Some of the sights were familiar, like Marcus Smart harvesting splinters while diving for loose balls. The second-year guard, clear leader of this Celtics summer league team, has also taken over as a lead scorer - tonight with 25 points as part of a stat-packed performance that also included eight assists and five rebounds.
But another member of the 2014 draft class had something more decisive to say. Utah's Dante Exum (20 points, five assists, five rebounds) led the Jazz to a 100-82 win over the Celtics in tonight's opening game of the Utah Jazz Summer League.
The Celtics newcomers had varying success, including a strong all-around debut by Terry Rozier (seven points, five rebounds, two assists, two steals) and a fine display of finishing and shot blocking by fellow rookie Jordan Mickey (14 points, four rebounds, three blocks).