Andrew on Paul Pierce:
Celtics put a stop to it. Boston Globe Dec 22 2002 4:24AM ET [Moreover - Boston news]
I swear, Paul Pierce is going to DIE before the end of his career. It's not yet reached the violence of Allen Iverson cutting to the basket in traffic - that looks like a vicious mugging, every time. Pierce goes flying to the basket and gets HAMMERED. . . . .
Last night, he was elbowed pretty hard, in the eye, by Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the Cavs center - scratched cornea. . . . .
But it's worrisome - Pierce is going to snap one day and just go ballistic. It could well be Christmas evening, when the Celtics go to New Jersey...I could easily see Kenyon Martin clotheslining Pierce and things getting way, way out of hand. The C's also don't have an enforcer-type, a Charles Oakley type. I think the Celtics should pull Robert Parrish out of retirement and keep him on the bench as a coach - send him onto the court when things get ugly and have him punch the crap out of anyone who messes with Pierce. This is the man who punched out Bill Laimbeer, after all...ah, good times...
The things that struck me this week, watching Pierce, is that he is way too big to get the kind of air he does. He seems more muscular to me than ever, and it seems like he can sky at least as much as ever. You shouldn't have both; it's not fair. (Though some weeks it stands to help my Virtual GM team.) I agree he takes beatings. And I agree he isn't getting star treatment from the refs. Odd, ain't it?
(Oh, and it would be a hoot to see Parrish on the floor again! I think he could still give LOOKS that alone would stop some of the young guys in their tracks.)
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