Celtics’ head coach Brad Stevens just joined Gresh & Zolak on 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston to talk about the team’s recent play. In the interview, Stevens addressed the statuses of both Rajon Rondo and Avery Bradley after both players sat out practice yesterday.

“I don’t know how many games he’s played since January 17th but it’s been a few,” Stevens continued, “You are going to have just fatigue and general soreness on his other muscles. I think it doesn’t look like he’ll play tonight, based on the early morning report that I got. We’ll hear final word when we get ready for our walkthrough.”

The news was a little better concerning the status of Bradley, who has been hampered by a sprained right ankle in recent weeks.

“Avery will be determined later on tonight. It’ll be a better chance than Rondo, but it’s probably 50-50 he will play tonight,” Stevens said.

The head coach went on to explain what is ailing Rondo specifically to cause the team to be cautious with him.

“I think the biggest thing is not many people can sit out for one year and then play turn right around play nine games in 20 days and not experience {soreness}. Our biggest thing with him is being really conservative is making sure as he goes through this he feels good when he’s on the court, because it’s really important as you are coming back in and getting your rhythm that you play well,” Stevens said.

In classic Rondo form, he gave Stevens soon news about his body after the Sixers’ win.

“He was really sore towards the end of the Philly game which he told us after the fact,” Stevens said.

Factors like this will cause the team to be cautious with him in the upcoming weeks. We’ll have the latest on the status of Rondo and Bradley tonight at the Garden.