Talk:Paul Pierce

expansions

i think that two sections of this article need to be expanded. (1) a few more sentences on the chip on pierce's shoulder after being drafted 10th. stuff like playing harder against those 9 teams and/or a link to the draft list seem appropriate. the draft thing kind of sets up his work ethic and a chip on someone's shoulder is always interesting. (2) the blame placed on pierce with regard to the poor international team showing in 2002. warranted or not, he got a lot of flak and the tournament failure was mentioned quite a bit the following season and when they picked the next team. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.15.185.187 (talk) 13:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

stabbing

On September 25, 2000, he was stabbed in the face, neck and back while at a nightclub by the East Coast hip hop rapper , Benzino, and his group, The Made Men.
Can anyone verify this? --Yodakii 02:56:32, 2005-09-10 (UTC)

This is the number one suspect.

The description of Paul Pierce seems slightly exagerrated.

Why?

The story I remember was he was talking to a girl and her brother saw them and took issue with Paul Pierce talking to the girl and stabbed him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.161.130.237 (talk) 00:39, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I removed "This episode happened after he took the camera phone of a fan who wanted to take a picture with him." from the article for the simple fact that nothing in the sourced article (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/25/bn.02.html ) matches what was alleged in the sentence it was sourced to. Jordinho (talk) 05:15, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

article

This article is pretty out of control. Anyone care to rewrite it? There is too much POV feel to the whole thing. Pierce's statistics and performances should speak to how "great" of a player he is. I am a Pierce fan, but I still feel this article seems to "fan-written".

Agreed...probably 98% of the players in the NBA are "dedicated and hardworking". They wouldn't be in the league if they weren't. He's a great player, let the numbers speak for themselves.Kgppra17 10:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Revamped the page a little bit. What do you guys think? --MCDRLx 09:17:32, 2006-03-02 (UTC)

the part about winning the Atlantic Div in multiple years is completely wrong.

The part about how Pierce got his nickname "The Truth" is copied almost word for word from an ESPN article here: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-071129 If you look back through the history, you can see it was copied from that article the day it was posted (2007-11-29). --Afty 2008-01-29 —Preceding comment was added at 01:50, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Amare

When he broke his teeth, a foul was NOT called, I just watched the game film. Anyone can verify this. Although he was clearly HIT.

Using the term "fouled" does not necessarily mean there was an official foul called. In coaching, it's often used a lot in describing an incident.

68.199.98.115 14:24, 7 August 2007 (UTC)There was not an offical foul on the play. Pierce went up and Amare came up underneath him right as Pierce was coming down, thus undercutting him. No foul was called and this led to Celtics' TV Color Commentator Tommy Heinsohn to get all 'riled up' on camera. I don't even know why the Amare incident is on his page anyways?

A lot of people think that the refs in the NBA are racists because in the playoffs abot 2 years ago Tim Duncan was knocked in to the section 1 row 1 seats and the officials didn't care.

The talk page is supposed to be used for finding ways to make the article better, it is not a soap box. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.148.158.112 (talk) 00:21, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

content questions

What does "11 caps" mean (in the international section) ?

A cap is a game played for one's country. It's usually a term used outside of the United States since soccer, cricket and rugby are played internationally more often than American sports (hockey, football, basketball, baseball). Jordinho (talk) 05:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Why does it say ANTHONY DEPOLO IS GAY in his high school information.

Its wikipedia vandalism, take a look at this article for more information Wikipedia:Vandalism

100 points in overtime

Looks like we've missed this vandalism for quite awhile. I couldn't find who originally did it so I just put in the correct information and put in a reference with it. 69.148.158.112 (talk) 00:04, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

also took out some information, i mistook it for weasel words which its not, but the sentence isn't needed in the paragraph 69.148.158.112 (talk) 00:09, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Cameo in The Game Plan and Tight Whips By 504 Boyz

Where in the movie and music video is he? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.25.137 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia is not a collection of links to YouTube. That content wouldn't be featured here on Wikipedia. Basketball110 ^{My story}/_{Tell me yours} 23:28, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

NBA Finals Game 1 Injury

In the 2007-2008 season, I removed the unsourced and untrue rumor that Paul Pierce was "faking" his injury. The following sentence had the words: "(he was faking it)" attached to the end: "Pierce was injured in the third quarter and was carried off the court in serious pain." Anyone who has watched Pierce play for the last ten years, or even just the last ten weeks, knows that Pierce is not the type to fake an injury. On top of that, he explained that he had never injured his knee before and therefore never felt pain like that, and that he is not going to have an MRI done until after the series because he doesn't want to take the chance that there might be something wrong that would keep him out of the rest of the series. That is more or less a direct quote that has been repeated on all sorts of sports-related media stories. The possibility that he was "faking it" is very remote; although it is still *possibly*, any speculation is just that: speculation. What little controversy there is has been cooked up by rabid fan-bases of both teams, and this gossip has no place on Wikipedia at this time until definitive evidence is provided. No definitive evidence has been provided.

Please keep an eye on this section for the next few weeks during the rest of the series and after the series is over, as there will surely be more vandalism. Fermentor (talk) 04:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)