The Boston Celtics were just hoping that Glen “Big Baby” Davis would be good enough to give Kevin Garnett a little rest this season off of the bench and he is doing a solid job. Davis has played in 20 games so far this season for the Celtics and he is averaging 13.0 minutes, 4.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. He is shooting a solid 47.3% from the floor and 75% from the free throw line. The Celtics do hope that he will get in better shape and that might come soon as the rest of the Celtics will push him in the weight room.

Gabe Pruitt has not got much of a chance to show what he can do on the court yet. He has only played in 5 games so far this season for the Celtics and he’s averaged 4.8 minutes, 2.6 points, 0.4 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. He also is shooting a solid 50% from the floor. It might be hard for the rookie to get much playing time with the Celtics using a veteran bench.

Reserve guard Tony Allen was a guard the Celtics were depending on to help off of the bench this season but he still hasn’t got things together yet. He’s off to a poor start in December as he’s played in 4 games and he has averaged 17.3 minutes, 5.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists. He also is only shooting 35% from the floor and that just won’t get it done.

James Posey and Rajon Rondo have been great support for the “Big Three” in December so far. Posey has been outstanding off of the bench for the Celtics. He has played 4 games so far this month and he has averaged 24.5 minutes, 11.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Rondo has run the point a little better than most experts thought he could and it’s carried over into December. He has started 4 games in December and he has averaged 31.0 minutes, 10.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game. The Celtics will continue to fly high as long as they get production outside the “Big Three” and Rondo & Posey have been doing a good job.

The Celtics are off to a 17-2 start to the season which has them in first place in the Atlantic Division by 7 games over to Raptors. The Celtics are averaging 101.7 points per game but they’ve been winning because of their defense which is holding the opposition to 87.7 points per game. They are on a 6 game winning streak and they’ve won 9 of their last 10 games. The Celtics have really been dominating at home as they are 10-0 there.

Brian Scalabrine hasn’t done much for the Celtics so far this season and he could start losing playing time if he doesn’t improve. He has averaged 11.7 minutes, 2.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. He also is only shooting 35% from the floor and that just won’t get it done. Glen “Big Baby” Davis will take his playing time away if he doesn’t improve soon.