It would be nice to win a league MVP if I were a star player. However, Pierce realizes that fans of generation to generation will judge you more not on individual awards but who did you play against, how many years were you at the top of your game and how many titles did you help win for your franchise. Pierce always talks about his own legacy and what he'll like to leave to the memory of Boston fans of him. He wants to get inducted into the Hall Of Fame one day. I respect that. A lot of players only care about the salary, All-Star appearances and little else. I mean winning a championship doesn't even cross their minds until it's too late in their career. Pierce I think wants to look back on his career and be able to smile from his accomplishments in retrospect.
5. Paul Pierce
Numbers can't possibly describe Pierce's all-around impact on a banged-up team that had no business winning 60 games. Since the beginning of February, when KG's knees finally went south, Pierce averaged a 23-6-3, defended the opponent's best perimeter scorer every night and carried the Celts emotionally. When Leon Powe went down in mid-March, the Celtics played their next 12 games with Kendrick Perkins, Mikki Moore and Glen Davis as their only big men ... and went 10-2 during a desperation stretch. If Pierce and Howard are equally important to their teams, and Pierce's team won more games, why wouldn't he rank higher on the MVP ballot? What am I missing?
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