Comments on: On Paul Pierce’s New Deal

By: jeremy

jeremy — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:04:53 +0000

if his 3 point shot continues to improve and stays healthy he could very well be just as good in a few years time not many people have ever been as prolific in making 3s and free throws consistantly over a career . he is already slow never really an elite athlete its not as if his game would get much worse

By: Zach Lowe

Zach Lowe — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:55:28 +0000

@terry: take a look at his mid-range shooting %s.

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:43:47 +0000

Of course there is some team out there that would have paid Pierce. Have you seen what the medicore players are getting? The guy can’t win in Boston with some fans. He takes a home team discount and he’s still villified for asking for something in return. Hey, I know, why don’t we just ask him to play for free and then kick him to the curb when he finally does start to decline. Would that make people happy?

I also take umbridge with your assertion that Pierce’s numbers have been on the decline. What you see in the stats you linked is Pierce taking fewer shots and less of the offense being run through him….in other words what you see is Rondo taking over the team. That was by design. In actuallity Pierce finished this season with the best numbers fg, 3pt, and ft percentages of his career and his free throws per shot rate is right up there as well.
He can still get his shot off whenever he wants, but that’s no longer something he’s asked to do. He’s asked to share the ball and he has. You can’t take anything away from him for that.

By: red's ghost

red's ghost — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:17:32 +0000

I disagree with the notion that Paul is going to be vastly overpriced by the end of the deal. Look at in in this way – how much money did the team make from this finals run? The contract is just a payback for the decade and a half of giving it all for the team and I like the fact that C’s still do things the old school way. Mostly any other team would’ve traded Ray at the deadline and consequently would get eliminated by the Cavs. Not Danny and Doc.

I mean, if anyone else is stupidly claiming we are too old (go ask LeBron if we really are), can’t at least our own fans realize that in two years it still will be better to have KG-Ray-PP than to pay similar money to Rudy Gay, OJ Mayo and Zack Randolph or some other unproven “talents”. Show some respect and trust the guys who brought us #17 after 25 years!

In my opinion, The Truth is worth 4-year max and Ray should get 3 years at 10 mils per. There are no available guys in the market who can do what we just did and what we are going to do again.

4 quality opponents? We just faced exactly that (D-Wade counts) and came up short by a crooked-23-Laker-free-throws-fourth-quarter-on-their-homecourt-withouth-Perk…

Go Celtics!

By: Randy Foose

Randy Foose — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:14:05 +0000

Great Article. The Celtics still combine loyalty with good business sense Red must be happy!