Comments on: Could Boston get a max player? Almost, but would they jettison Pierce to do it?

By: cfan

cfan — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:43:17 +0000

as a lifelong c’s fan (nearly 50 years) i say that he’s absolutely expendable. in fact, you can’t sign him to a max contract. makes no sense. he’ll end up hurting them for years as he gets older. i’ve always thought that pierce is one of the most overrated players in the league. don’t even put him in the same breath with the elite. good player, just not as great as people think.

By: dman

dman — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:42:12 +0000

The core of the Celtics is old. They gave it their all this year, beat 2 teams nobody gave them a chance against and came within 1 game and a bad knee injury of beating the Lakers.
But… you could see that Paul Pierce & company are getting old, collectively. Individually, Garnett, Pierce & Allen are still capable of playing great basketball. But as a team, when 3 of your key players are in their mid-30s, then you are not going to be able to compete with younger, more energetic teams.
…so waive Paul Pierce a fond fairwell. I’ll always respect the way he played in Boston and 2008 was a great championship. But the current team will never win another one.

By: ajs01

ajs01 — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:39:40 +0000

wow! this writer went out on a limb..I love the line
“it’s not impossible. But it’s not very likely either.”

By: yoyo

yoyo — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:28:28 +0000

Pierce is worth about 14 million a year, and he deserve that, we shouldn’t give him more, we should get Rivers to play for us, and phil, yoyo

By: Dave G

Dave G — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:32:52 +0000

Money and greed is destroying the game. The fans are the only ones who really are getting hurt by this show. The fans should boycott the NBA and send the message that we are tired of the lack of loyalty of the players, and owners. We are tired of the professional wrestling like deals, games, acting and arrangements. I am done and hope the rest of NBA fans are too!!!!

By: E-ROC

E-ROC — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:47:35 +0000

Pierce just isn’t the same guy he once was. Like at all. I don’t want to be in Danny Ainge’s shoes, but if he chose to go in another direction, I would not be surprised. The Celtics are getting older, maybe quicker than we thought. Signing someone like Rudy Gay or Joe Johnson would not shock me at all.

By: vera

vera — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:58:44 +0000

well i think to me its not all about the money i know that Pierce will do the best for em and his fans

By: ByeBye

ByeBye — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:55:55 +0000

These aren’t hard choices. Pierce is worth about 14 mill per year. Pay him 25 if you want. Bye, Bye.