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TrueBlue
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6/26/2007  3:18 AM
Pierce's patience running out
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
June 25, 2007

Adrian Wojnarowski
Yahoo! Sports

As much as Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge wanted a bigger return for Al Jefferson and the No. 5 pick in the flat-lined, four-team blockbuster trade proposal that died on Monday, little was done for the franchise's trampled image when Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal turned out to be one more star privately disclosing disdain over the prospects of playing for the Celtics.

First, it was Phoenix's Shawn Marion insisting that he didn't want to go to Boston.

Then it was Minnesota's Kevin Garnett.

And now it's O'Neal.

Here's the problem for Ainge: According to a league executive, Paul Pierce has finally told team management that unless the Celtics comes out of this week with a talented veteran co-star for him, they should expect him to make a public declaration soon after Thursday's draft that he wants a trade.

"Danny is under tremendous pressure, from inside and outside, to get a deal for someone done this week," one league executive said.


I knew O'neal would balk.
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6/26/2007  3:29 AM
Wow, ouch that sucks for Ainge.


He's got options though, plenty of them:


Odom, Kirilenko, Francis, Marbury, Nate, Jefferies, James....

DLee is the best thing to happen to NY in Isiah's 4 year tenure. And that alone, though a positive on the radar, is sad as hell.
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6/26/2007  3:59 AM
It's all going according to plan. Soon there will be uprising on every team until Kobe is moved there will be no peace in the NBA.

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6/26/2007  4:36 AM
Its all a conspiracy to get them all to Phoenix.

Nash
Kobe
Pierce
KG
Amare

J.O. off the bench.
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6/26/2007  6:45 AM
Why is it players don't want to play in Boston ?

Is it Ainge, or the boston mystique that has been tarnished ever since Len Bias death or what.

Is it the city itself that NBA players don't approve of.
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6/26/2007  8:22 AM
They should trade him anyway and build around Big Al. I liked that idea more than the one of being pretenders with Pierce and one other veteran.
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6/26/2007  8:34 AM
Posted by playa2:

Why is it players don't want to play in Boston ?

Is it Ainge, or the boston mystique that has been tarnished ever since Len Bias death or what.

Is it the city itself that NBA players don't approve of.

Def Ainge
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6/26/2007  9:11 AM
send him to minny to partner up with kg so they can miss the play offs.
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6/26/2007  9:36 AM
Posted by playa2:

Why is it players don't want to play in Boston ?

Is it Ainge, or the boston mystique that has been tarnished ever since Len Bias death or what.

Is it the city itself that NBA players don't approve of.

boston historically has been known as a somewhat "racist" city. that could play a part.
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6/26/2007  10:35 AM
Posted by playa2:

Why is it players don't want to play in Boston ?

Is it Ainge, or the boston mystique that has been tarnished ever since Len Bias death or what.

Is it the city itself that NBA players don't approve of.

probably because they stink.
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6/26/2007  10:46 AM
Posted by TMS:
Posted by playa2:

Why is it players don't want to play in Boston ?

Is it Ainge, or the boston mystique that has been tarnished ever since Len Bias death or what.

Is it the city itself that NBA players don't approve of.

probably because they stink.

You've got to wonder how good guys are if they don't think they could lift a celtics team into the play offs. I mean, they've got young talent that is close to maturing. If you believe in yourself, you say- boston, why not.

Marion is ok because to me, he is just a super good role type player.

KG because they were gutting the team to get him.

But O'Neal? Maybe he just wants to play for Isiah.
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6/26/2007  10:58 AM
There's no glitz of glamour to Boston. No one ever really talks about wanting to go to Boston. They may say LA, PHX or NY,b ut rarely does any athelete say "yeah I want to go to Boston. That's where it's at!" IF they get drafted then they can go with the "tradition" angle and i'm sure they're just happy to be in the NBA, but if you were to list the favorite NBA citites to go to, they'd be way down there.

Now add to that the losing they've been noted for and that makes it worse. If i'm O'Neal or KG, I want no part of a team with that much unpolished youth. This just underscores how hard it is to make trades in today's NBA.
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6/26/2007  11:20 AM
Boston bet to bank on getting OJ Mayo
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6/26/2007  1:43 PM
Although it seems minor in comparison to the other reasons listed, the weather factor seems to play a significant role. Most NBA players bristle at playing in a cold weather city during the winter...They all want to go to Miami, L.A, or Phoenix.

Combine that with the fact that Boston has been a moribund franchise since the late-'80s...The risk/reward factor in concerns to the east coast media scutiny no longer adds up. The Celtics just arent relevant anymore and all that hostility towards blacks from the past is starting to work against them, now that their 'championship culture' cache well has pretty much dried up.
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6/27/2007  12:24 PM
Celts behind the Bruins, Sowx, and Pats in the town.

But lets face it, Its a much nicer city than Minny, Milwaukee, Atlanta, charlotte, Sac, Indy, Detroit, Dallas, New Orleans and Memphis.

Not everyone can play in Miami, NY, LA or Chicago.

I think what boston lacks is a great urban nite life.

Paul Pierce wanting a trade it keep up with the fashionable "A" list player who wants to get moved is a joke. This guy has no cred regarding leadership or winning. Pierce is nothing but a second rate star and in my book even lower than Marbury.

Pierce makes Marbury look good!

If I am Ainge I continue my youth movement and dump him. Wouldnt evey worry about equitable value, just dump his sorry ass.
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6/27/2007  1:40 PM
i'll be happy to take him off their hands.
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6/27/2007  2:55 PM
Posted by TMS:

i'll be happy to take him off their hands.

Me too. But I hope we don't get in the mode of giving up young promising players for an older vet who isn't enough to put us over the top.
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6/27/2007  2:59 PM

You guys really want that piece of up ****!!!
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6/27/2007  3:08 PM
Posted by Nalod:


You guys really want that piece of up ****!!!


He acts like his Ish don't stink sometimes but he's better than any player on our roster, that's for sure.
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6/27/2007  3:29 PM
Talent and the right talent is important. This guy is more toxic than Marbury has been on the knicks.

You see his self destruction two years ago in the playoffs? They had the series and when Tinsley goes to foul him he elbows him and gets a flagrent OFFENSIVE foul. They lose the game and lose the series.

The crowing moment to a career that has meant nothing execpt his selfish rants.

Sorry, this guy makes big money and maybe he can pull a Gary Payton one day when his is on the down swing and latch with a contender, but this guy is crap. Talented no doubt, but we all know talent alone does not win games.
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