Random Thoughts (March 3, 2008)

Sometime in the next few hours the Celtics will announce the signing of guard Sam Cassell. This is a great move for the C's. It gives them a veteran presence at point guard behind Rajon Rondo and also provides a guy who wants to take the big shot in crunch time. If you look through at the roster, there isn't anyone on the team other than Paul Pierce and maybe Ray Allen that I want taking a big shot at the end of a playoff game. KG is the reason why this team is successful but he's not the guy who takes that shot. Sam Cassell, even at age 38, is that guy. Now, to make things easier for Doc Rivers, I will give him his rotation for the playoffs: PG - Rajon Rondo SG - Ray Allen SF - Paul Pierce PF - Kevin Garnett C - Kendrick Perkins Bench: Sam Cassell, James Posey, Glen Davis, Eddie House, PJ Brown/Leon Powe The C's have plenty of options now, enough options to win the championship... The talk of Randy Moss leaving New England for Dallas, Green Bay or New York was enough to make me lose sleep this weekend. However, according to the nice folks at ESPN.com, it seems Moss and the Patriots are close to finalizing a 3-year deal. Thank god... Yes, the Bruins are on a roll. I even attended their exciting shoot-out victory over Atlanta on Saturday. The game wasn't exciting enough for me though, I left for Sully's Tap for Bud Light's and some Big Buck Hunter at the end of the second period. The B's haven't done enough yet to keep me fully interested... No worries about the horrific spring training outings of Clay Buchholz, Jon Lester and Craig Hansen this weekend. Not yet, anyways... Looking forward to my trip to Wrigley Field, coming up in a few weeks. I will catch the Cubs against the Pirates for two games and the Mets for one. Hoping that Johan Santana is throwing for the Mets that Monday... Nice try Tyrese Rice. It goes to show how bad BC is -- and how good UNC is -- when Rice's 46 points aren't close to being enough to knock off the newly minted No. 1 team in America... Enjoy Akeem Williams tonight...