Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens said he expects injured guard Marcus Smart to collect information about his damaged right thumb until early next week before ultimately sitting down and deciding on a plan for moving forward.

Smart could potentially require season-ending surgery, but that's not a certainty at this point. During a Wednesday afternoon interview with 98.5 The Sports Hub's Zola & Bertrand, Stevens said the guard's injury situation is more unclear than any of his other hurting teammates.

"I would say that at the end of the day, Marcus is going to seek a second opinion, confer with everybody that he's talked to, and make the right decision from there that he's comfortable with, that we're comfortable with, that everybody's comfortable with," Stevens said on the radio show.

Added the coach: "He's gotta figure out what his next steps are. He told me today that he's going to take a a couple of days, see what it feels like early next week, get all of the different doctors' opinions, sit down early next week and weigh his options. There could be a slight chance that he's back sooner rather than later, but I'd say that it's not going to be any time too soon and there's a chance that he would not be back."

Stevens also said Jaylen Brown (concussion) will not travel with the Celtics on their upcoming two-game road trip. Brown is on the long list of Celtics players who will miss Wednesday night's home game against the Washington Wizards.