Paul Pierce is a starter, it’s just what you do. I mean why wouldn’t you? He still gets the job done. I mean if I’m the Clippers and I have to decide between experienced veteran Paul Pierce who can still ball, or Wesley Johnson?
Exactly. Pierce. But for the Clippers it isn’t that easy, they’re actually thinking about starting Pierce on the bench.
And with Matt Barnes now in Memphis, it would make sense for Pierce to slide into the starting lineup, a place where he’s been for all but 10 of his 1,400-plus career games. But whispers out of the Clippers’ training facility in Playa Vista make it sound like that plan isn’t set in stone.
Wes Johnson, who the Clippers signed in free agency from the Lakers, is still being considered as an option to start, sending Pierce to the bench.
Bringing Pierce off the bench could be a way to limit minutes and preserve his legs for the postseason. It would also allow Rivers to use Pierce at multiple positions, perhaps at power forward in all-bench lineup with Josh Smith, Lance Stephenson, Jamal Crawford and Austin Rivers.
Now here’s how it should go. Out of all the new boys, only Pierce is coming off a good season. Well you can make a case for Johnson and Smith when he was in Houston but let’s keep the stroke broad shall we.
Rivers is not a starter, Stephenson needs to get back to ‘Indiana Lance’ and I still don’t trust JSmoove, I don’t care what happened in Houston. At this moment in time, The Truth is the best choice. Maybe, once the season gains speed, then move him to the bench and save his energy, but for the start of the season I’m going Paul Pierce all day.
