We have an alien sighting at the Garden. As expected, the Boston Celtics signed veteran point guard Sam Cassell yesterday after he had been waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.
It's a great move by the C's as they desperately needed a backup point guard going into the end of the season and more importantly the playoffs. Rajon Rondo has had an outstanding season but since he's only in his second year (and first in charge of a certified contender), it's smart to have somebody come in who has won two championships in Houston and seen it all in his 15-year career.
At 38-years-old, it's Sam's eighth NBA team: he's been on the Rockets, Suns, Mavericks, Nets, Bucks, Timberwolves, Clippers and now Celtics. He's played 115 games in the playoffs and has career numbers of 45.4% field goal percentage, 33.0% on 3-pointers, 86.1% free throw shooter, 15.9 points per game, 6 assists and 3.3 rebounds.
He's a winner, plain and simple. The Clippers made some noise two years ago in the playoffs but since then, they've completely fallen back to their losing ways with injuries, feuding and uninspired play. Boston now has insurance if Rondo isn't playing well, gets in foul trouble or for late game free throw shooting situations. Plus, it'll give him an extra tutor as his career continues to develop. Eddie House will get less minutes but that's OK since he was playing out of position. He's a scorer, not a distributor. And Gabe Pruitt shouldn't be in the NBA, he ain't ready.
Cassell is scheduled to have a physical today and join the team at the shootaround tomorrow before the Pistons game. His status for that game is up in the air but don't be surprised if he and P.J. Brown make their Celts debut tomorrow night.
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