<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Danny Ainge started negotiations with agent Lonnie Cooper on an extension for Doc Rivers, who has one season worth approximately $5 million left on his contract. "We signed him to an extension when things looked really grim, and my opinion obviously hasn't changed," Ainge said yesterday. "He's the same as the day we got him. He's a quality guy and an incredible worker."</div> Boston Herald
After the 2003 finals, The Nets signed Byron Scott to an extension and allowed Eddie Jordan to leave. It's good to see the Celtics are going to make the same mistake.