Celtics' Head Coach Doc Rivers said on Thursday night that he wants all of the team's free agents back in town next season, according to The Boston Herald.

James Posey, Sam Cassell, Eddie House, P.J. Brown, and Tony Allen will all enter free agency this summer.

"We would like to bring our whole team back," Rivers said. "Pose we love. With P.J. we just don?t know. I talked to him right after the season, and he just didn?t know. But I told him that he had to go home and think about it. I would like to have P.J. back - our goal is to bring everyone back - but he?s going to need some time."

"Sam just didn?t have long enough (to learn the system), but we want him back, too," Rivers added. "All of these are guys we have to talk to, but we do have to try and pay all of these other guys off."

"I?d be happy with trying to bring them all back. The problem will be trying to do it," he concluded.

Free agent point guard Sam Cassell has expressed interest in playing for the Nuggets, and the team could make a play for Chicago's Kirk Hinrich, according to report in The Rocky Mountain News.

Cassell wants to play one more season in the league and is likely considering the Nuggets because of his relationship with George Karl.

Having drafted Derrick Rose, the Bulls will be looking to clear out some space in their backcourt. Hinrich is expectedly by many to be traded by Chicago before the start of the 2008-09 season.

Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the Washington Wizards have received cash considerations from the Boston Celtics in exchange for the draft rights to Bill Walker.  Walker was initially selected by Washington with the 47th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft.

?Earlier tonight we added a player in JaVale McGee who has a chance to become a very solid player for us,? said Grunfeld.  ?By trading the rights to our second-round pick, we were able to add to our flexibility going forward.?

The shirt worn by Boston Coach Doc Rivers has fetched $55,000 in an auction, the Associated Press is reporting.

Rivers was drenched in Gatorade by Paul Pierce when the title was all but secure, staining the shirt.

An anonymous bidder bought the shirt, autographed by Rivers and Pierce, and the accompanying Gatorade bucket at a charity auction on sports radio WEEI-AM's Web site. The proceeds will benefit the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation.

The foundation said Tuesday the high bid of $35,000 came from an anonymous bidder. Gatorade and a second anonymous donor each pledged $10,000 to bring the total to $55,000.

After winning the NBA title with the Celtics, guard Sam Cassell isn't ready to call it a career just yet, according to The Baltimore Sun.

"I'm playing next year, playing my 16th year," Cassell said without hesitation, Saturday evening.

"After winning a championship, it's just so hard to walk away from that," Cassell said, describing his third title. "Certain guys did it, but as I tell the guys, every great movie has a sequel. And since we consider ourselves a great team, we've got to go and repeat."

Celtics' guard Ray Allen would like for people to stop referring to the trio of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and himself as 'The Big Three', according to The Boston Herald.

"Any time there was that label, whether it was on TV, in a newspaper or we saw it traveling to another city, we just did our best to downplay it," Allen said. "That?s because this is the Big 15. We have 15 guys on this team that have contributed all year."

"It?s not going to be the three of us that are ultimately going to win the championship," he continued. "It took all 15 players. Scot Pollard contributed before he went down, and Brian Scalabrine was big, stepping up when we needed him. The things guys like that did for us as a team allowed us to shape this team."

Danny Ainge has already admitted that the Celtics will be over the luxury tax threshold for the 2008-09 season, according to The Boston Globe.

The NBA champions were also over the league-mandated mark this season.

Their payroll is projected to be $71 million, including their first-round pick, which will make $797,600. They will also have to make decisions on free agents Eddie House and James Posey.

Game Six of the NBA Finals drew the highest NBA Finals rating in eight years, according to The Associated Press.

Boston's deciding victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday night earned a 10.7 rating on ABC, the network released Wednesday. It's the highest since Game 6 of the 2000 finals on NBC between the Lakers and Pacers.

Twenty-two people were arrested during the Boston Celtics' championship celebrations, the Seattle Times are reporting.

The majority of cases were for disorderly conduct, with several storefront windows damaged near the TD Banknorth Garden.

Police increased patrols around the arena Tuesday night and early Wednesday and used video surveillance at key areas around the city to control rowdiness.

Indiana Pacers' President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird, a Celtics' legend from his playing days, released the following statement Wednesday regarding his former team's NBA Title victory on Tuesday night.

"I?m happy for the Celtics and the city of Boston. I know what it means to win a championship as a Celtic and the place championships hold in the history of the franchise. I?m also pleased for Danny Ainge, Doc Rivers and his staff, knowing where they were last year and then making the decisions to put them in position to win the team?s 17th title."