Pierce on Walker

[Eric Albert]

>"Shawn Niles" <shizzjr at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Did anyone else see this in today's Globe?
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>One question keeps coming up with every mention of Iverson possibly landing in Boston: Can Iverson and Paul Pierce coexist?
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>"I think it would work out with the two of us," said Pierce. "I played with the biggest jacker in league history in Antoine Walker, didn't I? He was just jacking up shots. At least Iverson might go hit them at a higher clip and get to the free throw line."

That's some quote.

But "higher clip?":
  Toine is a career 41.6% field-goal shooter (33% on threes).
  Iverson is a career 41.7% field-goal shooter (31% on threes).

Toine's doing (more) woefully this year but historically these guys are identical shooters.  Iverson's advantage is that he draws more fouls (and hits the free throws).  As I said before, AI plays an ugly, ugly game.

-- Eric