 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. After the season, Waters entered his name in the 2018 NBA draft but did not hire an agent to preserve his collegiate eligibility. He announced his return to LSU for his sophomore season on May 29, 2018. . '''On March 23rd, 2019 sophomore guard Tremont Waters lead his team up against the 6th seeded Maryland Terrapins in the March Madness tournament. After a tough win against Yale, Waters played 36 minutes in the game. Waters played most of the game and led his team in assists. Naz Reid, the Center for the Tigers set a pick on the defender. Waters drove into the paint and scooped the ball off of the glass and into the basket for the game winning score to end the game. During the March Madness tournament Tremont averaged 33 mpg, 17-43 from the field shooting .396%. He also averaged 4.66 assists pg, 1.66 steals pg, and 16.66 points per game. Tremont Waters was awarded a spot onto the First Team All-SEC team due to his play during the season.  Tremont was given the award for his leadership skills on and off of the court.'''

Boston Celtics (2019–present)
On June 20, 2019, Waters was selected with the 51st overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. Waters played for the Celtics during the 2019 NBA Summer League season and averaged 10.0 points, 5.3 assists, 2.0 rebounds, and 2.0 steals in 22.5 minutes through the first four games helping the Celtics clinch the number one seed going into the tournament.

On July 12, 2019, Waters' father was found dead at a Super 8 Hotel room in West Haven, Connecticut in an apparent suicide. Despite this tragic, unexpected loss, Waters played 32 minutes in the tournament game the following day, July 13. The Celtics fell short to the Grizzlies and were eliminated from Summer League Championship contention despite a 16-point effort from Waters. Waters concluded his 2019 Summer League run leading the team in minutes per game as well as averaging 11.2 points, a team high 4.8 assists, and 2.0 steals. On July 25, 2019, the Celtics announced that they had signed Waters to a Two-way contract, splitting time with the Maine Red Claws. He scored 24 points in two games in the NBA G League in November. On November 24, the Celtics recalled Waters after an injury to Kemba Walker. On January 9, 2020, Waters posted 30 points, seven assists and five steals for Maine in a 120-118 triple overtime win over the Capital City Go-Go. He averaged 18.0 points, 7.3 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.89 steals per game in 36 G League games. On June 18, 2020, Waters was named NBA G League Rookie of the Year.