Basketball party time is just around the corner and once again players have things to prove on the hardwood. But who are the best players in the league at each position on a nightly basis in the ‘10-11 season? With your mind and excel sheet ablaze trying to figure that riddle out to no end.
Here’s my list of who the Top 5 players in the league are by position going into the ‘10-11 season.
Today, we talk small forwards.
The fake basketball season raged on with the Knicks hosting the Shaq-less Boston Celtics, but in the end. Paul Pierce delivered the kinda clutch shooting we can expect from him when games actually matter. The Knicks still had a chance to win the game with 8 seconds left on the clock only down by two-points, but then they became the Knicks and the shot Pierce nailed proved to be the dagger.
The season hasn’t even started yet and already the “Truth” hurts.
Kevin Garnett, Nate Robinson, Glen Davis and Shaquille O’Neal let loose before Boston turning the 76ers into Rocky’s face at the end of every Rocky film dismantling Philadelphia 93-65 in preseason action. If they were trying to send a message to the rest of the league that they still run the east, I think that message was received.
The other message the C’s had for the rest of the league this week, was that they be Krumping to some Hard In The Paint by Rick Ross. The season didn’t start yet, but it’s already on in the east for Boston.
Training camp gets harder every season for veteran players and when you get to be the age of Shaquille O’Neal, you get tired — a lot. However, it’s a really bad idea to be tired around Nate Robinson if you don’t want to be continuously tormented when your guard is down. Even in the movie theater.
If you’re keeping track, its Nate Robinson 3 – Shaquille O’Neal 0 in the Boston Celtics training camp prank fest. I had no clue that Paul Pierce was so amazingly accurate with popcorn. You?
Former McDonald’s All-American and California native Paul Pierce was honoured by Inglewood Mayor Daniel K. Tabor and other important community members during a two-hour ceremony to retire his high school jersey in Inglewood. Cool!
“This is a great day for me,” Pierce said. “It’s a great honour. There’s only a few people that have had their jersey retired at the high school.”
Pierce was actually cut from his high school team twice before finally blossoming into a star during his junior and senior years before accepting a scholarship to play for Kansas. Other players of note that attended Inglewood high school are Reggie Theus, Harold Miner and Ralph Jackson.
The truth also chimed in on the off-season moves made by the Celtics and he’s pumped to play with the guy that gave him his nickname “The Truth” when he entered the league. “I’m excited,” Pierce said of playing with O’Neal. “He’s one of my all-time favourite players, and now I have a chance to play with one of the greatest players to ever play the game.”
The offseason is a perfect time for a NBA baller to get married, because who needs ice packs on their knees minutes before walking down the aisle to wait for their beautiful bride. It’s been my humble experience that swollen knees really takes away from any romantic moment, but that’s another story for another day kids.
Over the weekend, Paul Pierce got hitched to his longtime girlfriend Julie Landrum in a plush yet private wedding attended by Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and about 80 guests at The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast, California.
Lady readers will be glad to know that the bride wore a strapless Ines Di Santo gown, while Pierce chose a custom Éléyee tuxedo like the one I have in my closet.
The couple’s 2-year-old daughter, Prianna, served as the flower girl. Congrats P squared!
Musical free agent chairs my Vincent Askew. So far more things have remained the same into the second day of the NBA free agency lollapalooza. Following that trend this morning was Paul Pierce who inked a brand new shiny four-year deal with the only team he has ever known, the Boston Celtics. Drink to that Gang Green!
Earlier this week, Pierce oped out of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent, and by resigning a new deal with the Celtics. The captain is thought to be leaving money on the table to keep it green.
Under Pierce’s old deal, he was guaranteed to make $21.5 million in 2010-11. Financial details of his new deal have not been released, however only the first three years of his new deal are fully guaranteed.
Things seem to be falling in place for the C’s as recently head coach Doc Rivers also agreed to come back.
US defender Oguchi Onyewu was wearing this “He is the truth” tee under his jersey during the US 1 – England 1 draw on Saturday in group play of the World Cup. Then Paul “The Truth” Pierce dropped 27 points on the Lakers to help the Celtics take an important 3-2 lead in the NBA finals Sunday. Coincidence?
I have no idea if Onyewu is really a Pierce fan, but if he ain’t. I’m sure P squared enjoys the cool free indirect worldwide publicity among basketball fans. Unless Onyewu is talking about God or something…
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