If you didn't watch any of the NBA Summer Leagues this past summer and you're not a college basketball junkie (i'm guilty in both cases), then you probably don't even know who those guys are. They both played very well for Boston, especially Christmas whose minimum deal was half-guaranteed for $236,000 this season. I'm convinced from that and his time at Temple that Christmas can play in the NBA but he would never get minutes here so this probably isn't the worst thing to happen. As for Smith, he seems like D-League material to me.
By getting rid of these guys, the Celtics are down to 16 players on their roster. That means, they'll need to release one more player and they still have non-guaranteed camp invites left in swingman Micah Downs and forward Rob Kurz. I remember both from college and there is no chance either will be on the C's, sorry.
What I bet happens is that rookie guard Kris Joseph makes the team (today's moves really solidified his place) while Boston will sign some veteran in the next two weeks that gets released by another NBA team. It's hard to believe it but Celtics' regular season opener is two weeks from tonight, in Miami against the defending champions-the team that beat Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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