Report: Celtics offer Rasheed Wallace a contract

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics have offered forward Rasheed Wallace a contract as part of a major push to land the coveted forward, according to a published report on Friday.

The Boston Globe reports the Celtics offered Wallace a deal during a three-hour meeting in Detroit on Thursday. Celtics stars Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce joined general manager Danny Ainge and managing partner Wyc Grousbeck at the meeting.

Wallace's agent, Bill Strickland, told the Globe in a text message that it was a "very good meeting; some contractual terms discussed, nothing agreed to."

He also said Wallace will be meeting with other teams next week. Charlotte, Cleveland, Orlando and San Antonio are said to be possible suitors.

The 35-year-old Wallace can play the low post and also has exceptional shooting range. He averaged 12 points per game for Detroit last year, before falling to 6.5 points per game in the first round of the playoffs as Detroit was swept in four games by Cleveland.

Wallace earned $13.68 million last season as he finished up a five-year contract with Detroit. Teams pursuing Wallace now would be offering the midlevel exception, worth between $5.6 million and $5.8 million.

Wallace, a starter most of his career, would likely play a complementary role in Boston. The Celtics are hoping they can lure him by offering a shot at a title. Wallace is also close to Garnett. – AP

Fight with PBA fan earns Ildefonso, Pingris one-game suspension

MANILA, Philippines – San Miguel will have two key players missing on its bench when it plays Barangay Ginebra in Game 3 of the Motolite-PBA Fiesta Cup Finals Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum.

For figuring in an endgame altercation with a fan, Danny Ildefonso and Marc Pingris were both slapped a one-game suspension by PBA commissioner Sonny Barrios.

The suspension takes effect in Game 3 of the Finals currently tied at 1-1.

On top of it, Ildefonso was also fined P30,000 for charging to the fan at ringside moments after the Beermen’s 95-78 win over the Kings in Game 2 Friday night.

Pingris meanwhile, was also slapped a P10,000 fine for coming to the aid of Ildefonso.

The two were summoned at the Commissioner’s Office Saturday morning to air their side on the incident.

Both Pingris and Ildefonso profusely apologized to the PBA, viewers and the fans. At the same time, the two expressed their intention to personally apologize to the fan that they attacked.

This marked the second time this conference a big name PBA player was fined by commissioner Barrios for assaulting a fan.

Sta. Lucia’s Marlou Aquino was earlier fined P20,000 for a similar incident, although the Sta. Lucia center was spared from being suspended. – GMANews.TV

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Image and video hosting by TinyPic Pacquiao-Cotto Being Pushed By WBO as Title Bout

Francisco "Paco" Valcárcel, president of the WBO, is attempting to get the proposed bout, between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, approved as a welterweight title fight. Paco has asked the WBO's board to place Pacquiao in the number one position for the bout with Cotto, the current WBO champion, and sanction it as a title fight - if the two sides finalize the November 14 showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The move to place Pacquiao in the number one spot will raise some issues with some of the other contenders in the rankings, but it really doesn't matter because if Pacquiao wins the crown, it's likely that he will return to 140-pounds and not stick around 147 - unless he decides to defend the title against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2010. If Pacquiao wins and then vacates the title, the two highest contenders below him will face off for the vacant belt.

"I made a request to the committee to place Pacquiao in the number one position for the fight for Cotto's title," said Paco to Primera Hora . "I've already spoke with Bob Arum [promoter of Cotto and Pacquiao] and agreed the fight will be for the title."

Gabriel Peñagarícano, the legal advisor for Cotto, spoke to the paper and said the title being at stake is one of the points being negotiated by both sides.

"Miguel's title is part of the negotiations that are still ongoing," Peñagarícano said. "It will be one of the aspects to consider during the fight discussions. [There are people] saying the agreement is signed, that's not true. The only thing we agreed on is the fight being at 145-pounds."

Image and video hosting by TinyPic Pacquiao-Cotto Being Pushed By WBO as Title Bout

Francisco "Paco" Valcárcel, president of the WBO, is attempting to get the proposed bout, between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, approved as a welterweight title fight. Paco has asked the WBO's board to place Pacquiao in the number one position for the bout with Cotto, the current WBO champion, and sanction it as a title fight - if the two sides finalize the November 14 showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The move to place Pacquiao in the number one spot will raise some issues with some of the other contenders in the rankings, but it really doesn't matter because if Pacquiao wins the crown, it's likely that he will return to 140-pounds and not stick around 147 - unless he decides to defend the title against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2010. If Pacquiao wins and then vacates the title, the two highest contenders below him will face off for the vacant belt.

"I made a request to the committee to place Pacquiao in the number one position for the fight for Cotto's title," said Paco to Primera Hora . "I've already spoke with Bob Arum [promoter of Cotto and Pacquiao] and agreed the fight will be for the title."

Gabriel Peñagarícano, the legal advisor for Cotto, spoke to the paper and said the title being at stake is one of the points being negotiated by both sides.

"Miguel's title is part of the negotiations that are still ongoing," Peñagarícano said. "It will be one of the aspects to consider during the fight discussions. [There are people] saying the agreement is signed, that's not true. The only thing we agreed on is the fight being at 145-pounds."