Getting your player ready...
• Former Los Angeles Clippers point guard Sam Cassell cleared waivers and was planning to fly to Boston today to sign with the Celtics.
• Houston Rockets center Yao Ming underwent surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. The injury is not expected to keep Yao from playing in the Olympics.
• Knicks forward Zach Randolph missed New York’s game against New Orleans because of a bruised right foot.
