Hes doing more every day: Robert Williams makes progress to 3-on-3 work – Boston.com

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Celtics big man Robert Williams continues to progress toward a return, although the team still doesnt plan to have him against the Nets in their first-round series.

Williams who underwent surgery to trim a torn meniscus last month is back on the court doing some workouts, according to Ime Udoka.

[Hes] getting some three-on-three up a little bit, Udoka said on Wednesday prior to Game 2. Hes doing more every day. Its a comfort level thing with him. The risk is injury, swelling or something like that coming off of surgery. Little bit of pain tolerance and how well his body reacts to the up level physically. Doing a little more, getting out there on the court and looking good at times. We ease it up the next day if he has a heavy session.

Were still planning on playing without him, but happy with his progress.

Williams return after surgery was expected to be 4-to-6 weeks, and he underwent his procedure on March 30. Last week, Brad Stevens told 98.5 The Sports Hubs Toucher & Rich the Celtics are comfortable with his projected timeline, making Wednesdays game three weeks out from his surgery. A potential Game 5 would fall on the precise four-week mark.

Nets forward Ben Simmons, meanwhile, is reportedly expected back for Game 4.

Myself, coaching him in the past and a lot of guys in general a lot of them played against him recently in a series, two years ago in the bubble, and Al played with him, Udoka said. So a lot of us know him well enough. When its time to talk about what he does, I dont think its a problem for our guys. We have a group thats seen him quite a bit.

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