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Ainge seemed a bit surprised yesterday that the Boston future of his coach, who has three years remaining on his contract, is in question.
“From all I know, Doc will be back,” Ainge said.
He added that he’s yet to speak with Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett about their plans and desires.
Rivers may have been speaking at a raw time several minutes after the Game 6 elimination to the Knicks, but he invited the questions about next year with his straightforward answer about coming back.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I mean, I don’t know that right now. I can’t make that decision now. I’m under contract, and we’ll see. I mean, honestly, I just can’t even think about that right now, so I don’t know.”
Asked if he would think about it, Rivers replied, “Yeah. I do every year. I do every year. You know, it’s not anything. I’m not leaning that way of not coming back, I can tell you that. But like I just said, I immerse myself and I need to just detox, and we’ll find that out.”
— Reported by Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald
