West heads East and back to Boston

BOSTON - The Boston Celtics announced yesterday that it has signed Delonte West, the former Saint Joseph's Hawk, who has been suspended for the first 10 games of the 2010-11 season after pleading guilty to weapons charges in Maryland.

West played his first three seasons with Boston before being traded to Seattle in 2007 in the deal that brought Ray Allen to the Celtics.

Maryland authorities said he was carrying two loaded handguns, a loaded shotgun and an 8 1/2-inch Bowie knife while speeding on a three-wheel motorcycle on the Capital Beltway last September. He was sentenced to home detention but may travel to games.

West was waived last month by Minnesota, which acquired him a week earlier from Cleveland.