What Was Up with Paul Pierce’s Drama Queen Act?
NBA June 6th. 2008, 9:50am
A wheelchair? Seriously? So he crumbles in a heap under the basket (video here), and yeah, he looked to be in pain. Then the replays show … well, they show nothing. We’ve dinged our knee up harder on our computer desk. So then, for reasons we’ll still not aware, Pierce is carried off the court by teammates. That looked more uncomfortable than any injury that he may have suffered on the play. The wheelchair in the bowels of the arena is probably what made this a seemingly grave situation – a text came in from The Big Deal saying, ‘do you want your money now?’ – except that three minutes later, Pierce was emerging from the tunnel (photo after the jump) like Willis Reed (or, for you movie buffs, Daniel Larusso) to wild cheers from the crowd. Then he scored 15 points in the third quarter and Boston surged in front and left relinquished the lead. Was Pierce faking? Who knows.
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June 6th, 2008 at 9:53 AM
Who is the redhead with the glasses all the way to the left?
Kind of looks like Cynthia Nixon’s lesbian lady friend.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:53 AM
That was just a ploy to get the fans back into the game. It was a grade-A flop, and he should be fined.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Now we’re catering to Simmons?
/tired Sports Guy joke
June 6th, 2008 at 9:55 AM
To be fair, it looks like he was wearing a neoprene sleeve on the knee when he came back. Those things have better healing powers than ACL surgery.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:55 AM
“put him in a body bag Johnny!”
June 6th, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Dwyane Wade is jealous of Paul’s post-wheelchair recovery skills.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Great Headline TBL
give this mfer an Oscar. People saying how PP is HOF material need to get their head examined
June 6th, 2008 at 10:00 AM
I blame Europe for this garbage…that’s right Europe I am looking at you…Dwayne Wade is making endorsement money off of his “toughness” he is another look at me pussy..just get up…If he had his leg blown off he should have gotten up and hopped off…and the wheelchair (ridiculous) but if you have one..why not wheel it to the court..do you really need the 10th 11th and 12th man off the bench coming out to carry you…what absolute garbage…its shit…Allen Iverson just puked in his Courvoisier glass watching that
June 6th, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Jesus Christ, he was carried off the court like he was getting dragged off the battlefield after taking a grenade.
Not exactly hockey tough, that Paul Pierce.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:04 AM
He’s a pussy. always has been.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Pierce is a straight gangster and Lakers are pussies.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Pierce is the exact opposite of straight gangster
June 6th, 2008 at 10:06 AM
How soccer of him.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:06 AM
But he’s from LA!
June 6th, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Jesus Christ, he was carried off the court like he was getting dragged off the battlefield after taking a grenade.
lmao
June 6th, 2008 at 10:07 AM
If he was faking, who cares?
June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Whatever Pierce did, it worked. As long as he’s 75% the rest of the way (apparently he’s actually hurt, even I didn’t believe it), the C’s are in good shape.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 AM
You want Paul Pierce on that wheelchair. You need him on that wheelchair!
June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 AM
carrying him off is a bit extreme, i felt a bit awkward watching that happen.
bill plaschke’s an idiot anyway, do you really trust any of the talking heads that frequent Around the Horn?
June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Nick…I would if I was his teammate..what if without him on the court..the Lakers went on a run and his return did not spark the victory…you get up and if you play you play..if not..then fine
June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Do not confuse Inglewood with Compton.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Inglewood always up to no good
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 AM
@roman: That’s fair, but he was only out for like 1:15; that’s less than his normal sit-out.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 AM
understood…but just saying there are consequences to the me shit stuff
June 6th, 2008 at 10:13 AM
If you flop around like that, the phrase “season ending surgery” had better be attached to your name in the paper the next day. Otherwise, you look like a jackass.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:14 AM
I bet when he was stabbed about 10 years ago it was with a thumb tack. fucking pussy.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Fackin Paul Piehce is hahdcore
June 6th, 2008 at 10:15 AM
“Ooooh look at me. I got stabbed in the back. Look at the blood.”
Fucking pussy.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Paul Pierce’s playoff beard > Sidney Crosby
June 6th, 2008 at 10:16 AM
HE WASN”T FAKING!! He may have scared himself into thinking he was really hurt for a few minutes, but I’m sorry.. the guy is not gonna pre-meditate a whole fake injury to inspire his team and the crowd.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:17 AM
@walfredo,
yep. pussy.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Last night did seem pretty ridiculous but lets not forget he got stabbed in the face and neck 11 times just prior to the 2000-2001 season I believe it was and didn’t miss any games
June 6th, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Paul Pierce loves the Made Men
June 6th, 2008 at 10:18 AM
please….every athlete wants their “i got seriously hurt but look how heroically I willed myself back to help my team win moment”
what a bitch
June 6th, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Damnit…as I was typing I guess other people got in on the stabbing action…now I look like an asshole…DAMNIT!
