Pierce closing in on # 2 Celtics All-Time leading scorer this year?

[HDrona01]

Found myself on basketballreference.com out of curiosity, and saw that Pierce is at 21,349 total career points. Larry Bird is next up at 21,791. Assuming Pierce keeps an average of around 20 ppg this season and through a (hopefully) deep title run, he should get to number 2 in about 20 games. Let's go Truth!

Btw, long time reader, first time poster. I love this site!

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/leaders_career.html

[Roy H.]

Welcome to the blog.  Paul's run up the leaderboard has been a bit under the radar; I don't think many fans know how close he is to knocking Larry off.  However, the points listed are actually regular season totals, so Paul won't pass Larry until next year.

In terms of playoff scoring, Larry adds 3897 to his total, while Pierce is quite a bit back, at 2164.

[Who]

Fun page ... that Basketball-reference.com team leaders page

• Pierce is fifth all-time in blocked shots. Perk is fourth. Way to go Perk.
• Hehe, Pierce is a turnover away from passing Larry for the most turnovers in Celtics History.
• Rondo is already in the top ten for assists and top five for steals.
• Pierce is #3 in points, #7 in rebounds, #6 in assists, #2 in steals and #5 in blocked shots. Third in minutes played.

[Cman]

Great link.
Of note:
1 more TO by PP and he's tied with Larry Bird at the top ()
Rondo is tied with Cousy for #1 with APG.

[slamtheking]

Fun page ... that Basketball-reference.com team leaders page

• Pierce is fifth all-time in blocked shots. Perk is fourth. Way to go Perk.
• Hehe, Pierce is a turnover away from passing Larry for the most turnovers in Celtics History.
• Rondo is already in the top ten for assists and top five for steals.
• Pierce is #3 in points, #7 in rebounds, #6 in assists, #2 in steals and #5 in blocked shots. Third in minutes played.

great info.  there used to be a thread where someone kept track of the milestones each member of the team was nearing/passing.  I'm sure it was quite an effort to maintain by whoever was tracking those things but I do miss seeing that thread.  I found it added a bit of anticipation to each game knowing who was approaching what milestone.

[ACF]

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[HDrona01]

I thought I'd bump this back - Looks like Pierce is 77 points away from # 2; maybe a monster tear against the Raptors, Knicks and Grizz away?

[vinnie]

Great link.
Of note:
1 more TO by PP and he's tied with Larry Bird at the top ()
Rondo is tied with Cousy for #1 with APG.

Rondo is a great assist guy, but I really think it is difficult to compare today's player's stats with guys back in Cousy's day. They didn't hand out assists back in the day the way they do today. If they did, Cousy would have had many more in my opinion.

As for Pierce -- love the guy. Can't wait until he passes LB.

[2short]

Great link.
Of note:
1 more TO by PP and he's tied with Larry Bird at the top ()
Rondo is tied with Cousy for #1 with APG.

Rondo is a great assist guy, but I really think it is difficult to compare today's player's stats with guys back in Cousy's day. They didn't hand out assists back in the day the way they do today. If they did, Cousy would have had many more in my opinion.

As for Pierce -- love the guy. Can't wait until he passes LB.

yes, look at blocks, since they were not recorded in russ' time he isn't even LISTED
PP deserves to be up there with the all time greats, amazing rondo is up there with the time he's been in nba

[JBcat]

I thought I'd bump this back - Looks like Pierce is 77 points away from # 2; maybe a monster tear against the Raptors, Knicks and Grizz away?

I'm going to the game tonight. Maybe Paul will pull a Kobe and go for 78 to break it. 

[BballTim]

Great link.
Of note:
1 more TO by PP and he's tied with Larry Bird at the top ()
Rondo is tied with Cousy for #1 with APG.

Rondo is a great assist guy, but I really think it is difficult to compare today's player's stats with guys back in Cousy's day. They didn't hand out assists back in the day the way they do today. If they did, Cousy would have had many more in my opinion.

As for Pierce -- love the guy. Can't wait until he passes LB.

  I think that they handed out assists at a similar rate back then. I just checked out 61-62, teams averaged a few hundred mode assists over the course of the season than teams did last year.

[Tough Juice]

He could be traded before he pass Larry Bird, we'll wait and see