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Paul Pierce is throwing people under the bus, ESPN article
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:11 pm
Deron Williams and the Nets
Rondo
Otto Porter
Raptors and Hawks
Ray Allen
Full Article
quote:
"I'm much happier,'' he said. "It was a tough situation (in Brooklyn) last year. Horrible, really.
"It was just the guys' attitudes there. It wasn't like we were surrounded by a bunch of young guys. They were vets who didn't want to play and didn't want to practice. I was looking around saying, 'What's this?' Kevin (Garnett) and I had to pick them up every day in practice.
"If me and Kevin weren't there, that team would have folded up. That team would have packed it in. We kept them going each and every day.''
The player that puzzled him the most, said Pierce, was point guard Deron Williams.
"Before I got there, I looked at Deron as an MVP candidate,'' Pierce said. "But I felt once we got there, that's not what he wanted to be. He just didn't want that.
"I think a lot of the pressure got to him sometimes. This was his first time in the national spotlight. The media in Utah is not the same as the media in New York, so that can wear on some people. I think it really affected him.''
Rondo
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"I talk to them a lot about mental preparation and consistency,'' Pierce said. "I keep telling Wall and Beal, 'You've got to make up your mind. Do you want to be good, or do you want to be great? Because if you want to be great, you gotta do it every single night, not just when you feel like it.'
"Both of those guys have the potential to be great. I love them. But sometimes I'm not sure they realize what it takes.
"That was (Rajon) Rondo's problem, too. Some days he did, some days he didn't. I think it's more this generation. A lot of these players have been catered to since the sixth grade. The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered. You've got these 24, 25 year old guys who sit out of practice now to rest. It's hard for me to understand, but I'm trying.''
Otto Porter
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The Wizards plugged in former No. 3 pick Otto Porter Jr. in Pierce's place and he responded by averaging 13.6 points and nearly seven rebounds a game over past four outings.
"Otto is another one who just doesn't understand how good he is,'' Pierce said. "He can shoot, he's a slasher, he can defend, I'm just not sure how badly he wants it every day.
"That kid just needs to get mad. If he came to practice ticked off and to the games ticked off, he'd be fine. But it's hard to get Otto mad. I should punch him one day just to get him riled up.''
Raptors and Hawks
quote:
"We haven't done particularly well against Toronto, but I don't feel they have the 'It' that makes you worried,'' Pierce said. "There isn't a team I look at in the Eastern Conference that makes me say, 'They are intimidating, we don't have a chance.'
"As good as Atlanta is, they just don't give off that aura where we're afraid of them.
Ray Allen
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"It was a weird relationship,'' Pierce conceded. "We were all good friends on the court, but Ray always did his own thing. That's just the way Ray was. Even when we were playing together, we'd be having a team dinner and Ray wouldn't show up. We'd go to his charity events but Ray wouldn't show up to somebody else's.
"I called him on it. I said, 'Man, Ray, we support all your stuff but when we ask you, you don't come to ours.' I remember when Rondo re-signed with Boston, we had a little dinner at a restaurant and Ray didn't show up.
"I know Ray probably didn't like Rondo that much, but it wasn't a fact of not liking somebody. You don't have to like everybody you play with -- it's a matter of showing support.
"Rondo probably didn't like Ray either, but he came to Ray's functions to show, 'Hey, we're together in this.'
"It's not a bad thing with Ray. We had a great relationship on the court. But even the year we won it, after a game we'd say, 'Let's go have something to eat and have a night with the older guys.' We'd get there and it would be me, Kevin and Sam (Cassell), but no Ray. In a lot of ways, me, Sam and Kevin were our Big Three.
"It just got to the point where it was, 'That's Ray.' No hard feelings. Everyone made such a big deal of us not talking after we left, but there really wasn't much there.''
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This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:16 pm to Lester Earl
We'll see if any of those guys take a stab at Pierce for what he said...
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:17 pm to Lester Earl
Son of a bitch better shut his mouf about Rondo!!!
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:19 pm to Lester Earl
How is this throwing people under the bus? It sounds like an honest assessment.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:20 pm to Jwho77
ayyyyyyyyyy
eta: paul pierce is awesome.
eta: paul pierce is awesome.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:21 pm to Lester Earl
What a drama queen. From wheelchair to bus driver.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:21 pm to Lester Earl
Seems spot on about Ray Allen
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:23 pm to Lester Earl
The stuff about Deron Williams is by far the least surprising
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:24 pm to Lester Earl
So he's upset the Nets were basically unprofessional but also at Ray Allen for being too professional? Sheesh.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:25 pm to Lester Earl
He's earned his right to speak his mind.
I really wished he would have retired a Celtic
I really wished he would have retired a Celtic
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:25 pm to Lester Earl
I like reading when players open up about what they really think instead of giving BS answers 99.9% of the time.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:25 pm to Lester Earl
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Take this down. My name is Shaquille O’Neal, and Paul Pierce is the fricking truth. Quote me on that, and don’t take nothing out. I knew he could play, but I didn’t know he could play like this. Paul Pierce is the Truth.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:26 pm to goldenbadger08
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Ray Allen for being too professional?
what part of that did you read and gather that ray allen was being too professional?
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:26 pm to RTR America
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The stuff about Deron Williams is by far the least surprising
Yeah, he loved to act disrespected in Utah and then show up to kick arse every time he played Chris Paul. Too bad he only brought that passion a fraction of his career.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:30 pm to Commandeaux
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How is this throwing people under the bus? It sounds like an honest assessment.
somethings are just better left in the locker room.
Not saying i dont enjoy the honesty.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:35 pm to Jwho77
Yeah when Bama hired Avery Johnson I went back and watched a bunch of videos about his firing from the Nets.
A lot of it was hilarious to see in retrospect. Deron Williams basically got him fired.
A lot of it was hilarious to see in retrospect. Deron Williams basically got him fired.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 5:41 pm to Lester Earl
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But it's hard to get Otto mad. I should punch him one day just to get him riled up.''
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