Yao Ming turned an ankle during Wednesday’s practice, but it was not a source of concern.
The incident was with his right ankle, not on the surgically repaired left side.
“It’s not bad,” Yao said. “I’ll be back tomorrow. It happens. I step on people’s foot.”
Well, if you have been following basketball lately, you’d know that it’s the off-season and not much is going on. With that being said, to keep Full Court Press active I decided to do an East and West one through 8 seeding prediction for the up-coming NBA season. Now I know people aren’t going to agree with this but everyone has there own opinion. Let’s take a look at the Eastern Conference first.
1. Boston Celtics-This was a hard one, and it took me a while to choose, I was thinking Celtics, Magic, or Heat. Now I know what you’re thinking, the Celtics are old and banged up. The Celtics had a great off-season while adding Jermaine O’Neal, Shaquille O’Neal, Von Wafer and recent pickup Delonte West. Losing Tony Allen who’s a great defensive player and possibly losing Kendrick Perkins who’s also another great defensive player could be a blow to there defense. At worst if healthy I can see the Celtics being third seed.
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The Boston Celtics announced today that they have signed free agent guard Delonte West. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
West, a 6’3” guard, has posted career averages of 10.0 points, 3.7 assists and has shot 37.3% from beyond the arc. Originally drafted by the Celtics with the 24th pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, West posted a career-high 12.2 points during his last season with the Celtics in 2006-07.
