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Early signs encouraging on James Young

So far, so good.

Weeks ago Danny Ainge said that this would be a big few weeks for James Young. He's had since the end of the Celtics' season to work on his body and his game and he's got a great opportunity to show his coaches that he's making progress. So far the results all seem to be positive.

Young, the 17th overall pick last season, has packed on the weight -- he said he's up to 220 pounds -- and is eager to show the strides made behind the scenes in the D-League last season (and in the weight room since the season ended).