Paul Pierce is one of my favourite players, his bravado, his simplistic style of play and of course the A1 trash talking.
Now after the heartbreak of losing in the Playoffs despite being the hero multiple times, Pierce was thinking about his career and whether he should even play anymore. But I think he’s warming towards doing one more season.
“Man, it was a good run,” Pierce began. “We really have a really good young team, and a couple budding superstars. It was tough. It especially really hurt us when John [Wall] broke his hand. Even though he came back, that really kind of hurt our rhythm, because we [were] playing so well. We felt like we were the better team if we had stayed healthy, but we lost some heartbreaking games.
“You know how the playoffs are,” Pierce went on. “Every game is close, and it all came down to the end, but I’m happy with the way guys fought. Nobody expected us to beat the Raptors. I thought we were better than Atlanta. We fell up short, but I really like our team, I really like the young budding stars. And we’re definitely disappointed, and would have gave Cleveland probably a better challenge than Atlanta, I think, but it was tough.”
These seasons, as you get older, they just are so long and draining,” Pierce said in the radio interview. “This last playoffs really took a lot out of me, not only physically but emotionally, because I think I put so much into the game that it takes a piece of you. It’s really all got to do with how my mental state of mind’s gonna be this summer. Because I do feel like I can still play this game. I mean, I showed that this year, that I still have something left in the tank. But it’s just the mental part of getting ready in the summer and getting ready for a long year. Those are the things I’ve got to think about.”
This is exactly what Ray Allen said this time last season, talking about the mental preparation needed in the offseason, training for the summer, it’s exactly what Allen said last year.
Question is, will Paul Pierce actually play next season?
