{"id":543946,"date":"2016-11-01T00:58:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T04:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=543946"},"modified":"2016-11-01T00:58:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T04:58:59","slug":"look-paul-pierce-casually-dressed-as-rick-james-during-warmups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/look-paul-pierce-casually-dressed-as-rick-james-during-warmups\/","title":{"rendered":"LOOK: Paul Pierce casually dressed as Rick James during warmups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Pierce is &#8220;The Truth,&#8221; and when you&#8217;re 39 years old and have won a championship, with that nickname, you can pretty much do whatever you want.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what he did on Monday night, when the team squared off against the Suns. 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