Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff

The Celtics three-man answer at the point guard position is light on experience and heavy on uncertainty.

Even though he was a combination guard, Delonte West’s move to Seattle eliminates the one security blanket in Boston’s backcourt.

It says volumes that Danny Ainge asserted that Ray Allen became the team’s best option on a the pick-and-roll as soon as he arrived in Boston.

The trio:

Gabe Pruitt
Height: 6-4
Weight: 170 pounds
Age: 21
College: USC
Years Pro: 0

Rajon Rondo
Height: 6-1
Weight: 171 pounds
Age: 21
College: Kentucky
Years Pro: 1
2006-07 Stats: 6.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.6 spg, 41.8 FG %, 64.7 FT %, 20.7 3FG %, 23.5 mpg.

Sebastian Telfair
Height: 6-0
Weight: 160
Age: 22
College: None (Abraham Lincoln High School)
Years Pro: 3
2006-07 stats: 6.1 ppg, rpg 1.4 rpg, 2.8 apg, 0.6 spg, 37.1 FG %, 81.8 FT %, 28.9 3FG %, 20.2 mpg.

Pruitt and Rondo both played in the summer league in Las Vegas. Telfair has reportedly been working out in Vegas and preparing for the upcoming season.

Combined, the trio has started a total of 111 NBA games and zero playoff games.

Of the eight Eastern Conference playoff teams, not one will come into the 2007-08 season with less starting experience--playoff or otherwise--at the point guard position than the Celtics.

In fact, each of the East’s playoff teams carries more experience in a single player.

Orlando has Jameer Nelson (131 starts/4 playoff starts). Washington’s Gilbert Arenas (397/16) qualifies in that category. New Jersey’s answer is Jason Kidd (933/100). In Chicago that’s Kirk Hinrich (304/22). Miami gets that from Jason Williams (596/53). Toronto’s spot is filled by T.J. Ford (196/10). Cleveland can go with either Larry Hughes (416/38) or Eric Snow (546/51), and Detroit re-upped with their NBA Championship-tested point guard Chauncey Billups (586/99) this off-season.