Celtics guard Ray Allen insists that he's focused on this season, and not what may happen after it.

Allen would prefer to sign a contract extension with the team as soon as possible, but won't let his desire for one get in the way of his play.

"Naturally you have thoughts, but you just stay focused on what you have to do each day," Allen told the Boston Herald. "Everyone has thoughts about security and your kids' future. You think about how you're going to live in 10 years or whatever, but it's the present that you've got to take care of.

"I have an agent, and he has a relationship with the management, with Danny (Ainge, the GM), with the Celtic ownership. They'll take care of that business. If I need to know anything, I'll be alerted. There's a time and a place for that. But I think the people in my camp understand that in order for me to be the best at what I need to do out here for my job, I can't have stresses. I can't be frustrated. I can't be focused on things other than playing basketball."

Allen insists that he's worried more about winning another championship than his next contract.

"I don't know if it makes me different, but when I signed my contract with the Sonics, I signed a five-year deal," he said. "They paid me and now the Celtics are paying me. I have one year left on that contract and I have a job to do. I'm not going to go and feel disgruntled about not having an extension. That's going to take care of itself in due time.

"I think in the meantime, I think it's important we focus on winning a championship here. The day's going to come when decisions have to be made. I think if I have my foot halfway in and halfway out, I can't focus on getting better and being the best player I can possible be. When that decision day comes, I don't want to look back on the year and think I spent time worrying about this. If my team and I take care of business, the pot is big for everybody."