Ladies and gentlemen, your frontcourt rotation

is now Raef LaFrentz, Brian Scalabrine and Michael Olowokandi. Word this afternoon is that Kendrick Perkins dislocated his shoulder in practice and will be out until at least after the All Star Break. To recap, the post players on the roster are now:

- A guy whose knees are so shot he barely plays more than 20 minutes on the one of the shallowest rosters in the league
- An expiring contract, and
- A third-string, undersized power forward that the team signed to be a positive influence on their recent draft picks.

The Celtics chances of landing a top 3 pick and Doc's chances of keeping his job just jumped in opposite directions.

I've been on the road (great to see you, Ty) and also have been meaning to post this link this link from a few days ago that indicates Szczerbiak may have knee issues.

Wounded knee
Wally Szczerbiak has been bothered by soreness in his left knee, which was scoped nine years ago. ''I don't know what's going on," said Szczerbiak, who will likely have the joint examined. ''I felt it catch a few times, little pops or something. It's cartilage. I had cartilage removed nine years ago. It's just been swelling a little bit on me, so we'll see."

Could the basketball gods (I mean Danny Ainge) inflict on us two $10-13M stiffs for the next three years?

Stay tuned.