James Young and Dwight Powell to play in D-League tonight, Marcus Smart stays in Boston
BREAKING: The @Celtics have assigned James Young and Dwight Powell to Maine again for tonight's game vs. @SFSkyforce - 7 p.m. @ the Expo!!!
— Maine Red Claws (@maineredclaws) December 6, 2014
Unlike earlier in the week, Marcus Smart did not make the trip with his fellow Boston rookies.
#Celtics Marcus Smart, who went through first full practice w/ team since being injured, stays late to work on shot. pic.twitter.com/fLo9FGg1Y5
— Scott Souza (@scott_souza) December 6, 2014
This was probably the right move considering Smart's 1-for-12 performance with the Red Claws on Thursday. Even though Smart is officially healthy enough to play, he doesn't appear to be back to his old self yet. Brad Stevens said as much after keeping Smart on the bench for the entire game against the Lakers last night:
Stevens on Smart: "He has the clearance to play, but I don't think he looked great the last two nights."
— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) December 6, 2014
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