Re: Harper Blasts Pierce

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

There have been two occasions I've seen this season 
where, after a first free throw attempt by Pierce, no one 
has gone to him to slap him five. My wife and I laugh 
about it. Paul has his hand out waiting and no one gives 
him love. On both occasions I saw, I didn't read anything 
into it. I still don't.

As for selfishness, its there at times on offense, but 
c'mon its no big deal. He just gets a little over eager 
out there at times, but he usually makes up for it later 
with a pass. Its more on defense, like the Mo Pete 
fiasco, where it seems on several plays per game like 
we're playing four against five. He's probably our best 
defender too, talent-wise, but he can actually lose games 
for us with half-ass defensive intensity. 

I can't help thinking it comes down to a few too many 
minutes. And once you let an NBA shooter find his groove, 
its over. Lights out. He won't stop until he's over 30 
points. Its the toughest position to defend, on a nightly 
basis, for Paul. Thankfully, we have Walter, Eric 
Williams and Kedrick too to throw in the mix. 

When he's into it with the other four guys, the Celtics 
defense basically can't be scored on right now. Offenses 
underestimate how long his arms are, and how great he is 
at timing his jump. Really "the package". He can block 
shots and strip the ball against the best scorers in the 
game.



> ---------- Initial message -----------
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> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
> To      : <celtics@igtc.com>
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> Date    : Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:53:50 -0500
> Subject : Re: Harper Blasts Pierce
> 
> This is a sure sign PP is starting to really piss off 
opponents. Sure
> teammates hate a guy scoring 26, rebounding and playing 
40+ per game.
> 
> DanF
> 
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