I am proud of KG & the Celts

[moiso]

I'm embarrassed for PP quite honestly. The guy curls up in a fetal position on the floor of the other teams bench over his shoulder hurting?! If he tore an achilles, rolled an ankle bad, or something with his legs that prevented him from standing up then I can see it. Instead in the middle of the play he lays down and acts like he's dying which started this whole mess. I think Q Richardson is one of the biggest punks in the NBA, so it kills me to say this, but he is right.

"Sometimes (Pierce) falls like he’s about to be out for the season and then he gets right up."

How many times has PP done this and then magically he's back in the game and fine... Had he walked over to the bench and the trainer instead of laying down like a pansy then we'd have KG in this game and not be having this debate.

Sorry. Had to say it. Let the ripping begin!

You were right on about the ripping but I'm going to give you a TP. I don't directly blame Paul but I agree with your post.

[EJPLAYA]

I'm embarrassed for PP quite honestly. The guy curls up in a fetal position on the floor of the other teams bench over his shoulder hurting?! If he tore an achilles, rolled an ankle bad, or something with his legs that prevented him from standing up then I can see it. Instead in the middle of the play he lays down and acts like he's dying which started this whole mess. I think Q Richardson is one of the biggest punks in the NBA, so it kills me to say this, but he is right.

"Sometimes (Pierce) falls like he’s about to be out for the season and then he gets right up."

How many times has PP done this and then magically he's back in the game and fine... Had he walked over to the bench and the trainer instead of laying down like a pansy then we'd have KG in this game and not be having this debate.

Sorry. Had to say it. Let the ripping begin!

Regardless of whether Pierce was embellishing or not, do you think that justifies QRich standing over him, talking trash?  At the time, none of us knew how seriously Pierce was injured.  It's completely low class to stand over *any* injured player on the other team and wolf at them.

I do think it's odd that you attack Pierce for 1) QRich's actions, and 2) KG's response.  So, it's Pierce's fault that others don't act with self-control?

I am not justifying his actions at all. I don't blame KG for popping him in the head with the elbow. As I said. Q Rich is a HUGE punk and that part of it made me quite happy.

I do agree with his comment however that PP rolls around on the floor like he's dying and then magically is cured. He has done this quite a few times in his career and he should be embarrassed at the way he makes himself look. THAT is all I am saying.

Who are you to decide how painful someone else's injury is?  
I didn't see anyone rolling on the floor or curling up in the fetal position, like you have alleged.  He went to the floor and the trainer went over to check on him, which happens ALL THE TIME in the NBA.
The fact that he stays in the game and continues to play should be applauded by Celtics fans, and all NBA fans really.  The fact that he is willing to play through pain unlike some other prima donna's is something that makes me respect him even more.  

Please. He was laying on the floor curled up under the other teams bench. if you choose to pretend that isn't what he did then that's fine.

If you are going to use the comment "who are you to decide" then we might as well shut this whole site down. Every single opinion comment can be argued against with that.

"Who are you to decide Sheed isn't giving 100% effort out there…"

Who are you to decide that TA should be in the game over Daniels, or vice versa…"

Who ELSE should be deciding that I would be embarrassed if I were him?! That's my opinion. I should be the one deciding that.

It is a clear fact that multiple times he has flopped on the floor like he was dying and then all of a sudden he's fine. It has been said before and Q Rich was accurate in making that comment.

[Jaycelt]

I had one season playing football where stingers were a common obstacle. The first one needs to be a hard hit, but it is very easy for them to come back on very little contact. The feeling is lost all the way down your entire arm and it is scary to be quite frank. So I see nothing out of the ordinary with Pierce's actions.

I personally think your media outlets should be cut off if you were traded for Darko Milicic straight up.

TP

[EJPLAYA]

Of course you are because you are a Celtics fan. I have in the past as well, but I've just tired of it. Had he not flopped on the floor like a fish we'd have had KG in this next game.

3-4 times flopping doesn't make up for one time getting up. He probably was just making sure that he could go find his teeth more than trying to be tough...

its seems as though you have never had a stinger or ever been injured playing a sport. I have actually had a stinger playing football before and they are really painful and for you to say what someone who is experiencing a stinger should be doing is kind of backwards to me. Id say unless you are the one experiencing the pain, then let him handle it the way he did. And Q's statement after the game is very disrespectful. I dont think any1 can question PP's toughness after the incident like roy said happened. Pierce lost his front teeth (with a NO-CALL) and got up. And as a side note, doesnt Qrich remember a few years ago when dwade dislocated his shoulder and had to be wheeled out in a wheelchair while CRYING. I mean he was literally bawling and had to be wheeled out in a wheelchair for a shoulder injury. Paul's was a knee injury. I dont see you questioning Dwades toughness?

