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I don't know if he has heard of these Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and even a guy on his own team KG may have something to say about that
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (J Piz @ Jul 30 2008, 11:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I don't know if he has heard of these Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and even a guy on his own team KG may have something to say about that</div>
I have to say he was great in the playoffs most times but i wouldn't put him in the top 5. Kobe and Lebron go 1st and 2nd for me.

But yeah, maybe it was a joke or whatever
 
Top 5 is too much, pierce is not even in the top 20
 
of course he isn't, but if you're a celtics fan you WANT your leader saying things like this, because it shows how much confidence he has in his game..........
 
this is pretty old... theyve been talking about this in realgm and laker nation the past week.

apparently he wasnt... i just think that he though he could get away with it since they were in spain and a spanish paper (madrid's marca) was interviewing him.
 
Pierce is just a cocky son of a gun.

It's one of those things where he probably has to say that though.

He just won the Finals MVP. He shouldn't really be saying otherwise.
 
Do I think he's the best player in the world? No.

Do I have a problem with him saying something like that? No.

Like someone else said, confidence is a good thing....
 
He is a good complimentary player on KG's team. Good for him.

Back when the Celts were his team, he got completely owned by Jason Kidd. I didn't hear him running his mouth then.
 
Even that wouldn't be true..I cant stand him, he's such an arrogant prick.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 30 2008, 04:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He is a good complimentary player on KG's team. Good for him.

Back when the Celts were his team, he got completely owned by Jason Kidd. I didn't hear him running his mouth then.</div>

Pierce was at a major disadvantage as he had to make up for Shimmy Boy.

KG is the overrated complimentary piece, not Pierce.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Jul 30 2008, 09:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 30 2008, 04:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He is a good complimentary player on KG's team. Good for him.

Back when the Celts were his team, he got completely owned by Jason Kidd. I didn't hear him running his mouth then.</div>

Pierce was at a major disadvantage as he had to make up for Shimmy Boy.

KG is the overrated complimentary piece, not Pierce.
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MVP voters disagree.

Without KG, the real reason the Celtics won the title - Tom Thibodeau - would have been just another guy on the bench wincing at each terrible decision by Doc Rivers.
 
ya he got an oscar for what he did in the finals... doesnt somebody have an avatar of that?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 30 2008, 09:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Jul 30 2008, 09:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 30 2008, 04:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He is a good complimentary player on KG's team. Good for him.

Back when the Celts were his team, he got completely owned by Jason Kidd. I didn't hear him running his mouth then.</div>

Pierce was at a major disadvantage as he had to make up for Shimmy Boy.

KG is the overrated complimentary piece, not Pierce.
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MVP voters disagree.

Without KG, the real reason the Celtics won the title - Tom Thibodeau - would have been just another guy on the bench wincing at each terrible decision by Doc Rivers.
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The same MVP voters that gifted Nash two undeserved MVP awards. Yeah, that says so much.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Jul 30 2008, 10:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 30 2008, 09:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Jul 30 2008, 09:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jul 30 2008, 04:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He is a good complimentary player on KG's team. Good for him.

Back when the Celts were his team, he got completely owned by Jason Kidd. I didn't hear him running his mouth then.</div>

Pierce was at a major disadvantage as he had to make up for Shimmy Boy.

KG is the overrated complimentary piece, not Pierce.
</div>

MVP voters disagree.

Without KG, the real reason the Celtics won the title - Tom Thibodeau - would have been just another guy on the bench wincing at each terrible decision by Doc Rivers.
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The same MVP voters that gifted Nash two undeserved MVP awards. Yeah, that says so much.


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Agree with that, but how many votes did Pierce get?

That's because of the second part of that post.
 
But people had a problem with Marbury saying he was the best PG in the league.

I guess that's what winning a championship does.

Ainge when from moron to genius.
Doc went from a terrible coach to the best in the league.
And now Pierce is the best player in the world (even though he isn't the best on his team).
 
Yea, but Pierce was huge in the Finals and played better than the player that a good portion of people claim is the greatest player right now.

Pierce obviously isn't the most talented player (Kobe, Lebron, Dwight, Chris Paul), and I guess the title of best player in the world isn't fitting.

But I can see him getting the title of the player who played the best on the NBA's biggest stage, in 2008. Ie. the Finals MVP. So basically he played well when it counted the most.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mr. J @ Jul 30 2008, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But people had a problem with Marbury saying he was the best PG in the league.

I guess that's what winning a championship does.

Ainge when from moron to genius.
Doc went from a terrible coach to the best in the league.
And now Pierce is the best player in the world (even though he isn't the best on his team).</div>
-They only people calling Ainge a moron were morons themselves.

-Doc was frustrating at times, but you can't call him a terrible coach considering that a staff of the greatest coaches ever could have only improved those teams 5 games max.

-Pierce is nowhere near the best player in the world, and he never was.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thrilla @ Jul 31 2008, 12:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>-They only people defending Ainge were morons themselves.</div>

Fixed

Ainge was and is a moron. Two gift trades only makes him a lucky moron.
 
I really don't feel like explaining to you how incredibly horrible the roster that Ainge inherited was. Please go look at it. He very successfully turned a roster full of overpaid useless veterans into a roster full of young players with upside and inflated trade value. He was in talks for every major star that hit the trade market, but was patient enough to wait for the right ones.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thrilla @ Jul 31 2008, 12:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I really don't feel like explaining to you how incredibly horrible the roster that Ainge inherited was. Please go look at it. He very successfully turned a roster full of overpaid useless veterans into a roster full of young players with upside and inflated trade value. He was in talks for every major star that hit the trade market, but was patient enough to wait for the right ones.</div>

I really don't feel like going through all of his draft mistakes and horrible roster moves. He got lucky with Al Jefferson, otherwise, the roster had minimal value.

Being in talks for every major star is GM-speak for desperately trying to make a deal. Zeke too was in talks for every major star that hit the trade market and plenty more that weren't on the market.
 
If Kobe had Radmanovic guarding him the entire game he would have averaged 150ppg.
And without KG the Celtics dont even make the playoffs... Pierce is in my top 25 just like Billups and even parker ( They all won finals MVP, doesnt mean they are the best players in the world.)
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GrandKenyon6 @ Jul 31 2008, 02:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>KG is undoubtedly the over-rated complementary piece.</div>

Based on what? The Celtics undoubtedly sucked until they learned to play defense.
 
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