But whether we would have gotten the first or second choice or not, Paul would have had to have been traded or the roster would have been overhauled as it was. Because there is no way he could have led his young teammates by example after sitting out those games. Those games he sat out were as important as playoff games to his teammates. Budweiser, when your team's best player is willing to toe that kind of company line, you need new leadership. Danny was fortunate that his buddy was in a position to accomodate that overhaul. Had McHale not been in Minnesota, Danny would have had real major problems on his hands.
Because clearly Pierce not playing injured for the final games of the season, in a lost season embodies all that was wrong with the Celtics.
"Those games he sat out were as important as playoff games to his teammates." <--- I don't even know why I'm here arguing with you if this is your line of thinking. Get real, AS IMPORTANT? "Hey Paul, I know you're very injured right now, but we don't care about that we want you to play with us despite your injury just to see if we can at the least not be in last place in the whole league. Come on Paul, risk your career, or at the very least your health for next season just to see if we can end in a positive note this miserable season". With teammates like that, I wouldn't want them... especially if they think that those games would be as meaningful as playoff games... stinks of being losers. Obviously that's not the case.
I apologize for my ignorance, Budweiser. That Orlando game must have been as important as a playoff game for Paul to play 52 minutes in spite, of course, of risking his career and being very injured and all. If Paul was that very injured, he had no business playing in an overtime game. His teammates are fighting for a future roster spot. If they're playing out the string, I wouldn't want them as teammates. Apparently you'd rather have fellow tankers for teammates. Wonder how the head tanker would lead that bunch the following season? The Boston Grizzlies has kind of a crappy ring to it.
Plaske wasn't the only person watching that unfold, Bud. All I'm saying that this blastphemous how dare you say that additude about the skepticists has about as much credibility as you do on the subject. Zilch.
Double Overtime, a star plays big minutes in those. Secondly, maybe just maybe it was because he put that kind of effort that he got more concerned with his injuries? Don't you know that playing injured can usually cause other injuries to surface? And you're going to question his toughness for putting that kind of effort, while being injured in a lost season? Yeah, not a good example to bring up.
Also, I could care less about the Draft, I've never thought much of draft picks and what you can accomplish with them. So tanking or not taking is not an issue with me, the health of our captain IS a concern of mine, especially in that worthless season.
To put it in perspective, I thought Miami made Wade play too early and shut him down too late... just because you don't make your star players play AS injured as they were for a lost season. Especially when you can clearly see they don't seem right, and how current injuries can be aggrevated or cause some even more harmful new ones. It's completely foolish, and fans that say that they're entitled to see them play regardless of them risking their health just because they paid relatively big bucks (I bet most of them can afford them with their eyes closed) are completely irrational and I'm not very fond of them.
Topic: I hate Bill Plaske and his holier than thou attuitude / media reaction to Pierce (Read 34309 times)