Celtics begin pre-draft workouts yesterday, look at Russ Smith, Nick Johnson, Chaz Williams and others

On Monday the Celtics began working out potential draft candidates.  Here's the club's official video recap from Day 1 with Marc D'Amico:




Below is more from Louisville's Russ Smith, who speaks at length (at the prompting of CSNNE's A. Sherrod Blakely at the :45 second mark) about his eagerness to play with Rajon Rondo:





Said Smith on Rondo:

Believe it or not he's actually my favorite point guard... I love Rajon, I would love to play alongside him or back him up.

Smith and Nick Johnson are both projected as likely second round picks, and are ranked #48 and #51 overall by DraftExpress.



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