"To give him some more minutes and on-court experience, the Celtics sent rookie Lester Hudson to their D-League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws, for three games.
In those three games, Hudson averaged 16.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. But it was his defense he keyed on.
"I learned a lot," he told WEEI.com on Sunday. "I learned a lot about the pick-and-roll, team defense. Those were things my coach, (head coach) Doc [Rivers] and (President of Basketball Operations) Danny [Ainge] told me to work on so I tried to work on that and I think I got a little better at that. I've just got to work hard on every possession. I got in a little better shape because I was playing a lot of minutes in those three games, so I'm going to try not to get out of shape (ESPN)."
It is good to get these young guys, who aren't going to play much with how much depth the Celtics have, playing time and it looks like Husdon took advantage. We all know he can score, but until he gets comfortable and finds himself a role on this team I doubt we will see him do much in terms of the stat sheet this year.
