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Discussions between the Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics on a deal that would send Kevin Garnett and coach Doc Rivers to Los Angeles resumed on Wednesday just one day after they were declared "off" by both sides, sources told ESPN.

Sounds like talks are taking another break. Hearing doubts that a potential Clippers-Celtics deal gets done tonight. — Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) June 20, 2013 No official word from the Celtics for any media availability tomorrow with Doc Rivers and/or Danny Ainge, either. — Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) June 20, 2013 The Clips-Celtics won't be getting deal done tonight for Doc, KG to LA. Sources said talks that resumed today resume tomorow morning. — Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) June 20, 2013 Source: C's situation w/Doc "delicate." If someone on Bruins telecast explains what that means I'll pass it on. Otherwise... — Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) June 20, 2013 Personally I don't get it. At this point what's there left to haggle over? It seems to be down to one first rounder vs. 2 first rounders. I'm sure there are some details to work out (namely money issues and which years the picks would be in) but it can't be that hard to figure out. I'm puzzled about what could be the latest hangup.

Discussions between the Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics on a deal that would send Kevin Garnett and coach Doc Rivers to Los Angeles resumed on Wednesday just one day after they were declared "off" by both sides, sources told ESPN.

“Make. Up. Your. Minds.”I mean, you HAD to see this coming, right?According to several sources, including Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, talks have revived between the Celtics and Clippers which is an enormous surprise to absolutely no one.Here is perhaps the most relevant part of the deal: The Clippers reached out to the Celtics this time. This is significant, and it points to the most important bit: Chris Paul reportedly nudged the Clippers in Rivers’ direction. Keeping Chris Paul is at the top of Los Angeles’ summer priorities, as it should be, so his (economically feasible) wish is kind of their command.This is a little bit ironic, since Paul’s demands actually give the Celtics their first significant leverage since negotiations began. The original proposed deal, Garnet and Doc for Eric Bledsoe, DeAndre Jordan and two draft picks, is probably out of the question. But if Ainge is smart (and he is), he won’t just settle for Jordan and a couple of mediocre draft picks. He should absolutely start pushing for the Clippers to take back a bad contract along with the deal (preferably Jason Terry, who has very little trade value, unlike Courtney Lee).It’s dangerous to analyze too much at this point, given how fluid negotiations have been and how very very very very very annoying and depressing this whole process has been, but it’s safe to say that talks have resumed, and we are about to go through this entire godforsaken circus. Again.Follow Tom on Twitter: @Tom_NBA.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting a bit burned out on these on again, off again, on again talks between the Celtics and the Clippers. First they were deep in discussions. The Clippers call off the talks because they won't include Bledsoe. Danny gives in and is willing to deal without Bledsoe. The Clippers call off talks because they don't want to include 2 draft picks. Doc and Danny were going to talk today and Doc was reportedly going to make his first statement since this all started. Brian Shaw was back in LA for a second interview with the Clippers. It was all over and we were moving on, finally. Not so fast!! It seems that Chris Paul really wants to play for Doc. And with a nudge by Chris Paul, the Clippers have come back to the table. From Adrian Wojnarowski: With a full understanding that free agent Chris Paul wants this deal completed, the Los Angeles Clippers re-engaged the Boston Celtics on the Kevin Garnett-Doc Rivers negotiations on Wednesday afternoon, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The Clippers have negotiated a five-year, $35 million deal with Rivers that could be worth as much as $8 million annually with incentives, sources said. Garnett will waive his no-trade clause to be a part of the deal. The Clippers would have to pay a $3.5 million trade kicker on Jordan's contract. But, once again, it's not about the money. It's about Danny wanting 2 draft picks and the Clippers wanting to part with no more than one. Once again, according to Marc Stein, The Celtics are proposing DeAndre Jordan for KG & two first-rounders for Doc Rivers' coaching rights. Also, according to Stein, the deal could be done as soon as tonight. The fact that Chris Paul has expressed his desire for this deal to get done hopefully will give the Celtics some leverage. Danny proved by walking away and expressing his desire to continue with Doc as coach of the Celtics that the Celtics have nothing to lose if the deal doesn't go through. And if CP3 wants the deal done, that puts the Clippers in a slight bind. Do they give up what they consider to be too much or do they risk losing their prize point guard? Gary Washburn adds that if the Celtics look for a new coach, they are likely to look for a young coach like Brian Shaw or even Miami assistant, David Fizdale. Shaw has been my pick all along. He's a former Celtic. He's paid his dues as an assistant in good organizations. And, the Pacers' young players have credited him with helping their development. If the Celtics are rebuilding, they will need a coach who can develop young players. [Discuss on CG Forums!]

CSSNE’s “Sports Tonight” just had a live phone interview with Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski. I tweeted out the significant statements to my Twitter followers: Woj on Clips-Celts now: “the talks are still at Jordan & one pick, Boston still wants two picks…Chris Paul has begun to exert some muscle” — KWAPT (@KWAPT) June 19, 2013 More Woj: “I think (Boston) they know it has to be done…until the Clippers hire a coach, this thing is alive” — KWAPT (@KWAPT) June 19, 2013 Woj on C’s/Ainge: “I think they’re also hopeful that they’ll find a way to get this done, send Doc & KG to Clips & start rebuidling process” — KWAPT (@KWAPT) June 19, 2013 Sorry for the lack of spell check-obviously “rebuilding” was what was said. Shortly after this, the Herald’s Mark Murphy said that Doc & Danny will be addressing the media tomorrow. Will it be an exit interview, or to announce that Doc is staying on as coach? Judging from what I’ve read this afternoon, I’m guessing the first of the two. But at this point, nothing would surprise me. *UPDATE* CSNNE just posted the entire short interview. You can watch it here. And ESPN’s Marc Stein tweeted this: Latest w/@ramonashelburne: One source close to Clips/Celts talks expressing optimism parties could agree to trade terms as soon as tonight — Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 19, 2013

