<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Walker may not be back next season, though he expressed his desire to return over and over after last night's game. He loves Boston, he said. He loves the fans and he loves the potential of his young teammates. He may not, he knows, love the Celtics' offer. "Hopefully, I'm back," Walker said. "I like this team. I like playing for Doc Rivers. But obviously the future is determined by the Celtics organization and what they want to do. My No. 1 priority is to be here and hopefully I can stay here. I like the nucleus that we have. The way the Eastern Conference is shaping up, you're going to have to be 10, 11 deep to try to win a division title. Hopefully I'll be back. I'll let my agent handle it in the summer time." Boston Globe</div> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Free agent Gary Payton may have played his last game in a Boston uniform. It is probably not a game he wants to remember; he finished with 7 points (3 for 10) and seven assists in the 97-70 blowout loss. "We lost our composure and didn't play really well together," said Payton. "You tip your hat to Indiana. They did what they were supposed to do. They came at us. They ran at us. In big games like this, we've got to combine together. It didn't happen, but there's a great future for this team." Boston Globe</div> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"But will Payton be part of that future? Payton and his agent, Aaron Goodwin, who attended last night's game, will wait a couple of weeks before considering the veteran point guard's future. When asked if he wanted to come back to Boston, Payton said, "It's up to my agent. It's up to Danny. It's up to a lot of people. The situation has to be right. I'm never ruling anything out. This is a great situation. I had fun here. All we have to do now is wait till the summer. We don't even know if all of us are going to be playing. There might be a lockout. We'll just wait and see what happens in the summer." Boston Globe</div> source
