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Cassell to be a Celtic in 48 Hours

February 28, 2008 at 6:19 pm by Thomas Halzack

Marc Spears of the Boston Globe is reporting that Sam Cassell is about to sign a buy out from Donald T. Sterling and the Los Angeles Clippers and will receive a portion of what is owed of approximately $2 million. He will then have to wait the 48 hour waiver clearing period before he can sign with the Celtics.

He is reporting that Sam “will sign with the Boston Celtics.”

After all the last minute drama, Sam I Am will be bringing his smiling face, clutch game and vocal presence to the best team in the league.

That will be 2 great additions, along with PJ Brown, addressing both concerns that they had about their roster. This roster is now full, at 15 players, and ready for all comers, in their quest for the NBA title.

They are adding a solid, battle tested, point guard to bring the ball up under pressure, play with poise, and be a solid offensive option in the 4th quarters. They just signed a similarly experienced big man in PJ Brown to help with defense in the middle and enough offense to take advantage of double teams on Kevin Garnett.

All question marks are now filled.

Thomas Halzack

Celtic fan since the latter years of Bill Russell’s unprecedented run. Played (not very well) lots of ‘school lot’ ball growing up on the mean streets of Stratford. Okay, so Stratford doesn’t have mean streets. Loved the game then. Still do. With a Stevie Wonder jump shot, I prided myself on defense. And pretty good passing. Though witnesses have yet to come forward to corroborate those statements. B-ball is the most interesting game in the world, requiring the widest variety of mental and physical skills of any major team sport ever created. The games within the game multiply its attraction. Birth of a Blogger About six years ago, I discovered internet message boards for Celtic fans. Four years ago, in cooperation with the Connecticut Post, we created CelticsCentral. The timing was fortuitous. As a writer with press credentials, I observed up front the Celtics amazing run to their 17th championship banner. I now write for Celticsblog.com, as well, one of the top sites for Celtic basketball information. I have written for CelticsStuffLive at Wicked Good Sports, Comcast Sports Net –New England. My writing has also appeared on Bleacherreport.com and Foxsports.com (Court Awareness) Agree or disagree, but feel free to join me in the conversation.

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