Pierce: “I was more upset about letting my teammates down. I’m too important to this team.”

Paul Pierce spoke to reporters prior to practice today.  The tweet below is the quote from the official Celtics Twitter feed:

 
Ken Berger of CBSSports.com posted the following update as well:

 
Finally, A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE posted the following quotes from Pierce:

 
 
Stay tuned for updates later on from the NBA offices regarding further (if any) actions are taken against Pierce.

UPDATE: Gary Dzen of the Boston Globe provided more quotes from Paul Pierce, which can be read HERE.

UPDATE #2: Chris Forsberg of ESPNBoston posted the following video of Paul Pierce's comments from practice today:

FINAL UPDATE: Per Julian Benbow of the Boston Globe, there will be no further disciplinary action against Paul Pierce: