Like one of his favorite film characters, Michael Corleone, Rick Pitino feels himself getting pulled back into something most thought was in the rearview of his career — the NBA.

Unlike Corleone, the former Celtics coach, ousted by one scandal too many at Louisville, wants to return, as he told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski this week.

Terry Rozier isn’t quite sure how he feels about his former college coach in a pro setting.

“That’s a tough question,” the Celtics guard said.

But whatever Pitino decides, and wherever he eventually lands, Rozier is squarely in his corner.

“He’s a great coach. If that’s what he wants to do, then I’m here to support him, always, anything he’s trying to do,” Rozier said. “But I didn’t know if he wanted to do this route.”

The question is whether Pitino, whose four-year tenure with the Celtics was marked by impatience and too much responsibility in his dual role as coach and team president, can parlay his greatness as a college coach into an NBA setting.

“I don’t really know, because coaching is the last thing I want to do, serious,” Rozier said. “I know he’s good at what he does, he’s good at connecting with people, he has that power. So I support any decision he’s trying to make.”

Brad Stevens, the exception among college coaches who have attempted to navigate a move to the NBA, has no doubt that if Pitino truly wanted to make the jump, he’d be a success.

“He’s a good coach,” the Celtics coach said. “He’s had a lot of success on a lot of levels. I always thought he was an outstanding coach. We always struggled against him when I was at Butler.”

Freak in limbo

With Giannis Antetokounmpo in concussion protocol, it’s unclear if the Milwaukee star will be on the floor when the Bucks visit the Garden tonight for the first meeting between the teams since last season’s playoffs.

Regardless of the dangerous swingman’s presence, though, Marcus Morris is sure there’s a lot of residual pain among the Bucks as the result of their elimination by the Celtics. The Bucks are the only undefeated team left in the NBA at 7-0.

“We kicked their ass, and if the shoe was on the other foot, they would do the same thing,” Morris said of the ill will the Bucks will carry onto the floor tonight. “They’re playing well, man. We can’t even think about what happened last year. They’re tough.”

New deals

The Celtics, as expected, picked up the third-year options on the contracts of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown yesterday, decisions about as automatic as it gets for two young players with such dynamic futures.

But in something of a surprise, because his $3,117,240 salary would be doubled under luxury tax penalties, the team locked in Guerschon Yabusele’s contract for next season. But as evidenced by Stevens’ decision to turn to the young power forward when plugging in holes left by recent injuries to Aron Baynes and Daniel Theis, the team sees something in Yabusele’s future development.

Had the Celtics passed on making this move, Yabusele would have become an unrestricted free agent next year.

Sixth sense

Stevens, questioned on the subject, said Tuesday night he thought Morris would make a “great” Sixth Man of the Year candidate.

In the first seven games Morris has been both prolific and efficient enough to rank third on the team (14.4) in scoring behind Kyrie Irving and Tatum, and lead the team in overall (.493) and 3-point (.484) shooting.

But Morris wants to pump the brakes on awards talk.

“That’s one of those things you can ask me 40 games in,” Morris said. “If it’s seven, I’m paying it no mind.”

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