League fines Pierce for menacing gesture

[LD42]

And this is what Deshawn Stevenson did after he heard the Jay-z diss song about him ) dumb a**

[butterbeanlove]

The sign that Peirce made means a--hole. A circle plus three fingers

The circle-and-three-fingers thing can mean all kinds of things.  It's hard to definitively say exactly what was meant.

I was leaning toward the **** theory initially.

http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/2007/09/24/top-10-hand-gestures/

Too bad Horford isn't a Euro, he probably didn't even get it.

I guess David Stern doesn't know what the "extended middle finger toward the Celtics bench" sign means (Agent Zero last year).

[yall hate]

I still dont understand how they (if they did) could conclude it was a gang sign.  It is no different then any of the following:

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/71215525.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193875DCB1DD8387ABB6A36555DEDC4A564A40A659CEC4C8CB6

http://www.espn.go.com/photo/2006/1126/nba_g_jrsmith_395.jpg

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/53104048.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939847EC77F5F8D1CEF8E9B7EBA931CB63A40A659CEC4C8CB6

http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/09/93/30/image_1330939.jpg

And how is that menacing? (menacing - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments)

[LD42]

This is what PP did kind of a weeak gang sign...but Oh well

BX @ Wisdom558

[Andrew Celtic Nation]

I only saw some of it but didn't Dickerson just announce that it is a hand signal that Pierce and others do before every game and it means Blood, Sweat and Tears, with each finger standing for one of those terms because "that is how the Celtics win games"> Again, that is from what I just heard Dickerson say. That should clear things up.

[earl]

Dickerson just reported on the pregame that it means "blood, sweat and tears" and the team does it all the time. They also showed video of Pierce doing it during introductions, where he does it prior to every game. 

[PierceMVP08]

They just said it on FSN.... the sign means "blood, sweat, and tears" and Pierce does it before every game and so do his teammates... case closed

[Redz]

Never knew he was a fan.  What goes up, must come down I reckon.

[Redz]

They just said it on FSN.... the sign means "blood, sweat, and tears" and Pierce does it before every game and so do his teammates... case closed

So, what exactly, makes that worthy of a fine?  He's got to appeal the fine.

[PierceMVP08]

It's not worthy of a fine.  that's what i was trying to say.  This is a non-issue and all of those who were bashing pierce, owe the man an apology (if that was possible of course).  Ya'll should be ashamed for jumping all over him before he even had an opportunity to defend himself.  Too bad there are so many Pierce bashers around this town.  I'm sure there will now be people saying he flashes gang signs before every game. 

[Andrew Celtic Nation]

They just said it on FSN.... the sign means "blood, sweat, and tears" and Pierce does it before every game and so do his teammates... case closed

So, what exactly, makes that worthy of a fine?  He's got to appeal the fine.

It was also stated that Ainge has video of Pierce doing this every pre-game and will appeal it.

[connerhenry43]

just another example of stern and his anti-celtic bias. the game ended saturday night...they just announced this fine in the last 2-3 hours. why not just have the ref tell him right before tip-off.

an absolute joke. instead of focusing on stupid stuff, why doesn't he insure that violet palmer and bennet salvadore never sniff another playoff game?

[OriginalODb]

the NBA

where racist fines happen

[Andy Jick]

gerald green better be careful...flashing that one hand of his around could cause him to get fined as well.

[connerhenry43]

the NBA

where racist fines happen

100000% correct.