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There were signs of interest at the February trade deadline, Amick wrote of the Celtics' interest in Antetokounmpo. And it would stand to reason that the postseason finish only increases the odds that the Celtics will consider anything and everything when it comes to star players.

Silver had just concluded a keynote session. Unlike other headliners, such as Major League Baseball's Rob Manfred and the Southeastern Conference's Greg Sankey, who'd been interviewed onstage by journalists, Silver had been joined in conversation by his friend Bob Myers, a former Golden State Warriors executive, who opened by congratulating Silver on his decency, integrity, and "moral compass." The commissioner is carefully stage-managed. Media engagements are rare; rarer still are the probing questions that might be asked of someone leading a business valued at roughly $200 billion.

When Michael called and told me I got the job... I started crying. I broke down... because this organization means so much to me.

"We're going to keep all of those conversations private. I spoke to him throughout the season and at the end of the season. The good thing is he's under contract, so that's also something we can talk about at the end of next season."

Thibodeau has experienced plenty of success during his head coaching tenure, which kicked off with a similarly successful five-season run with our Chicago Bulls. All told, his Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves and Knicks clubs logged a cumulative 578-420 regular season record and a 48-55 playoff record, including two East Finals berths.

The motivation for the change was to apply equivalent pain to teams going into the top level of maximum salary space in certain classes, in order to prevent front offices from building top heavy rosters, to discourage them from signing multiple max contracts and to better incentivize them to think in the long-term.

"The level of aggression I was playing with... definitely flipped my mentality. If you want to be great, you gotta win, and my mindset, I was trying to go out there and win."