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Bill "The Sports Guy" Simmons
Before the 2000-01 season, (Paul) Pierce was stabbed 11 times at a Boston nightclub, suffered a collapsed lung and nearly bled to death while staggering to the hospital. Less than two weeks later, he played in Boston's first exhibition game. If the same thing had happened to Vince Carter, he would still be on the injured list seven years later.
>> Anonymous
>>153446
between you and Stephen A. Smith you are ruining sports broadcasting. get off your bandwagon city and be unbiased.

Yes even Jay Mariotti is better than you
>> Anonymous
it was only a scratch, not puncture wounds

just scratches
>> Bill "The Sports Guy" Simmons
In my opinion, he (Paul Pierce) is not only one of the toughest Celtics ever, he's one of the toughest Boston athletes ever. Not counting Tankapalooza 2007 (when the team shelved Pierce with a knee injury for half the season even when he probably could have played), Pierce missed just 21 games in nine seasons and played through a variety of injuries and ailments for mostly horrendous teams. So for anyone to insinuate that he is either (A) weak or (B) someone who would milk an injury, is just insane. On top of that, for the Lakers' fans to have the gall to question any other NBA star's character is three times as insane. In retrospect, Pierce's only mistake was not diffusing the Lakers fans before Game 3 by settling with his right knee out of court and buying it a $4 million diamond ring.
>> Anonymous
wow, alleged rape jokes. if nothing else, he sure is timely.
>> Anonymous
He has to drum up Pierce because he has columns and columns of ink calling pre-Boston Garnett and Allen soft.