June 6th, 2008 at 10:19 AM
He wasn’t faking, he was merely emotionally and physically embellishing his leg tweak.
Big difference.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:20 AM
walfredo..what did you sleep with him last night and he told you his most intimate feelings…I will give you the initial shock..but you know after 5 seconds what the deal is (I have blown out my knee..I know)so the whole getting carried off the court shit is retarded…if he tore his ACL he should be able to get up with some one supporting him..getting carried that way makes the pain worse…
June 6th, 2008 at 10:21 AM
If Paul Pierce would of had Eddie Houses kid wheel him out, it would of been ten times better.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:21 AM
What everyone else said: gigantic pussy.
He went down like he took a shotgun blast to the chest. He looked like an Italian soccer player, the way he was up and running five minutes later.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:22 AM
It made for good TV. You guys must hate sports movies.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Jack..I wonder if they used the magic spray on him like the soccer players get
June 6th, 2008 at 10:24 AM
I’ve been walking around with a torn acl for two years….I didn’t even make that face when I was awake to watch the second surgery i had to repair it. “Tender Vagina” would be appropriate here.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:29 AM
something funny about the stabbing incident; my brother was finishing med school and was in the operating room when Paul Pierce came in with that paper cut. ok, really not funny, but a whatever. pierce is a pussy.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:33 AM
sandibalz manliness is emanating from my screen. I 97% sure he has a beard and is probably eating meat at this very moment.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:38 AM
He’s eating a steak sandwich on a meatloaf bun and drinking a pint of gravy.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:40 AM
@sean – +1
no beard, not eating…sorry dude, just an accountant. whats bad is that pierce being a pussy isn’t about manliness, it’s about being a flopping douchebag.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:44 AM
anybody else getting a load of wordpress errors?
June 6th, 2008 at 10:46 AM
It was a little over the top, but whatever, he got freaked out, thought he felt a pop. He should have been draped in the american flag and had fireworks shooting off when he came back out.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:48 AM
site’s pretty buggy today. Please don’t make me do work, TBL.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:48 AM
@sandibalz
yep
June 6th, 2008 at 10:53 AM
@sandibalz I’ve gotten about 5 and one complete shutdaown
June 6th, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Me as well. Took me about 5 tries to submit every post.
June 6th, 2008 at 11:06 AM
TBL, turn off the Dockers commercial song from your ipod, stop doing arm curls, and call your Bulgarian server people, stat!
June 6th, 2008 at 11:16 AM
you love that dockers song clown. dont lie
from sun down to sunset
June 6th, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Alameda, CA (Sports Network) – The Oakland Raiders signed running back Darren McFadden, the No. 4 overall pick in this year’s draft, to a big contract late Thursday night.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the deal is for six years and worth up to $60 million with $26 million guaranteed.
June 6th, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Garnett: You faked it?
Pierce: I faked it.
Garnett: That whole thing, the whole production, it was all an act?
Pierce: Not bad huh?
Garnett: What about the breathing, the panting, the moaning, the screaming, the wheelchair?
Pierce: Fake, fake, fake, fake, fake.
Garnett: I’m stunned, I’m shocked! How many times did you do this?
Pierce: Uuuhm, all the time.
Garnett: All the time?!
June 6th, 2008 at 11:31 AM
@rexkramer
+1 to infinite
June 6th, 2008 at 11:36 AM
lol @ rex. Nicely done.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:13 PM
John Locke is not impressed with Paul Pierce’s exit from a wheel chair…
June 6th, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Jacob must have been in the locker room.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Did Paul Pierce go to the island? If that’s the case, he was injured and the Island didn’t let him get hurt!
June 7th, 2008 at 1:25 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-080606
“After the game, Pierce was walking with a pronounced limp as he exited the postgame interview room and headed back to the locker room, but some 45 minutes later the injury was clearly bothering him more.
As he walked to his car, Pierce was still wearing his warm-ups. The snaps along the right side were hanging open, revealing a wrapping of several ace bandages from the bottom of his calf to the top of his thigh, an additional layer of white tape wrapped around the lower half of his hamstring, ending just above his knee.
Pierce’s feet moved no more than 12 inches with each step, and as you watched him begin to navigate the four flights of stairs from the locker room level to the players’ parking lot, you couldn’t help but wonder exactly how much adrenalin had fueled his comeback. The knee injury could also keep him out of Game 2 or, at the very least, reduce his effectiveness. ”
You jackasses.