Number one you have no idea what I have had. I played in a game after breaking my arm, so I wouldn't be too quick to judge.

You really aren't comparing a severe dislocated shoulder with a stinger are you?! If this were the first time that PP had done something like this I wouldn't care. He does it again and again though and if I choose to feel embarrassed for him then that's my right. One incident of losing a tooth does not make up for all the others. I've had a tooth knocked out and quite honestly it wasn't that painful. The next day, yes, but at the time I didn't even realize it had gotten knocked out at first.

[EJPLAYA]

I'm embarrassed for PP quite honestly. The guy curls up in a fetal position on the floor of the other teams bench over his shoulder hurting?! If he tore an achilles, rolled an ankle bad, or something with his legs that prevented him from standing up then I can see it. Instead in the middle of the play he lays down and acts like he's dying which started this whole mess. I think Q Richardson is one of the biggest punks in the NBA, so it kills me to say this, but he is right.

"Sometimes (Pierce) falls like he’s about to be out for the season and then he gets right up."

How many times has PP done this and then magically he's back in the game and fine... Had he walked over to the bench and the trainer instead of laying down like a pansy then we'd have KG in this game and not be having this debate.

Sorry. Had to say it. Let the ripping begin!

Regardless of whether Pierce was embellishing or not, do you think that justifies QRich standing over him, talking trash?  At the time, none of us knew how seriously Pierce was injured.  It's completely low class to stand over *any* injured player on the other team and wolf at them.

I do think it's odd that you attack Pierce for 1) QRich's actions, and 2) KG's response.  So, it's Pierce's fault that others don't act with self-control?

I am not justifying his actions at all. I don't blame KG for popping him in the head with the elbow. As I said. Q Rich is a HUGE punk and that part of it made me quite happy.

I do agree with his comment however that PP rolls around on the floor like he's dying and then magically is cured. He has done this quite a few times in his career and he should be embarrassed at the way he makes himself look. THAT is all I am saying.

I realize your first post was troll baiting.  But since you clarified your point.  Let me add that you are aware that he has had shoulder injuries this year correct?  Or are you being intentionally obtuse?

By the way you didn't have to say anything so don't be sorry to say it.

It wasn't troll baiting, it was the truth. I was sorry that many of you would react the way you did, not for what I said. There is a difference in blind kool-aid drinking and being willing to admit that PP can be a little over-dramatic at times. That is why many times when he is driving down the lane between 3 people flailing his arms around he doesn't get the call. The refs know he's that way. You don't have to own up to it, but it is a fact.

[moiso]

I also noticed that he didn't lay down where he got hit, he made sure to wander over to lay down on the other teams bench.  Bad things can happen when you lay down in the wrong spot.  Artest's nap on the scorers table comes to mind.

[barefacedmonk]

Of course you are because you are a Celtics fan. I have in the past as well, but I've just tired of it. Had he not flopped on the floor like a fish we'd have had KG in this next game.

3-4 times flopping doesn't make up for one time getting up. He probably was just making sure that he could go find his teeth more than trying to be tough...

its seems as though you have never had a stinger or ever been injured playing a sport. I have actually had a stinger playing football before and they are really painful and for you to say what someone who is experiencing a stinger should be doing is kind of backwards to me. Id say unless you are the one experiencing the pain, then let him handle it the way he did. And Q's statement after the game is very disrespectful. I dont think any1 can question PP's toughness after the incident like roy said happened. Pierce lost his front teeth (with a NO-CALL) and got up. And as a side note, doesnt Qrich remember a few years ago when dwade dislocated his shoulder and had to be wheeled out in a wheelchair while CRYING. I mean he was literally bawling and had to be wheeled out in a wheelchair for a shoulder injury. Paul's was a knee injury. I dont see you questioning Dwades toughness?

I played in a game after breaking my arm, so I wouldn't be too quick to judge.

If this were the first time that PP had done something like this I wouldn't care. He does it again and again....

First of all....you are judging PP too...just like Billz401 was judging you...and second I have no doubt that PP is one of toughest players in the league....he didn't miss a game even though he was stabbed 11 times..had a bottle smashed over his face....underwent a lung surgery...and yet played all 82 games....now, will you say that he was acting/faking those injuries because he didn't miss any games?

[BudweiserCeltic]

I also noticed that he didn't lay down where he got hit, he made sure to wander over to lay down on the other teams bench.  Bad things can happen when you lay down in the wrong spot.  Artest's nap on the scorers table comes to mind.

I don't think the problem came when he got hit, I think it came he twisted his arm to make a pass in an awkward angle. Anyways, those stingers hurt, even if it's just temporary. It does no one any good for him to just pop right up with his neck and shoulder hurting, best thing is to let the trainers come make sure everything is in order and move from there.

