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Williams said he has spoken with both Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge and coach Doc Rivers about his future and suggested the team envisions him as part of their future plan. `"We talked about the future, and I was part of that. Everything else, is between us," said Williams. Asked if that was an encouraging vote of confidence from his employer, Williams added, "Very encouraging. Because everybody writes a million stories that I’m just this horrible person. Whatever, I’ve been used to that my whole life, for 25 years." ESPN.com

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Chris Forsberg: Terrence Williams on arrest situation: "It's very frustrating, because I was there, I know what happened, and I know what didn’t happen. To anybody reading, and everybody that’s writing these stories, it makes me out to be this bandit -- whatever that guy’s name is in Public Enemies... John Dillinger. It made me be like I was him. It’s very frustrating, because I know what happened, and what didn’t happen. All you can do is pray and move forward. That’s what I’ve been doing my whole life when something happens." Twitter

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Jessica Camerato: Jared Sullinger is also working out here today. Twitter @JCameratoNBA

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A. Sherrod Blakely: #celticstalk: #celtics work out Pierre Jackson, Gregory Echenique, Myck Kabongo, Shane Larkin, Phil Pressey and Steven Adams. Twitter @SherrodbCSN

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Gary Washburn: On Friday the #celtics worked out Colton Iverson, Erick Green, Jeff Withey, Peyton Siva, Vander Blue and Ricky Ledo Twitter @GwashNBAGlobe

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Chris Forsberg: Rajon Rondo brought the awesome zebra podium jacket to Fashion Police. Panel/audience voted to Trash It. http://t.co/kJbUxqkZgR Twitter @ESPNForsberg

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The rumors flying around Chicago were that Dennis Schroeder had a promise from a team. The Celtics seem like just the sort of team that would try to lock him down. ESPN.com

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Siva said he already has 10 workouts scheduled, including one in Boston along with fellow Nets combine attendee Pierre Jackson of Baylor and others. After the two-day combine wrapped up Thursday, Nets director of player personnel Gregg Polinsky said he was impressed with the way Siva performed. “He’s real competitive, [has] great speed,” Polinsky said. “What do you say? [He comes from a] winning culture, he’s been coached, can take all you can give him ... he’s going to get some looks.” New York Post

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Despite the Celtics’ strong desire to put the matter behind them, Doc Rivers’ immediate future with the club has still not been decided. There still is the possibility — stress possibility — Rivers will choose to walk away from his contract to coach the Celts. A source close to the situation, however, insists it remains far more likely he will return. Boston Herald

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The word as expressed to us is that it is “90-10” that Rivers will continue on a contract that has three years and $21 million remaining. If he leaves the Celtics, it will not be with the intent of coaching another team. Boston Herald

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Adam Zagoria: Kansas big man Jeff Withey works out today for the Celtics, source tells @SNYtv Twitter

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Sullinger said he hasn’t talked to Garnett or Pierce and that he doesn’t know whether they’ll play for the Celtics next season, but he said he supports them either way. Boston Globe

Boston Celtics, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Jared Sullinger 

Courtney Fells and Eli Holman will play the NBA Summer League with the jersey of Boston Celtics. Sportando

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Beginning on Friday, the Celtics will host up to 12 draft prospects for workouts over two days, NBA sources said. Six are point guards, a position where the Celtics could use some help: Shane Larkin of Miami, Phil Pressey of Missouri, Pierre Jackson of Baylor, Peyton Siva of Louisville, Erick Green of Virginia Tech, and Myck Kabongo of Texas. Centers Jeff Withey of Kansas, Steven Adams of Pittsburgh, Colton Iverson of Colorado State, and Greg Echenique of Creighton are also scheduled to attend. The Celtics have the No. 16 pick in the first round on June 27. They do not have a second-round selection Boston Globe

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Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was contacted by the Brooklyn Nets, who wanted to speak to Doc Rivers about their vacant coaching position, team and league sources confirmed to ESPNBoston.com. Ainge, according to those sources, denied the Nets permission to talk with his coach, who has three years and $21 million remaining on his contract. ESPN.com

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If Rivers decided to go back to the broadcast booth, where he received rave reviews for his work on TNT, the Celtics still would hold his coaching rights for the life of his contract, preventing him from hopping to another team without some negotiated compensation. Rivers is expected to sit down with his coaching staff, each of whom has an expiring contract, over the weekend. ESPN.com

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Both the Nets and the Clippers would jump at the chance to get Doc Rivers out of Boston, but in addition to publicly stating his desire to keep Rivers, Celtics president Danny Ainge has privately told teams that he will not grant clubs permission to speak to Rivers about their coaching vacancies. Ainge and Rivers are close enough that if Rivers wanted out of Boston, Ainge would probably relent, but there is no indication that Rivers wants a change of scenery. ESPN.com

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"Our indications are that Doc’s coming back," said Wyc Grousbeck, Celtics' owner. "Typically, and it’s probably similar to Kevin Garnett, as an example, everybody is tired, burnt out, frustrated -- I mean, losing to the Knicks is something I never wanted to experience in my life... Everybody gets time to unwind and decompress. I expect Doc is going to help Danny with the draft workouts, I expect he’s going to be in the war room on June 27th when all the drafts and trades -- if any -- are made. And then over the free-agency period, a week or two after that. So between now and July 15th, there’s a lot of work to do to put the team together for next year. And I expect Doc’s going to be there for that." ESPN.com

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"We don’t feel like we have a championship team [at the moment]; It’s pretty obvious, we lost in the first round," said Grousbeck. "We have to see who is with us, we have to see what offers there are for people, we’ve got to decide what to do. It might be a multi-year plan. We’ve never intentionally lost games and we don’t intend to trash things now. We've got players -- [Rajon] Rondo, [Avery] Bradley, [Jeff] Green, [Jared] Sullinger, Brandon Bass, the younger guys are not going to let us win the lottery anyway. That’s a good roster. We hope that Paul [Pierce] and [Kevin Garnett] are back with them and we hope we can reload along the way. ESPN.com

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"I want to retire Paul’s number, but I don’t want to do it any time soon because I want him to keep playing for us, to be honest," said Grousbeck. "I want KG back. I want Doc back. I’d love to have Rondo back. I just want to get them more help, that’s my going-in assumption." ESPN.com

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