Paul Pierce is a truly gifted all around player who can pass well, shoot well, rebound well, penetrate, create, handle the ball, run the offense, wear a headband and grow the facial hair of a preteen boy. He does all of this from the wing, where he often has a strength advantage over players, being a decidedly chiseled 6'7. Pierce was never especially quick, and as he has aged it has started to leave him, but he makes up for this with brains and smartiness, as well as large amounts of skill.
Pierce is not as athletic as most of his superstar swingman peers are, yet is able to always produce at the high level he does through sheer skill and intelligence. He's not the best defender - although he's not bad, and has always improved - and his jumpshot will take the occasional night off, but as an all around player he's pretty complete. He has also shown a knack for some clutch play in his career, particularly with the step back 20 footer that he calls his own.
Pierce also has this weird knack for being in the background of photographs in one of a number of strange poses. That's a gift I'd like to think that I shared with Paul. Except that I do it on purpose, because I'm a twat.
Paul Pierce fact: Paul Pierce once claimed to be the best player in the world, using the fact that he was the best player on the best team in the world in 2008 as his proof. Slow down there, cowboy. You're good all right, but not that good. As I'm sure Kevin Garnett has told you ten millions times, winning is a team thing.
- 13th February, 2009.
Anagram: "Alice Upper", a drug which takes you to something like Wonderland.
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