7B. On Bird and next season: “Well, first we gotta keep him here. That is a goal of ours. We drafted him for a reason, but he’s been even better than we hoped for.
Something will get done we hope. If so, we’ll work him when we can. He’s gotta earn it, because there aren’t many minutes up for grabs right now.”
7C. Rival team on
Jabari Bird: “I wish we had the cap space to make something happen. He’s got that size you want in wings right now. He’s good now, but he’s only going to get better. The thing you wonder about is: how would [he] be outside of Boston’s bubble?
They get their guys to play way up.”