Pierce was amazing in the playoffs and deserved the MVP in the finals. It seems, however, he has not stopped celebrating it.  The LV near arrest makes me wonder whether we will be a one-hit wonder (ala the Heat) or strong candidate to repeat. We are not getting any younger, as the critics from PTI noted (although I don't agree with their assessment of our chances). 

And we can't just rely on KG to get in Paul's face when the season starts, and we get kicked in the face a few times. It could be too late.

Hope I am misreading Paul's antics. Have to wonder, though.

How many more threads are we gonna have questioning Paul Pierce's work ethic?  The man was stabbed within an inch of his life (literally) in late September of 2000, and he didn't miss any playing time.  You're worried about what he's doing in late July/early August?  And what antics in LV?  The man was sober at 3:00 a.m. in Las Vegas.  Good for him.

Pierce has never given us any reason to doubt his work ethic, and until he comes to training camp 20 lbs. over weight, we should all cool it with these posts.

Pierce was amazing in the playoffs and deserved the MVP in the finals. It seems, however, he has not stopped celebrating it.  The LV near arrest makes me wonder whether we will be a one-hit wonder (ala the Heat) or strong candidate to repeat. We are not getting any younger, as the critics from PTI noted (although I don't agree with their assessment of our chances). 

And we can't just rely on KG to get in Paul's face when the season starts, and we get kicked in the face a few times. It could be too late.

Hope I am misreading Paul's antics. Have to wonder, though.

  If we get kicked in the face a few times when the season starts it could be too late? Too late for what? Going undefeated?

Pierce was amazing in the playoffs and deserved the MVP in the finals. It seems, however, he has not stopped celebrating it.  The LV near arrest makes me wonder whether we will be a one-hit wonder (ala the Heat) or strong candidate to repeat. We are not getting any younger, as the critics from PTI noted (although I don't agree with their assessment of our chances). 

And we can't just rely on KG to get in Paul's face when the season starts, and we get kicked in the face a few times. It could be too late.

Hope I am misreading Paul's antics. Have to wonder, though.

Is getting younger supposed to help a team's chance of repeating? When did that element sneak into the repeat equation?

Did anything Michael Jordan do seven weeks before the start of training camp, like go out at night a bit, affect the Bulls chance of repeating?

The mamby pambiness of some of the posters on here makes me laugh.  The Celtics players are grown men.  If you expect them to lock themselves into the gym day and night in the middle of their short offseason, you're delusional. Paul Pierce has always put a ton of work in during the off season.  That LV incident was a bunch of BS, and anyone looking at it as a possible signal of bigger problems is just someone looking for something to chirp about.

The Heat had key players with histories of lax off season conditioning histories, to say the least.  Pierce, KG, and Ray Allen are well known for their fastidiousness in offseason work.  Rondo is a workaholic, and so is Perkins.  Powe is a workout maniac.  This teams entire core is fanatical about putting the work in. 

You're barking up the wrong tree here, dawg.       

look out - a backwards hat, thats so anti-establishment, what do we do with this brat?

is that reeeallly Sierra Mist in that bottle..... the partying continues! I for one am appalled

Paul Pierce partying it up on Jeopardy?  He and Trebek would make a formidable partying duo... watch out Hollywood

uh oh, our captain is hard of hearing... I bet its from all that rap music he bumps