Sam Cassell

Rajon Rondo should bake a nice cake with the words "thank you for trading Chauncey Billups" written in icing on the top and send it to Detroit Pistons GM Joe Dumars.  It wouldn't hurt if all of the Celtics helped (even Scalabrine), but Rondo in particular should take the lead on this one.  Stop scratching your heads and looking confused and don't ask why, you should know very well by now that some rambling, tangential diatribe of an explanation is forthcoming...

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I remember reading a headline a few months back about how Sam Cassell had announced he was going to play one more year and then become an assistant coach in the league, and I recall thinking to myself, "You know what, good for him. I wish him the best with whatever team he signs with this season."

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ter than ever and are brimming with talent and potential.

I just read a report today stating that Sam Cassell intends to return to the Celtics to play one more year before becoming an assistant coach for the team.  That comes as news to me (and just about everybody else), and almost seems too presumptuous of the human gun aka the crystal skull (happy yet, Tyler?) aka Sam I am to assume, especially after his stink fest in the playoffs last June.  Ultimately we won, so it doesn't matter, but Sam seems so sure that he's part of the plan, I'm beginning to suspect that he put some LSD in Danny Ainge's drinking water and told him that he'd have the Queen of Hearts decapitate him unless Ainge agreed to bring back Cassell for one more tour of championship bandwagonnery (apologies to basketbawful for jacking his term, but imitation is the highest form of flattery, you know).

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Allen, Glen Davis, PJ Brown and the alien from the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull… er, I mean Sam Cassell (don’t forget Scal and Scott Pollard!).  Each and every one of those guys, especially Scalabrine, made contributions to the team and were vital parts of this championship run.  The Celtics are all about teamwork, sacrifice and selflessness, and it won them a title.  Highlighting just the three all stars as the contributors goes against every key characteristic of the Celtics’ identity.

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cs won 66 games with House in the rotation, and have been crummy and inconsistent with the likes of Sam Cassell playing the point instead (by the way, I have a feeling that I won't be the only one who is relieved when Cassell's creaky shoulder gives out and his shooting arm falls off).  I want more Eddie in the next few games, and if Doc Rivers can resist the urge to shoot himself and his ballclub in the foot, he'll make it happen.

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fort and the taxing effect that can have on a player's offensive game. 

I'd like to mention Sam Cassell here as well, though he could have easily been in the positive section of this post as well.  E.T. hit some tough shots when he first entered the game and energized the Celtics during the second quarter when the Lakers were making a push, but ruined it all when he checked into the game after half time.  Riding his momentum from the first half, Cassell let it fly in the fourth quarter and missed 3 of his four attempts.  When the Celtics needed to control the ball and the clock and score on quality shots, Cassell was firing away instead of making the extra pass.

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 I think it would be great for somebody like Sam Cassell to get a lot of minutes in the coming week so that he can continue to adapt to the Celtics system and hopefully get comfortable with his teammates.

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