Rajon Rondo spoke to Kevin Love briefly on Sunday during the Boston Red Sox game, but said he did not pitch the idea of joining the Celtics to the Minnesota Timberwolves' star forward.

“I talked to Kevin for about 39 seconds,” Rondo said Monday. “It was all over the web? Well, we do work together. We played against each other. We compete, so when I saw Kevin, I spoke, wished him good luck on his time here in Boston.

“He spent a couple of days here in Boston and I told him I spent a couple of months here in Boston.

“I didn’t pitch anything. I just told him to enjoy his time here. When I was at the game, some people came up to me and told me Kevin was sitting in some really nice seats. I didn’t know I would see him. I saw him as I was exiting the game.”

Still, Rondo believes Love would greatly improve the Celtics and is confident in Danny Ainge's ability to enhance the roster.

“I think we’d be a lot better if we had a guy like Kevin,” Rondo said. “He’s a shooting [power forward]. He’s going to help us out on the glass obviously. But this is all speculation. Nothing’s happened. We talk about Kevin all day or we could insert Carmelo [Anthony’s] name but nothing’s happened. We’ve got a couple of days left before the [June 26] draft, things may shake up before that time.”

Rondo could discuss a contract extension with the Celtics in the offseason and maintained his desire to retire with the team.

“I don’t like change, really,” he said. “I’m pretty comfortable. I have a beautiful home here. I love it. I have great neighbors. I don’t want to leave, but it’s part of the process that I’ll talk about once the season is over. As of now, I’m a Celtic.”