Josh Q. Public: Ooooh baby, here I am, signed, sealed delivered, I’m yours. -Stevie Wonder
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! First, I was on the bandwagon. The Sam I Am bandwagon. Then I said Jason Kidd. Would you, could you, in a car? Then I said Brent Barry. Eat them, eat them, here they are. Face it, I say a lot of things. You do not like them, so you say. Try them! Try them! And you may. Try them and you may, I say. Well, I’m back. Back in the New York Boston groove. Back in the Sam Cassell groove. Back on the bandwagon. The Sam I Am Bandwagon. What choice do I have?
Sam Cassell is part of the green now. Part of the team now. Part of the Celtics mystique. Like Scott Wedman was part of the Celtics mystique. Like ML Carr was part of the Celtics mystique. Like Bill Walton was part of the Celtics mystique. I take that back. Nobody’s like Bill Walton. Like Quinn Buckner was part of the Celtics mystique. Like Jim Paxon was part of the Celtics mystique. When you start getting those guys, guys like that there, when you start getting those guys, you’re in it. In it to win it. And that’s a feeling us Celtics fans haven’t had for a while. A long while. From White Castle to the Nile. Now I like nothing better than a pretty girl smile, and I haven’t seen a smile that pretty in a while. We’re smiling again all right. We’re in it all right. In it to win it all right. And now, Sam I Am is in it too.
- Like he was in it with the Dunbar Poets his freshman year. Sure having Muggsy Bogues, Reggie Williams, David Wingate and the late great Reggie Lewis helps.
- Like he was in it with the Houston Rockets. With the Houston to the tune of two NBA Championships.
- Like he was in it with the Milwaukee Bucks to the tune of the Eastern Conference Finals.
- Like he was in it with the Minnesota Timberwolves to the tune of the Western Conference Finals. For the first time in that franchise’s history.
Now, he’s in it with the Boston Celtics. This summer, son! Fan-tastic! I love this game! The NBA, where Green Eggs and Ham happens! Cassell is expected to wear No. 28, which has been worn by seven Celtics, including Quinn Buckner, Wayne Embry, and Tony Delk.
Red Auerbach on the Celtics mystique: “Paul Silas had been in the league for about eight or nine years, and we got him in a trade. And after about four months in Boston, he came over to me and he says, ‘You know, I’d like to say something to you, Coach.’ I said, ‘What’s that?’ He said, ‘When I was in Phoenix, I always felt that the Celtic mystique and pride was a bunch of crap.’ He said, ‘I want you to know that it’s the greatest thing I ever saw, and I want you to know that I’m happy to be a part of it.’ That gave me a great, great thrill.”
Public Acknowledgements: Dr. Seuss, Kiss, and the Beastie Boys
Public Spectacle: Like my main man Jon Stewart, here’s your moment of Zen:
Peace out homies. Six two and even!
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