Suspended G West returning to Celtics
September 1, 2010
BOSTON (AP)—Delonte West(notes) is returning to the Boston Celtics.
The team announced Wednesday that it has signed the 6-foot-3 guard, who wassuspended for the first 10 games of the 2010-11 season after pleading guilty toweapons charges in Maryland.
West played his first three seasons with Boston before being traded toSeattle in 2007 in the deal that brought Ray Allen(notes) to the Celtics.
Maryland authorities said he was carrying two loaded handguns, a loadedshotgun and an 8 1/2-inch Bowie knife while speeding on a three-wheel motorcycleon the Capital Beltway last September. He was sentenced to home detention butmay travel to games.
West has averaged 10 points and 3.7 assists over his career. He was waivedlast month by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who had acquired him only a weekearlier in a trade with Cleveland.
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