WALTHAM - Doc Rivers doesn’t need Post-it notes on his desk as a reminder any more, but he hasn’t forgotten why he had them nine years ago in Orlando, which probably is a good thing for both his mental health and Rajon Rondo [stats]’s.

The message was the same then, when it applied to 21-year-olds Tracy McGrady and Mike Miller, as it is today when the subject is Rondo. Still kids, those notes reminded him in his first days as an NBA head coach. Still kids.