Since Googs' back problems are apparently legit, I
imagine he'll go back on IR for Reed after the Toronto
game.

West's injury reminds me of that Denis Leary joke
about how only good rock stars like Stevie Ray Vaughn
die but John Bon Jovi keeps making albums...West
breaks his hand, but we can't get McCarty near sharp
kitchen utensils.


--- jbmetzea <jim_metz@...> wrote:

>
>
>
> Celtics place G West back on IL, activate F
> Gugliotta
>
>
> December 1, 2004
> BOSTON (Ticker) - The Boston Celtics on Wednesday
> placed rookie
> guard Delonte West back on the injured list with a
> broken bone in
> his right hand and activated forward Tom Gugliotta.
>
> West's first season in the NBA has been slowed by
> injuries. He has
> played in only two games, averaging 3.5 points and
> 2.0 rebounds.
>
> West's latest setback came in the second quarter of
> Sunday's game in
> Miami when he suffered a fracture of his fourth
> metacarpal bone.
> West underwent surgery Wednesday morning at New
> England Baptist
> Hospital, a procedure in which the fracture was
> reduced and held in
> place with two screws.
>
> West, who teamed with Jameer Nelson at St. Joseph's
> last season to
> form perhaps the best backcourt in the country,
> missed the Celtics'
> first 11 games with a right thumb fracture.
>
> Gugliotta had been sidelined since November 23, when
> he was placed
> on the injured list with lower back pain.
>
> In his first season with the Celtics, Gugliotta has
> played in seven
> games, averaging only 1.7 points and 2.6 rebounds.
> He has played in
> just 146 games over the past seven seasons due to an
> assortment of
> injuries.
>
> The 6-10 Gugliotta signed as a free agent with the
> Celtics in
> August. He averaged just 2.9 points and shot 35
> percent last season
> for the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz.
>
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