The Boston Celtics announced today that they have assigned rookie guard Gabe Pruitt to their NBA Development League affiliate Utah Flash.  Pruitt is the team?s second assignment to the NBA Development League this season.

At the time of the assignment Pruitt was averaging 2.0 points and 0.5 assists in 3.0 minutes per game.  Pruitt appeared in two games this season for the Celtics and was on the inactive list for six games.  Pruitt appeared in six preseason games for the Celtics averaging 2.6 points while shooting .444 percent from the field. During the 2007 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Pruitt averaged 5.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 22.4 minutes per game.