NBA Finals

So the guy who has never played in the Finals his whole career wants to play hurt. Now that's a bad thing? He said he couldn't even play on Friday or Saturday. I don't care even if he did blow it out of proportion a little bit he did more for his team than "todays" athletes. Now a great moment for Pierce is gone because L.A. fans on columnist like Bill Plasche or whatever his name is from Around the Horn want to criticize him because their team lost. Give me a break Lakers fans come up with something else.:moon2:

(Not directed at TheSureThing I was just letting my emotions out.)

 

(Tangent: If you're a Lakers fan, I fully support your right to be cynical about Pierce's injury and return. If the roles were reversed, and this were Kobe, I would have taken 35 "He was playing the injury up just for the Willis comeback!" potshots at him by now. All I can tell you is this: Pierce has been a warrior for 10 years, he has never been seriously injured, and he's not the type of player who would just randomly crumple into a heap like that as some sort of strategic ploy. After the game, he said he heard his knee pop, so maybe he was more scared than anything. Only a fool would compare the significance of the moment to Willis Reed, or even Larry Bird's comeback in the '91 Indiana series, for that matter. At the same time, the crowd went from "My God, we are completely screwed!" to "My God, we are back in this series!" in the span of 10 minutes. So it WAS a significant moment, whether you like it or not.)

-Bill Simmons
ESPN.com

 

I like Kobe too but I've been a C's fan my whole life.

 

This is a nice article.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3429080&dkte&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos2