Delonte Wild West is going back to the Boston Celtics. After a rocky offseason that had allegations of sleeping with LeBron's mom in a Boston hotel & a guilty plea to weapon's possession, West now moves onward & upward with the Celtics.
Delonte started his NBA career in Boston. He posted career bests in points (11.8 ppg) and assists (4.6 apg) in his second year there. He was dealt with Jeff Green and Wally Szczerbiak to Seattle for Ray Allen and Glen Davis in 2007.
General Manager Danny Ainge said, "He was one of the toughest guys for me to trade. I'd do it again, of course, but we really liked Delonte when he was here. He wasn't perfect but we still liked the player."
West will battle Von Wafer to be Allen's backup. West may also sub for PG Rajon Rondo.
Wafer was waived by his Euroleague team last year. He returned to the NBA and completed a 10 day contract with the Mavs without playing a single minute.
With West's playoff experience, decent midrange game and toughness, he should get good minutes running with Nate Robinson, Big Baby Davis and whichever O'Neal comes off the bench between Shaquille and Jermaine. As an added bonus, with Shaq, Big Baby, Kryptonate, Kevin Garnett & now Delonte, the Celtics are packed with wild personalities. Sheed will be missed, but this will be a fun bunch in Beantown.
Somebody better have Delonte's chowder and Delonte better stay out of Shaq's mom's hotel room.
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