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did paul pierce say he faked the injury ?
« on: August 02, 2008, 09:02:46 PM »

Offline tenn_smoothie

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i read somewhere (LakersGround maybe) that claimed paul pierce stated on "Greatest Sports Show" that he did indeed, fake the knee injury in game 1.  any truth to this ??

in any case, mr. paul needs to knock off all the public proclomations and just concern himself with next season .......... none of the Celtic greats settled for just 1 banner.
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Re: did paul pierce say he faked the injury ?
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2008, 09:05:12 PM »

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A Lakers board isn't a valid source.

Re: did paul pierce say he faked the injury ?
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2008, 09:09:34 PM »

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If he said it on the Best [dang] Sports Show Period than he was probably kidding.

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i'm pretty sure the mri should a bone bruise.

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He's made the same joke elsewhere on other talks shows.

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« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2008, 09:52:56 PM »

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Hypothetically speaking, if he had faked it(which he didn't) then it was a brilliant plan to boost the teams moral. When he went out, the fans, coach, and team went into shock. Doc Rivers did his best to keep his team focused on stepping up...then he comes back out, the stadium explodes, and he hits back to back 3's and the Celts win the game...does anyone else remember when Perk went out hurt right after Pierce, then Pierce came out and everyone went wild, but Perkins just kinda snuck back in and noone really noticed? Nothing against him but that was too funny..I hope someone else remembers that
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« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2008, 09:59:04 PM »

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In his interviews after the finals Pierce laid it out quite clearly that he heard a 'pop' and thought he was done.  I believe in retrospect he feels a bit embarrassed about the wheelchair and tries to make light of it -- but I have no doubt that Pierce did not fake his initial concerns.

But, even if it was a complete ruse, I would forgive him. 

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I was sitting about 40 feet from Pierce when he ran into Perk and was injured.  He looked legitimately concerned that he was hurt, and I was stunned that the Cs season might come crashing down because of a freak injury. 


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Hypothetically speaking, if he had faked it(which he didn't) then it was a brilliant plan to boost the teams moral. When he went out, the fans, coach, and team went into shock. Doc Rivers did his best to keep his team focused on stepping up...then he comes back out, the stadium explodes, and he hits back to back 3's and the Celts win the game...does anyone else remember when Perk went out hurt right after Pierce, then Pierce came out and everyone went wild, but Perkins just kinda snuck back in and noone really noticed? Nothing against him but that was too funny..I hope someone else remembers that


don't forget ray allen's injury.

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Re: did paul pierce say he faked the injury ?
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2008, 12:28:13 AM »

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you're right about LakersGround being an unreliable source. they're struggling thru the summer over there after their team was dismantled in the finals. probably just grasping at straws in an attempt to discredit the Celtics.

i just wanted to check out what i read. thx.
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Re: did paul pierce say he faked the injury ?
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2008, 01:18:49 AM »

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That injury was no fake. Pierce is enjoying his summer a bit too much, it seems. I wish he's keep a lower profile and shut up a bit. That 'I am better than Kobe statement'was ridiculous and could come back to bite him, as he goes around the league.

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I watched the Best [dang] Sports episode when he was the guest.  All he said was if he was faking it the Celtics would've swept the Lakers. ;D

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« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2008, 03:28:54 AM »

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he heard a pop, got scared, told the trainer, trainer got scared, wheelchair, realization that he was ok, came back.  that's it.  If he faked it that would be awesome but he didn't.  No one is that brilliant.

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A Lakers board isn't a valid source.

Ahh, that's such a nice
way to put it. You're
almost (well, almost)
being too kind  ;)
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That 'I am better than Kobe statement'was ridiculous and could come back to bite him, as he goes around the league.

How's it going to bite him, though?  It's not like other teams / players weren't trying against the Celtics already.

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