Here we go again. As expected, talks are back on. And sooner than we thought. The Celtics and Clippers have started talks again on the Doc Rivers-Kevin Garnett deal, league sources tell Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 19, 2013 The Clippers reached out to the Celtics this afternoon to resume dialogue on a possible deal, league sources tell Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 19, 2013 Sounds like the Clippers are the aggressors this time and perhaps even a little bit eager to get it done. Hopefully that works in our favor. NBA source said #clippers determined to get deal done now. We'll see if they sweeten the pot for #celtics — gary washburn (@GwashNBAGlobe) June 19, 2013 Doc Rivers, Danny Ainge of Boston Celtics meet to settle future, sources say - ESPN Boston Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers and president of basketball operations Danny Ainge met Wednesday evening with the hopes of settling the coach's future with the club, sources told ESPN. Rivers' preference, sources said, is to coach next season. He would also have the option of returning to broadcasting if he did not want to continue with the Celtics and an exit to the Clippers could not be facilitated.

As first suggested by SportsCity.com’s Mark Heisler on Wednesday morning, the Celtics and Clippers hoped to resume discussion about a potential deal for Kevin Garnett and Doc Rivers prior to the NBA draft on June 27. As it turns out, the Clips reached out to the C’s on Thursday afternoon in order to reopen their dialogue about a package that would send DeAndre Jordan to Boston, according to Yahoo! Sports columnist Adrian Wojnarowski. The Clippers reached out to the Celtics this afternoon to resume dialogue on a possible deal, league sources tell Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 19, 2013 According to various reports, most notably from Wojnarowski, discussion heated up this weekend but eventually fizzled out on Tuesday after disagreements over the inclusion of Eric Bledsoe, the contracts of Jason Terry and/or Courtney Lee, or a second No. 1 pick in a package that already included Jordan and one first-round pick.

You didn’t think it would end yet, did you? One day after declaring trade talks dead, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that trade talks between the C’s and Los Angeles Clippers are back on: The Celtics and Clippers have started talks again on the Doc Rivers-Kevin Garnett deal, league sources tell Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 19, 2013 The Clippers reached out to the Celtics this afternoon to resume dialogue on a possible deal, league sources tell Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 19, 2013 CH’s Analysis: A few things we can take out of this, on the same afternoon that Doc Rivers and Danny Ainge planned to meet to discuss Doc’s future with the C’s First things first. Danny Ainge isn’t crawling back to the table here. That’s a good thing, because the Clippers final offer for KG and Doc was pathetic in the form of DeAndre Jordan and a 1st round pick. Ainge knows when all things are considered here, he is holding the most leverage, since the Clippers need to do everything they can do appease Chris Paul to get him to re-sign. Was he not happy with LAC coming up empty in the first round of trade talks, giving him cold feet about re-signing?Were Clippers executives less than thrilled after another round of coaching interviews today? We’ll likely find out soon. On the C’s side of things, while there is still no word on what came out of the Ainge/Rivers meeting today yet, you know Ainge has his door open to listen to almost any trade. So if the Clippers come back to the table, it means he’s going to listen and try to get value. Still doesn’t mean he’s desperate to deal, or resigned to losing Doc for the season. All we know, is Doc and KG heading to the Clippers is still an attractive scenario for the two of them, and if it becomes an attractive scenario for the C’s too in terms of assets received, it could still happen. We’ll have plenty more on this over the course of the evening. In the meantime, here’s a refresher on the potential trade offers the two teams are likely going through as we speak. You can check out all of those possible scenarios BY CLICKING HERE Tweet

Discussions for a trade that would send forward Kevin Garnett and coach Doc Rivers from the Boston Celtics to the Los Angeles Clippers are back on, according to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski. For the second time since Saturday's trade talks began, the two franchises have resumed dialogue that had appeared to be dead. On Tuesday, Celtics general manager Danny Ainge appeared willing to welcome Rivers back despite the failed discussions. But Wojnarowski reports that the Clippers reached out to the Celtics on Wednesday, a day after Rivers appeared apprehensive about returning when Los Angeles became unwilling to send center DeAndre Jordan and two first-round draft picks to Boston. For more: Celtics Blog Clips Nation The trade talks began on Saturday but quickly died as Boston refused to consider a trade without Los Angeles involving guard Eric Bledsoe. The Celtics began compromising with a deal that didn't include the young point guard, and on Monday it appeared that the two squads were discussing smaller contracts to include around the main pieces. Once again, talks stalled as the Clippers were unwilling to give up the two draft picks. Furthermore, Wojnarowski reported that Los Angeles was backpedaling in regard to a negotiated five-year, $35 million contract with Rivers. The Celtics coach's future has remained in limbo this offseason as the team considered rebuilding. Although Rivers won't technically be included in the trade, the Celtics are willing to allow him out of his contract to sign with the Clippers. Boston, however, wanted draft picks essentially to act as compensation for releasing Rivers. More from SB Nation: • Miami fans leave early, miss epic ending • Flannery: The inspiring, agonizing, amazing story of Game 6 • LeBron's Headband Game | Second-guessing Gregg Popovich • Like a Bosh: Chris saves game with block at buzzer • SB Nation's blogger mock draft • NBA mock draft: Best-case scenarios | Scouting reports | Big Board