Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Celtics show their class with kiddos

The Boston Celtics [team stats], fresh from their 95-89 victory over the Clippers at the TD Garden, were back in school yesterday.

Ray Allen, Tony Allen and Shelden Williams had an early wake-up call to lead a stay-in-school assembly with the kids at the Rogers Middle School in Hyde Park. After the sage wisdom, they shot hoops with kids in the gym.

Later in the day, captain Paul Pierce [stats] and Rasheed Wallace entertained kids from the Ellis Memorial After School Program in Roxbury with their performances in “The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal.”

After the play, one little fan asked ‘Sheed about his height.

“I’m 6-feet-11, one inch shy of 7 feet,” No. 30 told the curious kid.

The little guy looked up and said, “Well, maybe in seven months you’ll be seven feet!”

Growth spurt at age 35? Stranger things have happened . . .

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