Is Pierce The Weak Link?

Pierce will remain the c’s top scorer.
KG wont cramp pierce’s style.

They have too much riding on the line and a rare opportunity. I think they will make it work personally both on and off the court.

mannix MIGHT be on to something…
it too early to make any conclusions, but the last 3 min of the knick game was interesting….
ball movement & shot selection was poor, KG was very animated during a timeout, and PP did not look happy…

Interesting – and certainly possible.

But given all the teeth-grinding Pierce did during the loss-infested youth movement, I’d find it a little bit hypocritical for him to bite back against players who will help him win.

I disagree, I still think Pierce is the best overall player. He cannot be guarded 1 on 1.

Ray Allen is not the complete player Pierce is, and garnett is NOT a great offensive player. He can’t score in the paint like he should, and relies on that unreliable outside jumper too much.

Pierce is Pierce. He is a load, a great rebounder and a complete offensive player who rarely has an offnight.

The way to beat the Celtics is to give Garnett that outside shot and to cover him 1 on 1.

Why do they double garnett? I have never understood that…

Great article by Mannix….he can turn it into a trilogy..the next time he has to make up an story, he can question Ray’s ability to blend with the team…and if KG has a bad game then he can go after Kevin..Jeff is right Mannix is just doing his job…just wish it didn’t come off as lazy journalism…

i don’t mind looking for kinks in the armor, but how about using something other than wild speculation to try and drum up controvery.

is it the writers job to report and analyze or is to generate controversy?

Thats bizarre rickyfan, Garnett will end his career in the Top-10 All-Time in Points and FG Made……WITH the double teams coming constantly. Each season he is among the most efficient offensive players in the game in addition to his defense, shotblocking and rebounding.

Pierce is an excellent player but he has never been in Kevin Garnett’s class…..just as Ray Allen has never been in Paul Pierce’s class as an overall player. There appears to be a clearcut peaking order on this team and it begins with Garnett…..however the article asking if Pierce is the weak link is laughable. Our weak links are at the 1 and 5, we all (should) know that.

Rickyfan is right on a couple of things there. But not overall player … overall scorer.

KG isn’t in the same league as Pierce or Ray as a scorer. He just doesn’t have the mantality to punish teams.

Ray is right there with Pierce, Pierce a bit better close to the bucket but both can get to the rim, have mean midrange games and outside range (where Ray is a bit better).

Pierce the weak link? LOL

Rubbish.

By the way, anyone see the box score to last night’s Minnesota game?

Sorry, I had to ask.

I actually found it to be an interesting article, but I think he picked the wrong guy to be focusing on. I think Ray’s going to tbe the guy who finds it most difficult to adapt, he’s used to being the guy wiht the ball in his hands at the end of games and that’s just not going to happen here nearly as often.

In all three of these guys case I think winning cures most of it, at least in the short run. However, its one of those things to keep an eye on if they get out to a bit of a slow start.

Scotty, trouble adapting and ‘’weak link’’ are totally different subjects. If there’s a weak link, let’s start with the center position, then look at the PG, then the bench. But to call either Pierce or Allen a weak link is misusing the term in a very big way.

I think Doc’s the weak link.

The 3 stars get along great and they will do well, don’t worry be happy. They all love to play basketball, I am more concerned they will overpass then not pass enough because they respect each other and want to see each other do well.

Weak link is House, then Powe. They are the backup PG and C. It’s not Tony Allen, because Posey or House can fill in ok as the backup SG if he doesn’t pickup. It’s not the backup PF spot, since there are so many ok alternatives (Scal, Powe, or BBD – or even Posey in a small ball lineup.) It could be Posey but if he goes down, Allen and Scal could probably pickup his minutes at SF.

No the place we have the least insurance is House and secondly Powe – they will both need to carry a lot of weight, and are most likely break points.

Brendan, sounds like you’re assuming we have a starting center. I’ll believe that when Perk manages to play more than 60 games and every game he does play doesn’t have a footnote about him playing in pain.