Scott Pollard's redemption: I don't know if any of you remember last year when Pollard got caught saying, "Hey kids! Do drugs!" on national TV, but he was totally shelled for it. His recent press conference on signing with the Celtics is what I would call comedy gold. Not all jokes are funny, but it helps if half of the ones you tell are.
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BOSTON (AP) -- The rest of the Boston Celtics roster is starting to take shape.
Continuing a busy offseason in which the team brought in All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to play with Paul Pierce, the Celtics signed role players Scot Pollard and Eddie House as free agents.
"Getting Kevin Garnett has been kind of a big deal. But now that us two are here, you really have a chance," Pollard joked on Thursday at news conference. "I'm excited to be the cornerstone of this team."
A 10-year veteran on his fifth team, Pollard averaged 1 point and 1.3 rebounds in 24 games for Cleveland last season and has never averaged more than 6.5 points. The 6-foot-11 center also played with Reggie Miller on the Indiana Pacers for two seasons; the Celtics have had talks with the potential Hall of Famer about coming out of retirement to make a run for a championship.
Pollard said he was trying to "track him down and see if I can get a hold of him and talk him into that."
"If I can be any part of that, I'd be happy to," Pollard said.
Pollard said Miller was the kind of player he hated playing against, but loved playing with.
"As a side note," he added, "I always hated Kevin Garnett."
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