EJ, of all the ridiculous things that I think you've mentioned in this blog, I think this one takes the cake to tell the truth... since we're speaking about the truth and all.

[Billz401]

I also noticed that he didn't lay down where he got hit, he made sure to wander over to lay down on the other teams bench.  Bad things can happen when you lay down in the wrong spot.  Artest's nap on the scorers table comes to mind.

it actually wasnt in front of their bench, it was to the left of it. Notice the fans in the front row with pierce at their feet? and Im sure that was pierce's intention, to wander to their bench when getting hurt IN FRONT of their bench... smh some ppl make no sense on here.

[barefacedmonk]

I also noticed that he didn't lay down where he got hit, he made sure to wander over to lay down on the other teams bench.  Bad things can happen when you lay down in the wrong spot.  Artest's nap on the scorers table comes to mind.

Wander over? He was right by the line and fell over....watch the video once again and continue debating his "acting skills"....pretty easy talking about someone's toughness when you are sitting home on a couch and making comments.

[Fafnir]

Lets not question other posters toughness or brag of our own in some sort of internet tough guy contest

[Billz401]

Of course you are because you are a Celtics fan. I have in the past as well, but I've just tired of it. Had he not flopped on the floor like a fish we'd have had KG in this next game.

3-4 times flopping doesn't make up for one time getting up. He probably was just making sure that he could go find his teeth more than trying to be tough...

its seems as though you have never had a stinger or ever been injured playing a sport. I have actually had a stinger playing football before and they are really painful and for you to say what someone who is experiencing a stinger should be doing is kind of backwards to me. Id say unless you are the one experiencing the pain, then let him handle it the way he did. And Q's statement after the game is very disrespectful. I dont think any1 can question PP's toughness after the incident like roy said happened. Pierce lost his front teeth (with a NO-CALL) and got up. And as a side note, doesnt Qrich remember a few years ago when dwade dislocated his shoulder and had to be wheeled out in a wheelchair while CRYING. I mean he was literally bawling and had to be wheeled out in a wheelchair for a shoulder injury. Paul's was a knee injury. I dont see you questioning Dwades toughness?

Number one you have no idea what I have had. I played in a game after breaking my arm, so I wouldn't be too quick to judge.

You really aren't comparing a severe dislocated shoulder with a stinger are you?! If this were the first time that PP had done something like this I wouldn't care. He does it again and again though and if I choose to feel embarrassed for him then that's my right. One incident of losing a tooth does not make up for all the others. I've had a tooth knocked out and quite honestly it wasn't that painful. The next day, yes, but at the time I didn't even realize it had gotten knocked out at first.

actually i am comparing the two. If your gonna say pierce isn't tough for getting a stinger and laying on the ground for a few minutes with the trainers than Dwade's toughness should be challenged here too seeing as how he was crying and had to be wheeled out of the arena in a wheelchair. I mean yes im sure its hella painful but a wheelchair is overdramatic. I remember a couple weeks ago when Bogut had that horrendous injury and walked out to the locker room. and they actually had to put him to sleep to pop his elbow back in. I didnt see him bawlin his eyes out. And im not saying wade's not tough. I actually think that hes one of the tougher players in the league because he takes some hard spills and gets up. But to judge pierce's toughness over an injury where he laid on the sidelines for a few minutes is  absurd. and btw pierce didnt lose a tooth, he lost TEETH. he was bridged and faceplanted. Pretty gruesome.

[barefacedmonk]

Lets not question other posters toughness or brag of our own in some sort of internet tough guy contest

Not questioning or bragging...but whatever.

[Billz401]

First off all....you are judging PP too...just like Billz401 was judging you...and second I have no doubt that PP is one of toughest players in the league....he didn't miss a game even though he was stabbed 11 times..had a bottle smashed over his face....underwent a lung surgery...and yet played all 82 games....now, will you say that he was acting/faking those injuries because he didn't miss any games?

exactly, almost lost his life too. Shaq didnt give him the nickname "the mother blanking truth" for no reason 

[housecall]

As much as i like KG as a player,with 40secs.left to play in a game,his veteran savvy or self-control should have kicked in...however,i understand the in the heat of the moment makes people sometimes do dumb things,and man that was dumb.
Its all about winning,if we win game 2,they move on to game 3 with the lead they should have,if we lose,i think he will be the first to say that one is on him...that seems to be the kind of guy he is.

Stuff happens all the time and the NBA could have fined both players seeing that it is the playoffs.Why am i not shocked about this suspension(no conspiracy theories).I can probably come up with a few incidents in the past that the league let slide,and with players with less NBA years.