With many reports ranging from Marcus Smart’s absence to a potential appearance on opening night, it’s easy to get confused on where exactly his status lies. For the sake of this piece we’ll just go with the most reasonable scenario of Smart missing a couple of games. Between Smart’s 27.3 minutes per game last season and Turner’s 28 mpg, the Celtics will have to rely on other guys to make up for about 55 minutes of production that’s no longer going to be there. The Celtics can handle this dilemma in a few different ways, but here are my two likely scenarios.
The Marcus Smart back-up plan
