Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated joined Dennis & Callahan on Tuesday morning to talk about the Celtics and all things NBA. He touched on the possibility of Doc Rivers leaving the Celtics, the NBA draft, and coaching changes around the association.

“I would be disappointed, because I think Ray has three of four more good years left in him,” he said. “You talk about what the Celtics are going to bring in via the draft. I think it’s probably going to be a guard and bring in a young player to sort of take over for a guy like Ray Allen down the road. … The question is, what is Ray going to be asking? I’ve heard a lot about the midlevel exception. Ray is not settling for the midlevel exception, I’m sorry.”

“He’s going to be looking for an astronomical deal when he comes out of this thing. … I’ll throw a number at you guys and it’s going to sound ludicrous, but it’s what a GM told me right before the start of the finals, that Ray Allen was going to start by asking for a five-year, $75 million deal. How ridiculous does that sound? … I think it’s going to have to start at $10 million per year over three years. I think that’s the bare minimum that you’re going to have to pay to keep Ray Allen.”