Here’s just one more reason why I have mad love for former Celtic the man who will always be a Celtic in my eyes, Paul Pierce. Chuck touched on it last week, but it was too good for me not to revisit.
Check out this quote via the Washington Post that Marcin Gortat shared during Wizards Media Day. He was asked what he had learned during Pierce’s tenure in DC:
“Well, what I learned from him, you’re not allowed to wear LeBron James’s shoes to practice,” center Marcin Gortat joked. “I learned you have to be two hours before practice to lift. For warmups, you have to do at least jump rope. If Paul Pierce does 10 reps on the bench press, you got to do 11 because he’s 40 years old [actually, 37] so you got to do at least one more. And I learned people look good in glasses, too. So, I learned a lot from him. Just the approach to the game. I wish I learned the trash talking in a game but I just don’t have the bling-bling on my finger so I can’t do it. He’s special.
“Just a [37]-year-old guy who was here two hours before practice doing jump rope, staying on the treadmill, doing everything. I mean, incredible. Incredible work ethic. Incredible basketball IQ. It was fun. It was fun to play with him.”
Love ya’ Uncle Pauly. Wonder if the Clippers’ young guys will try to learn all they can from the Truth-a great opportunity for them.
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