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Brendan Bowers: Delonte on Cavs future: "w/ the support this city shows, their owner, & the young talent here, I can see them back contending in a few yrs" Twitter

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Brendan Bowers: Talked to Delonte West. He said he considers CLE fans not actually fans, but "his friends". Said it was great to come back & see his friends Twitter

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From the moment Delonte West signed with the Dallas Mavericks on Dec. 13, it didn't take Dirk Nowitzki long to figure out that the Mavs had found their coveted backup point guard. "I was really pleased from the beginning," Nowitzki said. "I thought right away at training camp that Delonte was a good pickup, and he's been great. "Defensively, he's as tough or tougher of a defender as I've seen in this league, or played with, in my 13 years. He can guard [point guards] and [shooting guards], and he's tough on the post." Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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West played a season-high 34 minutes Wednesday night in his homecoming to Boston. His line wasn’t impressive: 12 points on 5-of-14 shooting and, of course, one bloody nose. The Saint Joseph’s University product joked several times that he wanted to play basketball for another 20 years, and that maybe he would end up back in Boston before his career ended. Regardless, West will always remember his time as a Celtic fondly. “I’ve got to chance to shake hands, share personal jokes, had lectures with some of the Celtic legends,” he said. “I got the chance to have a conversation with Red Auerbach. Those memories you never replicate. There are so many positives and great things that I can take from the basketball experience I had playing in Boston.” WEEI.com

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Chris Forsberg: Delonte West jokes he wants to play 20 more years and expects to be back in Boston at some point. Said C's did express interest in offseason Twitter

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He said he wasn’t surprised that the Celtics let him get away as a free agent before this season. “No, not at all,” he said. “You’re talking about the Boston Celtics here. You’re talking about Bill Russell, Red Auerbach. Spots fill up really quickly over here. “It wasn’t like I didn’t have had a few options myself. I had the Los Angeles Lakers knocking on my door and the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics. It was kind of hard for me to choose, myself. On teams like that, roster spots fill up very quickly. “And this ain’t my first rodeo. I’ve been in this (visiting) locker room before. This is a crazy league. You never know where you end up.” Boston Herald

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Gary Washburn: Delonte West on his lockout summer working at the furniture store: "It told me the league minimum ain't that bad." #celtics #mavericks Twitter

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Jessica Camerato: Before Delonte West got booed during intros, he said, "I’m pretty sure the crowd and the fans and the friends -- I don’t want to say fans, the friends -- are going to be happy to see me." #Celtics Sulia

Boston Celtics, Delonte West 

West is playing about 21 minutes a game and while his shooting percentages remain low (43.5 percent overall and 18.2 from 3-point range) his energy and effort -- particularly on defense -- have remained high, and pleasing to Carlisle. "It’s not often you have a guy on the floor that goes 9-for-10, but there’s a guy on the floor that’s actually the best player on the court," Carlisle said, first noting Dirk Nowitzki's impressive shooting night. "Delonte was the best player on the court because of his competitiveness. That’s what we need right now. We need consistency as a team competitively and he set a great tone for us the last two games." ESPN.com

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Delonte West apologized for a rant he made on his Twitter account following this past Saturday’s win over the New Orleans Hornets. He also apologized for what he said was a joke when he told the Star-Telegram: “It’s going to be ashamed the President isn’t going to get a chance to meet me. I’m the president of my house.’’ Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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And he plans to make amends. "At the end of the day, I did what I've done most of the time in my career -- I dug myself into a hole and that's just not what I was trying to do,'' West said. "That's not the impression I'm trying to put out to the Dallas area.'' To that end, West said he's hoping to move forward from here with more emphasis on his actions on the court and less about things that happen away from it. He elected to stay away from the White House trip after learning he could go because he didn't want to cause further distraction. "In the past, I wasn't able to attend,'' he said. "So I made statements before we got the official clearance for me. Obviously, I got upset. I got a phone call after a few hours, and they said I get to go. I wasn't throwing anybody under the bus.'' Dallas Morning News

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“The Mavs were working diligently throughout the night to get my information down to the Secret Service or whatever it needed to get it done,’’ West said Tuesday. “At the time we did the interview I was just talking off the past situations. “But at that time it was just the uncertainty with the case, not so much the background check. But in the past my case wasn’t figured out, so that’s why I wasn’t able to go in the past.'' Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Here's a new incentive to go to the Palace for the Pistons game: Maybe you could sit on the visiting team's bench. No, we're not talking about those uber-expensive seats one the floor next to the coaching staff. We're talking actually on the bench. Don't believe us? Well, then you must have missed what happened during Tuesday night's game between the Pistons and Mavericks. Detroit Free Press

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During the third quarter, Fox Sports Detroit cameras caught two guys in jackets, caps and sporting beards and beers, plopped down on the Mavs' bench. They were shown sitting between new Mavericks guards Delonte West and Vince Carter. George Blaha and Greg Kesler seemed more than surprised to see two men in street clothes hanging out on an NBA bench during a game. Consider everything that happened at with the brawl some 7 1/2 years ago, you'd think two civilans would never make it that far. Detroit Free Press

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But the Secret Service on Monday told reporters that West was cleared to attend the event. A rep for the Mavericks told us that West was not banned but declined to comment further on the reason for his absence. His manager did not return our emails — and West, who has battled bipolar illness in the past, deleted his Twitter account overnight. Washington Post

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Delonte West: Them quotes wasn't directed at all media...a selected few...not u Jim Rome ..relax...bout a hand full...everybody else...ya cool... Twitter

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Delonte West: My presidents black and my uniform is blue....I know I could have made him laugh....brought smiles to the white house.thats what I was sayin Twitter

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Delonte West: I been to the white house 100 times just like everybody else in dc...just drivin by wondering what it would be like to step inside Twitter

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Delonte West: I take that very seriously .,ur article was uncalled for and u made me look like some type of jerk off.i said that jokingly not arrogant Twitter

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Delonte West: Being an African American man... I though u were understanding what I was sayin... I'm not mad or arrogant..Im sadden Twitter

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