Why does Paul need to act like that?

[ejk3489]

LOL great minds I guess...TP

[wahz]

awesome...now see that means KG bowed first before the game was over...PP bowed later after Amare missed.....I can't even imagine KG would act like that

[LooseCannon]

Did Pierce think that time had expired or did he know that there was still 0.4 on the clock?

[Finkelskyhook]

I loved the fact that Paul Pierce put the dagger into the Knicks, but I cringed at what he did afterward. Flying around like Mark Jackson and then bowing to the fans at center court? .4 seconds is not a lot of time left but I have seen it happen before. If Stoudemire's shot had been a split second sooner Pierce's actions would have looked even more foolish. Show some class.

Okay...so now the players have to celebrate with "class"??

...and seriously, why do you care?? The whole media and Knicks fans were talking up the whole "rivalry" thing...all he did was shut them up. Did you see the way Spike Lee was celebrating after Amare hit that 3?? Are you going to call him without class??

Spike Lee is a classless racist human being.  I'd rather see the game.  Replays.  Anything other than the constant antics of a blithering idiot.  I have no problem with Lee making an ass of himself as he typically does....I have no idea why ESPN thinks anybody watching an NBA telecast wants to see him do it.

I have no problem with Paul's celebration.  The bowing is a little much.  Robinson was hysterical.

The difference between the two is that Pierce and Robinson are actually participants in the result.

[tenn_smoothie]

i don't like it either, never have liked it - Celtics don't act like that !!

paul pierce has always had that LA street mentality inside and though KG & Ray have forced Pierce to mature some, he will always have that street dog in him - which is why he says things he shouldn't and pulls stupid stunts on the court like last nite.

don't think you'd ever see, Bird, Havlicek, Cowens or Russell or KG for that matter pull any of Pierce's antics.

Um, yes they do. And Yes, Bird taunted opposing players and teams too.  Maybe not the exact same way Pierce did, but he did nonetheless.  Stop acting like Bird is all high and mighty.  He did some of what you call "classless" stuff too.  I don't consider it classless though.

yeah, Bird talked - a lot of the players talk - what i don't like is the silly displays like - for the third time - flying around the court like an airplane. that is an effort to draw attention to yourself and it looks ridiculous. Bird never flew around the court like an airplane and he never ripped his jersey off in front of the entire arena after being ejected (Pierce vs Indiana 2005).

your argument is to equate everything. but all on-court behavior is not equal. some things are about being competitive, about getting an advantage and some are simply about drawing attention to yourself or just wanting to be the biggest mouth on the floor.


personally, i played in college and never said one word - i had guys talk to me, grab, push, cheap elbows, etc. i always just felt like being silent and responding with a basket in their face or a great defensive stand or tough rebound was the ultimate way to deal with somebody who had a mouth or was a dirty player ........ plus, if you don't say anything, they don't know what you might be thinking. just my perspective.

[Rondo2287]

i don't like it either, never have liked it - Celtics don't act like that !!

paul pierce has always had that LA street mentality inside and though KG & Ray have forced Pierce to mature some, he will always have that street dog in him - which is why he says things he shouldn't and pulls stupid stunts on the court like last nite.

don't think you'd ever see, Bird, Havlicek, Cowens or Russell or KG for that matter pull any of Pierce's antics.

Um, yes they do. And Yes, Bird taunted opposing players and teams too.  Maybe not the exact same way Pierce did, but he did nonetheless.  Stop acting like Bird is all high and mighty.  He did some of what you call "classless" stuff too.  I don't consider it classless though.

yeah, Bird talked - a lot of the players talk - what i don't like is the silly displays like - for the third time - flying around the court like an airplane. that is an effort to draw attention to yourself and it looks ridiculous. Bird never flew around the court like an airplane and he never ripped his jersey off in front of the entire arena after being ejected (Pierce vs Indiana 2005).

your argument is to equate everything. but all on-court behavior is not equal. some things are about being competitive, about getting an advantage and some are simply about drawing attention to yourself or just wanting to be the biggest mouth on the floor.


personally, i played in college and never said one word - i had guys talk to me, grab, push, cheap elbows, etc. i always just felt like being silent and responding with a basket in their face or a great defensive stand or tough rebound was the ultimate way to deal with somebody who had a mouth or was a dirty player ........ plus, if you don't say anything, they don't know what you might be thinking. just my perspective.

What school did you play for?

[celts55]

You know I must have missed the bowing thing as I was so busy laughing at Nate flying over Pierce and landing on the ground. I must have replayed that 20 times.
As for Paul bowing. Who cares. After all, it's the Knicks.

[Celtics4ever]

It was over the top.  However, who knows what smack was talked to PP during the game.  Most all the greats talked smack or tried to get in their foes heads.   Russell did it by having Wilt over for dinner, Bird and MJ talked to their foes.   But sometimes in the heat of battle you have a reaction personally I never mind NYC getting shown up as a lot of its residents are egocentonic and think they are the center of the universe. Not all of them, they have plenty of good peeps too but a lot of them deserved PP's run around the court, face it.

Bottom line, is they will really try to be us next time.   I don't think it will help them and PP will be motivated by it as well.    It will be good to have a real post that game back for us and a non hobbled Rondo but they have improved a lot as a team.

