The James Young show

Big night for Young.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLXpQrBNDvE

swish

Box score

http://dleague.nba.com/games/20141231/TEXMNE/

swish

Nice to see James in the habit of scoring well. That's the sign of a smooth stroke and good shot decisions.

Sam

He certainly looks like a sniper from deep. I thought he would get some floor time with the Thornton injury.

He will get a chance at somepoint.

dboss

Young was the only Red Claw player with a negative +/-, yet he was their highest scorer.

Interesting stats: Lead Changes: 13 and Times Tied: 11. They must have been mostly in the first half and early on in the 3rd quarter when it was still a close game.

Bored seeing all those 3's, glad hes hitting them, but could we see some semblance of a post game or creating his own shot? if thats all hes got, catch and shoot hes not ready yet.

Cow,

His athleticism should get him a lot of baskets going to the hoop because he's a pretty good finisher. He should also be a successful wing player in transition. Not all wing players have to be great shot creators. Ray Allen comes to mind.

Sam

Sam we should be so lucky if he is near Ray Allen, Ray also had great hops as a young player and could drive and dunk very well, I don't see the ball handling or slashing/finishing ability yet in Young, hope its there.

I am very glad to see Young playing lots of minutes in Maine. These minutes are much more valuable than sitting on the Cs bench in street clothes at this point in his career.

Stevens noted during the week that his practices in Boston were also much better this week. All signs that his shoulder is at least getting much closer to 100%.

I see him staying on the Maine-Boston shuttle for a few more weeks until a trade happens and the Cs roster gets more solid. At some point in the next few weeks he will start to get some minutes in Boston and get on his way to becoming the starter that I see him becoming by next season.

The NBA has long had plenty of guys who can score although perhaps may not be complete players with strong defensive games and rebounding prowess. Young will get better at his weaknesses, he is only 19 years old, is not as strong physically as he is going to be, but he can already score the ball.

His future looks very bright to me and the Celtics seem to be bringing him along at a very sound and productive manner.