Practice Report: Injury Updates on Big Baby, Delonte West, Von Wafer, & Shaq

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The Celtics had an open practice in Waltham today in front of select friends/season ticketholders which lasted about 90 minutes before a small crew of Celtics, including new addition Carlos Arroyo, fielded questions from the media. Here’s a quick rundown of what we learned.

Glen Davis Takes Questions: The power forward who has missed the team’s last two games with a strained patella tendon, was upbeat upon taking questions from the media and felt great about his progress in recovering from the injury. Nonetheless, he still was unsure about his potential return date, although Doc Rivers hinted the team was planning on keeping him out “at least a couple more games” in order to get him back on the floor completely healthy. 

Carlos Arroyo’s Intro: The newest Celtic point guard took questions from the media for about seven minutes in a rather uneventful session. Arroyo seemed surprised about how the Heat released him and appeared unsure of why he went from the starting lineup to the waiver wire so quickly. However, the veteran guard was savvy enough to sidestep any extra resentment or revenge questions towards the Heat, saying he only “wanted to win a championship” with Boston. Naturally, a crying question was asked as well about the Miami locker room, but Carlos delivered a playful no comment to that one as well. His line of the day? “I like to say you guys got 4 million new followers in Puerto Rico, they’re truly excited about my situation.” Welcome to CelticsHub Puerto Rico fans!

Doc’s Endless Injury Updates:

• Von Wafer will be “out for awhile.” Didn’t get any more specific than that, but doubtful we will see him for the next couple weeks from the sounds of it, perhaps even more. Not good news for a thin wing depth chart.
• Delonte West is doubtful for both tomorrow and Friday night’s game against Philadelphia. He rode a stationary bike during the practice session and his new target return date is Sunday, although that date has changed 2-3 times in the past couple weeks. Clearly, the team just wants to get him healthy and with Arroyo ready to suit up tomorrow night, there’s no reason to rush West back from his sprained ankle.
• No new news on Shaq, just some playful banter on his 85 percent comments from yesterday.
• Overall, just 10 players dressed in the practice session and that’s who will dress it looks like for the next two contests at the very least. Let’s hope Carlos can pick up this offense quickly.