Too bad Doc Rivers doesn’t like to talk and chat up other sports in town. Ask anyone who covers the Celtics, including our very own Jessica Camerato and Paul Flannery, they don’t come much better than Rivers when it comes to conversation.

Rivers looks over a team looking to repeat.

Here’s just some of what he had to say before Sunday’s preseason game with New Jersey…

Doc on the Red Sox-Rays Game 7 Sunday night.

Doc on how hungry his team is coming into the season.

Doc on the focus of the team.

The Celtics close out the preseason on Tuesday night in New York against the Knicks before raising Banner 17 in the season opener against Cleveland at TD Banknorth Garden on the Tuesday, the 28th.