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Gary Tanguay was just on the phone on Sports Tonight and said that sometime soon, Rasheed Wallace and his family will be in Boston to check out the area and talk to the Celtics. Rasheed was just in Dallas, but Tanguay didn't know if it was to meet with the Mavericks or just to visit Dallas. But he was certain that Sheed would be meeting with the Celtics and that they would be checking out the Boston area with an eye toward Sheed possibly signing there. Still nothing certain, but it is obvious that Sheed is indeed considering Boston to sign with. Eddie House finally made his decision to stay in Boston for the $2.86 million remaining on the second year of his contract. I think he made a wise decision. I am sure he checked out the free agency climate and realized that teams are not looking to spend a lot of money this off season and even if a team was interested, he probably wouldn't get more than his current contract. Marc Spears mentioned Lamar Odom as being at the to...
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