Pierce Weighs In

It’s still his team. Even if he’s no longer the best player on it.

Jeff, side note, but Big Al is still in the banner. This makes me sad :’(

Way to go Paul. Now go get us #17!

225 would be better.

I hate to be the wet noodle, but it sure as heck would’ve been nice for him to be at his college weight earlier, and focusing on his defense earlier. But what the heck, he’s motivated again. Good news.

gotta say i am very pleased that we didn’t trade the captain…

The point I like pierce stating is Defense!

I’ve said repeatedly that Pierce has been too fat since 2002. I’m glad he knows it, and I wish he would lose 5 more pounds.

If he played at 225 and if Rivers kept his minutes down to 30-35 he could return to the greatness he displayed in 2002 and 2003.

Why is that finding shadows on the surface of the sun?

This is tremendous news. A quicker more agile Pierce will be great for the team. Look at how dropping the ol elbees helped Big Al last year. Plus, Pierce is less likely to get injured when playing at a lighter weight. He shouldn’t have any issues with that stress fracture

That picture of Rondo, Pierce, and Al has gotta go. For one thing the background is only partially removed, and for another Big Al is now a timberwolf.

Just as I had stated earlier Pierce will be in better shape and get his weight down. Good work Paul. the right attitude will lead to the right altitude. We are off and running toward Banner # 17.

I posted about a week or so ago that Pierce needed to drop about 15 pounds, and wow, here he is dropping 15.

I’ve posted for months for Danny to get a defensive assistant coach, and wow, we got Tom T.

Okay Danny, put me on the payroll!

Its the same old story
Everywhere I go,
I get slandered,
Libeled,
I hear words I never heard
In the bible
And Im on step ahead of the shoe shine
Two steps away from the county line
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied,
Satisfied.

Go Celtics

It’s KG’s team now: without him, we’re going nowhere.

Adonal is out there

good for you paul. at your age, it is the smart thing to do. please doc, monitor the minutes.

im sorry, but adonal foyle is just bad

Weight is a very pliable thing… at 6’7" 230 is quite lean… 240 is not that bad anyways. I’m only 5’11" and was 210 – 9.5% body fat last time I had it checked. I figure most NBA players are ideally 5-15% body fat; the thing is that if done properly you can get heavier and leaner, which would make you stronger and quicker.

Weight is sort of like ERA for pitchers its an okay measurement, but not that precise of one if you have better ones.

im definitely glad pauls making the right steps to get the trio in here early and just get used to each other on and off the court. smart move. also agree that he has also obviously gained some weight the last few years and he needs to get his weight down as well. but i actually agree with brickowski here that id like to see him under 230 and down to 225 again. back when he was more athletic he and antoine used to run those backdoor alley-oops all the time. paul needs to get back to that.

Paul Pierce, Defensive Stopper.

I get chills.

 :)

I think I heard a collective shudder from around the NBA, because the Celtics just acquired a 25 ppg defensive stopper. We just became a lot more like the Mavs/Spurs:

Ultrafast Point Guard; Check
Offensive-Minded Two Guard; Check
Defensive-Minded small Forward; Check
All-Universe Power Forward; Check
Three Headed Monster in the Middle; Pending

As to PP’s weight it sounds to me like he made a conscious decision to play at a certain weight based on the type of game he would need to play. I don’t call that being out of shape. He would have been out of shape if it was thought his best weight was 245 and he was 270. Now he sees his role changing, with the need to play more defense and he’s adjusting accordingly. PP has never come to camp out of shape.

Pierce was never and WILL never be a good leader! end of story. Someone else better take that role cause he sure as hell isn’t fit for it. a leader doesn’t sell out his teamates or demand trades to the media if he doesn’t get his way!

AdrianoMG6, To my knowledge PP didn’t go to the media to demand a trade. In interviews he said he thought about it and he probably talked about it with management. I also don’t think he sold out his teammates by saying the team needed more vets. Even some people on this blog said that. Management said it and some experts from the media said it. Some also suggested PP be traded for younger players. It will be interesting to watch Seattle,Portland and the Wolves this year. I would be interested in hearing about this from his teammates (as to whether or not they felt that PP sold them out) as opposed to us assuming such things.

Edgar has not been following this team for the past 10 years lol. people don’t change who they are overnight

Exactly Jeff! Disclaimer aside, that is about as close to calling someone out as I think you’ll do. I was starting to wonder if I was reading more into these comments than I should. But when our truly unbiased moderator starts commenting on the continual negativity, then Brick you really ought to take a closer look at yourself and wonder if it could be YOU and not everyone else! If you won the powerball lottery you’d stand up there on stage and whine that the lottery wasn’t paying the taxes for you. Must be miserable to be that down on everything.

That is great news showing PP’s extra steps towards making this year great. What a great example to the rest of the squad to show them what he expects of them. Guaranteed Perk is increasing his load at this very moment to show PP that he got the message. Hopefully the rest will as well.

Adriano, I have followed Pierce’s entire career. he stuck with a horrible team at a time when other players like Vince Carter demanded trades and screwed their franchise’s over. Pierce weathered the storm, and never publicly asked to be traded, didn’t refuse to report to training camp, never skipped practices, etc. Lay off the guy. I think that there would be more of an issue if he was content with his team winning just 15 games a season; any competitor wants to have at least some talent around him. In my eyes, Pierce has been nothing but an upstanding citizen here in Boston.

Even I can’t give my usual it’s just rational criticism argument about Brick’s comments. It really is getting depressing.

RIPRED, well said. I think Wyc’s story at THE press conference about PP when he had his teeth knock out said it all. I saw that play, Amare Stoudamire got him in the face at the end of a play. Of course, no foul was called. I was thinking besides teeth, concussion, broken facial bones, bad stuff. But his return to the game didn’t surprise me. He’s always played hurt. Sort of Bird-like.

You know what it is said about not liking what’s on a particular channel – change it to something else. No one’s forcing folks to read Brick’s, mine or anyone else’s comments. But I suppose calling someone out or getting personal is acceptable depending upon who you are.

As for my outlook, I’m happy to see the Celtics have a good chance at becoming respectable this season. However, I was (and still am) against the direction they took, starting with the Ray Allen trade. I believe they were ready to turn the corner with the youth movement and adding a Corey Brewer, for example, would have been the best option. I think it would have been worth the wait of another couple of years to see what the team would become as the players matured.

It’s hard to be continually sunny-side-up when you feel the last two trades (make it the last three) shouldn’t have been made. It’s hard to jump on the bandwagon when you honestly don’t feel the Celtics are championship material for reasons that I’ve detailed in several posts. Where others see the C’s in the finals, I see reasons why they won’t win the Atlantic, none of which have to do with the age of the three stars or possible injuries.

It’s like this website has taken on a whole different flavor since the Garnett deal. So many folks now have stars in their eyes, the attitude is becoming an either you’re with us or agin’ us sort of feeling.

Anyway, regarding Paul Pierce’s weight-loss program, yes he should have done that a couple of years ago. I think it’s wonderful he’s going to be in shape this year. For $20 million, he should be.