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?  He’s 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 ####.’  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!

Josh Q. Public:  Yeah, you don’t know what is like when you try, and you try, and you try, and you try, and you don’t ever get there!  Because you were born perfect and I was born like this, and you’re perfect!  -Sam I Am 

Public Service Announcement:  OK, here we go!  Would you like him in a house?  Would you like him with a mouse?  Would you like him in the green?  Would you like him with Scalabrine?  I do like him in my house.  I do like him with a mouse.  That Sam-I-am!  That Sam-I-Am!  I do like that Sam-I-Am!  Rajon Rondo and his freakishly large hands have been hobbled as of late.  The Celtics have struggled to set up the offense quickly and efficiently with Tony Allen running the point.  The Celtics have struggled to set up the offense quickly and efficiently with Eddie House running the point.  The Celtics recently endured their first skid of the season.  The Celtics recently endured losing three of four before getting back.  Back on track.  Back on the attack.  Back in the black.  Yes, Rondo’s injury is minor.  But still.  Even with Rondo back in the starting line-up the Celtics have a glaring hole at back-up.  I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in and stops my mind from wandering.  The Celtics need to fill the cracks that run though the door and keeps their minds from wandering.  They need to fix that hole with Sam Cassell.  Cassell is 38 and in the final year of a two-year contract.  A contract that is becoming increasingly closer to a buyout.  Boston is the perfect fit.  Cassell and Kevin Garnett are tight.  BFF.  So tight that it’s difficult to imagine Cassell choosing to sign anywhere but Boston.  And that’s good news for Celtics’ fans.  He’s still got it.  Lovin’, is what I got, I said remember that.  He still is capable of scoring outbursts.  He just pumped in 22 against the Nets for an overtime win.  He just pumped in 32 points in a shocking upset of Phoenix.  I shook the world!  Sam Cassell can help the Celtics shake the world.  Sam Cassell is the missing link.  The missing Lancelot Link.  He has something the Big Three do not have.  He actually has two somethings the Big Three do not have.  He’s got two rings.  That kind of veteran presence is invaluable.  What does that mean, in-famous?  Oh, Dusty.  In-famous is when you’re MORE than famous.  This man El Guapo, he’s not just famous, he’s IN-famous.  100,000 pesos to perform with this El Guapo, who’s probably the biggest actor to come out of Mexico!  Wow, in-famous?  In-famous?  Cassell would be an invaluable veteran leader.  He helped lead the Rockets to two NBA Championships.  He helped lead the Milwaukee Bucks to the Eastern Conference Finals.  He helped lead the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history.  He can help lead this team.  Lead them to the Promised Land.  Mister I ain’t a boy, no I’m a man.  And I believe in a promised land.  I believe in Sam I Am.

Public Acknowledgements:  Dr. Seuss, I *Heart* Celtics, Beatles, Sublime, Mohammed Ali, Three Amigos and Bruce Springsteen

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!