If it’s indeed his final game as a Boston Celtic, Terry Rozier didn’t hold back in his media availability following a disappointing conclusion to the C’s season with a 116-91 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. One of a small handful of players who could have donned the green for the final time, Rozier is now a restricted free agent and he avoided talking about his future, but it seems like he may have one foot out the door. Safe to say Terry Rozier is ready to get out of Boston. When asked about the #Celtics having the right to match any offer to him this summer, he said: "No comment." — gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) May 9, 2019 Rozier never adjusted to coming off the bench this season with Kyrie Irving returning from injury. After enjoying a breakout postseason a year ago to help lead the Celtics to the Eastern Conference finals while averaging 36.6 minutes per game, Rozier’s role in the playoffs diminished severely this season with his minutes cut in half. Rozier opened up about the difficulty that not only he had this season, but the struggles the team went through as a whole. Terry Rozier on season: “It was tough, dealing with all the talent we had, different guys wanted to be in the limelight, guys in the limelight, shit like that. It’s been a lot.” Asked about team hitting reset button. "Shit, we’ve got no choice but to do that." — Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) May 9, 2019 Rozier also elaborated more on why this season fell so short of expectations as he confirmed what all C’s fans saw, that this was never a cohesive team. Terry Rozier thanks his friends and family: "Because I've been dealing with some bullshit. I feel like we all still had that one goal. It wasn't easy on coach dealing with a lot of guys that want to be great trying to get theirs." — Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 9, 2019 The Celtics drafted Rozier at No. 16 overall in 2015 and in his four regular seasons in Boston he averaged 7.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.<doc-sep>The Boston Celtics were eliminated by the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday, bringing their tumultuous season to a merciful end. This team was just flat out unhappy all year. Without being inside the locker room, it's hard to pinpoint the root of the discontent, but they just never figured out how to blend all their talent and Kyrie Irving's incessant negativity and less-than-subtle digs at his teammates couldn't have helped. After the loss, Terry Rozier had no interest in keeping his frustrations bottled. There's more: Does Rozier have any interest in returning to the Celtics next season? Rozier is a restricted free agent this summer, so whether he comes back to Boston isn't entirely up to him. If some other team offers him a contract, the Celtics have the right to match the deal and retain him. It's but one more storyline to watch in what is going to be a fascinating Celtics summer.<doc-sep>MILWAUKEE -- On Wednesday, prior to the Boston Celtics’ final embarrassing game of the season, Terry Rozier told MassLive he was glad to “still be wearing ‘Celtics’ across my chest.” Hours later, in the quiet moments following the team’s 116-91 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, Rozier was asked about his impending restricted free-agent status. Rozier will have a chance to get money from other teams this summer, but the Celtics will be able to match any offer sheet he signs. “No comment,” Rozier said. If Rozier doesn’t want to stay in Boston, he should hope Kyrie Irving stays put. If Irving remains, the team likely won’t match on Rozier’s deal. If he leaves, they will need an affordable starting point guard. That would likely mean Rozier remains in Boston for a few years, unless he takes his qualifying offer to become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2020. Rozier was asked what he will take away from the season. “Lot of memories,” Rozier said. “Definitely didn’t go the way we all want. I thank God for my family and my boys back at the crib. They kept me level-headed all year, because I’ve been dealing with some bulls---. I felt like we still had that one goal, Coach (Brad Stevens) dealing with a lot of guys that want to be great, trying to get there. It’s been tough, it’s been a tough year, especially for me, but it’s not about me and that’s why I don’t complain.” Rozier, perhaps more than any other player on the roster, had to deal with the team’s glut of talent, particularly at the guard position. With both Kyrie Irving and Marcus Smart on the depth chart ahead of him, Rozier saw a significant reduction in his minutes in the season following a successful playoff run. “I learned a lot,” Rozier said. “It’s just business was tough, it was tough, dealing with all the talent we had, different guys wanted to be in the limelight, guys in the limelight, s--- like that. It’s been a lot. Like we all can step back, this is the time right now We can all go on vacation, reflect on the season and learn from it. Nothing we can do about the season now. It’s over with.”<doc-sep>Despite being the favorites to make it out of the Eastern Conference this season, the Boston Celtics were blown out in the second round by the Milwaukee Bucks in just five games. The Celtics struggled down the stretch and were blown out multiple times with their star player Kyrie Irving collapsing under the pressure. After the game, the Celtics players and coaching staff had to answer for the disappointing end to the season. One of those players was Terry Rozier and he didn't hold anything back and he completely ripped his team to shreds. "Everybody was running around with their heads cut off, like chickens," Rozier said via Yahoo Sports. "Coach [Brad Stevens] was in a tough position, one of the toughest positions, dealing with all these guys with attitudes, all that s***. Guys that's All-Stars, guys getting paid a lot of money, guys trying to get paid. It's tough." Rozier continued by alluding to the fact that he might not come back to Boston next season as he is clearly upset with how the year went. "A lot of things weren’t fair to me, but it’s not about me. That’s why I don’t bitch and complain,” Rozier said. "I don't give a f*** what nobody say, I sacrificed the most out of anybody. I'm a top point guard in this league. I feel like it's a fresh start, whether I'm here or whether I'm gone." If Irving and Rozier leave this offseason, the Celtics could be in for a world of trouble.<doc-sep>
The Boston Celtics’ NBA championship hopes ended Wednesday night with a 116-91 Game 5 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, who are now headed to the Eastern Conference finals. And at least one person on the Celtics roster is pointing to the team’s leadership issues and dysfunction as reasons for the playoff exit. After the loss, Boston backup point guard Terry Rozier didn’t hold back, and, without naming names, he slammed his teammates’ selfishness and effort. From Yahoo Sports’ Vincent Goodwill: “Everybody was running around with their heads cut off, like chickens,” backup point guard Terry Rozier III told Yahoo Sports. “Coach was in a tough position, one of the toughest positions, dealing with all these guys with attitudes, all that [expletive]. Guys that’s All-Stars, guys getting paid a lot of money, guys trying to get paid. It’s tough.” Rozier said he saw it on the first day of training camp, so many talented players who could make a case for bigger roles. “I feel like I sacrificed the most, but I’d do it any day for this team,” Rozier told Yahoo Sports. “A lot of things weren’t fair to me, but it’s not about me. That’s why I don’t [expletive] and complain.” Rozier averaged nine points and 22.7 minutes with the Celtics this season and had seven points and five rebounds in the season-ending loss to Milwaukee. Overall, Boston shot just 31.2 percent from the field and 17.9 percent from beyond the arc. Not surviving the Eastern Conference semifinals raises more questions about the team’s offseason and future. Rozier is about to be a restricted free agent, while Kyrie Irving has a player option for the 2019-20 season and can become an unrestricted free agent after that. “It just was tough dealing with all the talent we had and different guys want to be in the limelight, guys already in the limelight, [expletive] like that,” Rozier said, via NBC Sports Boston. “It’s just been a lot.” Safe to say Terry Rozier is ready to get out of Boston. When asked about the #Celtics having the right to match any offer to him this summer, he said: "No comment." — gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) May 9, 2019 While it doesn’t sound like Rozier is interested in staying with the current Celtics team, there’s little debate about how he sees his future. He added, via Yahoo Sports: “I don’t give a [expletive] what nobody say, I sacrificed the most out of anybody. I’m a top point guard in this league. I feel like it’s a fresh start, whether I’m here or whether I’m gone.”