A few notes from around the NBA's Eastern Conference:
- The Celtics have a plethora of questions to answer this summer, with their most pertinent being what to do with Paul Pierce. ESPNBoston.com's Chris Forsberg looks at all of them, then gauges what the team's plan of attack should be.
- Bobcats new head coach Steve Clifford is pleased with his new roster, even though it's the same group that struggled heavily the past two years, writes Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer.
- The Pistons are still searching for a head coach to fill the void that was created after Lawrence Frank's recent firing, writes DetroitNews.com's Vincent Goodwill.