[Q_FBE]

NY was chanting "Boston sucks" all night. I wish he'd gave them the bird then drop trou and mooned them.

Would you volunteer to pay his 200,000 fine and his salary for the 10 game suspension he would have received for performing the above said action?

Maybe we should send Paul Pierce to the Ledalion Tomlinson's school of etiquette for classy on-field behavoir. Word.

Now after a fiercely fought regularly season game between two bitter rivals, I cannot blame Mr Paul Pierce for getting caught up in the moment and what he did was not all that bad - at least not bad enough to merit a potential game tying Technical Foul Shot from Celtic Referee nemisis Bill Kennedy.

  

[Bankshot]

i don't like it either, never have liked it - Celtics don't act like that !!

paul pierce has always had that LA street mentality inside and though KG & Ray have forced Pierce to mature some, he will always have that street dog in him - which is why he says things he shouldn't and pulls stupid stunts on the court like last nite.

don't think you'd ever see, Bird, Havlicek, Cowens or Russell or KG for that matter pull any of Pierce's antics.

Um, yes they do. And Yes, Bird taunted opposing players and teams too.  Maybe not the exact same way Pierce did, but he did nonetheless.  Stop acting like Bird is all high and mighty.  He did some of what you call "classless" stuff too.  I don't consider it classless though.

yeah, Bird talked - a lot of the players talk - what i don't like is the silly displays like - for the third time - flying around the court like an airplane. that is an effort to draw attention to yourself and it looks ridiculous. Bird never flew around the court like an airplane and he never ripped his jersey off in front of the entire arena after being ejected (Pierce vs Indiana 2005).

your argument is to equate everything. but all on-court behavior is not equal. some things are about being competitive, about getting an advantage and some are simply about drawing attention to yourself or just wanting to be the biggest mouth on the floor.


personally, i played in college and never said one word - i had guys talk to me, grab, push, cheap elbows, etc. i always just felt like being silent and responding with a basket in their face or a great defensive stand or tough rebound was the ultimate way to deal with somebody who had a mouth or was a dirty player ........ plus, if you don't say anything, they don't know what you might be thinking. just my perspective.

Good for you, but why do people have to act the way you want them to, or the way you did?

[j804]

I loved it.

 

[Chris]

I loved it.

 

Me too.  This isn't highschool basketball.  This is the NBA. 

I would like nothing more than a legit rivalry starting up with the Knicks, and that is how rivalries are started.  There needs to be bad blood between the teams, as well as the fans. 

Pierce was not hurting anyone by doing that, just like Spike Lee wouldn't have been hurting anyone by dancing around if the Knicks won (in fact, he did when he thought they won!).  It is all in good fun, and helps to make the next game much more fun. 

I am not a fan of the whining to the refs, and the fake "showmanship" we see by guys like Lebron and Howard, but when there is genuine emotion, there is nothing better in sports.

[Bankshot]

awesome...now see that means KG bowed first before the game was over...PP bowed later after Amare missed.....I can't even imagine KG would act like that

Before that picture of KG bowing was posted, someone did post that "KG would never do that."  ****

[barefacedmonk]

So many classless athletes in this world....really sad 

[tenn_smoothie]

i don't like it either, never have liked it - Celtics don't act like that !!

paul pierce has always had that LA street mentality inside and though KG & Ray have forced Pierce to mature some, he will always have that street dog in him - which is why he says things he shouldn't and pulls stupid stunts on the court like last nite.

don't think you'd ever see, Bird, Havlicek, Cowens or Russell or KG for that matter pull any of Pierce's antics.

Um, yes they do. And Yes, Bird taunted opposing players and teams too.  Maybe not the exact same way Pierce did, but he did nonetheless.  Stop acting like Bird is all high and mighty.  He did some of what you call "classless" stuff too.  I don't consider it classless though.

yeah, Bird talked - a lot of the players talk - what i don't like is the silly displays like - for the third time - flying around the court like an airplane. that is an effort to draw attention to yourself and it looks ridiculous. Bird never flew around the court like an airplane and he never ripped his jersey off in front of the entire arena after being ejected (Pierce vs Indiana 2005).

your argument is to equate everything. but all on-court behavior is not equal. some things are about being competitive, about getting an advantage and some are simply about drawing attention to yourself or just wanting to be the biggest mouth on the floor.


personally, i played in college and never said one word - i had guys talk to me, grab, push, cheap elbows, etc. i always just felt like being silent and responding with a basket in their face or a great defensive stand or tough rebound was the ultimate way to deal with somebody who had a mouth or was a dirty player ........ plus, if you don't say anything, they don't know what you might be thinking. just my perspective.

Good for you, but why do people have to act the way you want them to, or the way you did?

obviously, they don't have to act the way i did ........... and as i stated above this is "just my perspective" - but hey, this is an opinion board and that's mine - what Pierce does sometimes is bush league and it doesn't represent the Celtic tradition to my mind.

but who knows, Red certainly liked rubbing it in the opponents eye sometimes, he may be up there puffing away having a big laugh with Walter and DJ and Johnny.

to answer your question Rondo, i played at maryville college - a small school outside of knoxville about 30 minutes. very nice school with what is now a great small college basketball tradition - back when i played, we were the first team to put together winning records in awhile - so my group likes to think we started what they have now. laffs.