“I don’t think so,” Pierce said after reading to a large group of students as part of the team’s Read to Achieve program. “We won a championship with Rondo. We’ve had great seasons with Rondo being healthy. I really don’t buy into that notion. Like I told you, we’re just coming together. We’re using the injuries as motivation — and we’re actually playing for Rondo.”

Via Baxter Holmes of The Boston Globe