Pitino Won’t Coach Celtics

Kentucky Coach Rick Pitino stopped by Boston to pitch his new motivational book and left saying he would not be back to coach the Celtics.

“It’s not that I don’t have any interest in coming here. I have a lot of interest,” he said. “But I am infatuated with my players at Kentucky.”

It has been reported that Pitino has talked with former Celtic star Larry Bird about the coaching job.

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Gordon Malone, a 6-foot-11 junior center who averaged 11.6 points and 7.6 rebounds in a two-year career at West Virginia, will make himself eligible for the NBA draft.