There are a few interesting things out there today. The Herald has an article that centers on Doc being ready for the season but in it is a bomb about Ricky Davis.

There is also a quiet acknowledgement from the team that by midseason, Rivers had an unworkable situation on his hands. The Davis experiment, while bearing fruit on the floor after two seasons, had run its course in the locker room.
According to a team source, Davis habitually undercut Paul Pierce’s authority, often talking and joking behind the Celtics captain’s back, and “rolling his eyes” when Pierce attempted to address the rest of the team. Similar things were said about Davis during his brief time as LeBron James’ teammate in Cleveland.
“Paul was very aware of it,” said the source. “It began to affect his play and his demeanor. That was something that had to change.”

To make up for the lack of tolerance that basketball great Bill Russell received here in Reading in the 1960s, Stoneham resident Bob Sansone would like to rename a portion of Route 28 - from Main and Franklin streets to the North Reading line - as Tolerance Road. Russell, an African American, lived in Reading first on Main Street then on Haverhill Street while playing for the Boston Celtics. During that time, vandals broke into his home and damaged his property. In addition, his residency was petitioned against by a small group of townspeople.

The Celtics used a number of combinations, searching for players to take hold of spots, but Rivers doesn't see that happening this season.
“The whole rotation thing will spell out,'' he said. “San Antonio and Detroit, they know their rotations now. With us last year, no one ever separated themselves. I do think there will be separation this year. That'll make our jobs easier.''

Forward Akin Akingbala and center Kevin Pittsnogle, both signed as free agents, figure to be the longest shots to make the roster.

His name isn't on the Celtics' roster, and he won't be included in the preseason media guide. But it's impossible to miss 6-foot-11-inch Akin Akingbala working out at the team facility these days. He is, as they say, along for the ride. He played college ball at Clemson and then played three games for the Celtics in the Las Vegas Summer League, averaging 4 points and 3.7 rebounds in 13 minutes a game. His big game came against the Pistons, when he had 10 points and 8 rebounds in 24 minutes. If Akingbala doesn't stick here, maybe Nellie should give him a call. He was 8 for 8 from the line during the Vegas Summer League .