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Gary Tanguay is all over this Rasheed Wallace thing. He must be trying hard to make his bold prediction that Sheed would come to Boston true. First, is this Tweet: Just spoke with Danny Ainge. He told they have interest in Rasheed Wallace. He confirmed our report from 48 hours ago. Then this one following close behindDanny is not sure of visit timeline though. Also popping up on Twitter is some news about Lester Hudson. I didn't see the press conference televised, but he was scheduled to be introduced to the media at 10:00 this morning. I am sure everyone is sitting on the edge of their chairs wondering what number he was going to pick. Wonder no more. Lester Hudson is set to meet with the media here in Waltham shortly. His #26 jersey is waiting with PR guy Brian Olive...Finally, there is news on the Celtics' Summer League Roster. Since the Orlando Summer League is next week from July 6-10, I'm sure Celtics fans are wondering who will be on the Celtics' team. ...
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