Pierce has been doing this for many years, both at home and in road games, long before LeBron ever came to the NBA. He doesn't do it as much anymore because he wants the other players on his team to contribute, and wants to distibute the ball more to guys like KG and Ray, so they can score as well. I think he's shown this year that he's still capable of doing it, but will only use it as a last option for the reason I stated above. There's a good chance that if he did it more often, people would call him a ball-hog anyway, ([dang]ed if he does, [dang]ed if he doesn't ... so what's new?)