Was Paul Pierce Faking? (Part II)
Celtics blog RedArmy.com has a response to Bill Plaschke’s comment that Paul Pierce’s injury should be referred to as the “Fake N’ Shake” in a post called “Screw Bill Plaschke.”
From the post:
Plaschke has put his ESPN Blowhard training to good use. Why wait for the actual diagnosis before making this kind of excuse/comment? Just come out, make a definitive, inflammatory statement… get attention… and move on. Yay Bill… you get your attention. Now you’re no better than Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless as soulless self promoters who will say whatever it takes to get some extra publicity. Enjoy being lumped into that cesspool.
To hear Paul describe a “pop” and pain in the inner knee makes me think there is some kind of tear in the meniscus or medial collateral ligament. That’s purely a guess on my part… and it might just be a sprain. However… people can play with mild meniscus or MCL injuries… usually with a big brace on the knee.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:14 am
SparkyJ23 says:
You folks think he would have NOT come back?
Maybe if the leg was broken but anything other than that he’s gonna come out – SPOT UP – and drain some shots. If you don’t have the intelligence to get up in his shirt and force him to beat you off the dribble you deserve everything you get.
Celtics in 6
June 6th, 2008 at 10:18 am
SWAT says:
Here come the excuses for the LA douchebags!!
June 6th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Sam I Am says:
SCREW BILL PLASCHKE…
He sucks on Around the Horn
June 6th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Cavman says:
PP over reacted…just like most of the NBA palyers…they sell the hurt angle to play the refs and such…wish this finals had old schooln hard nose get fouled and get up attitude….guess i gotta go watch some game tape.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:54 am
doc says:
He watch that old school shit on NBA TV.He wanna be one of them dudes that hurt his shit and put up 30.
June 6th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Kudabeen says:
Hear a pop in your knee in the biggest game of your lives and try not to get emotional. If you feel like you blew out your knee in such a game, that would kill me. I fell on my spin once and couldn’t feel anything, I yelled out “Oh God” so loud and the rush of thoughts of not being able to ball, walk, run was overwhelming…
I agree that it looked exaggerated given him coming back, but like LSM pointed out he was sprinting (he never does) up and down the court and throwing down dunks. He got two uncontested threes and a fadeaway. He barely jumped after coming back. He wasn’t on the boards either. Why are we even entertaining Bill Plaschke?? He is a homer and isn’t even a real BBALL analyst…
If we want to talk about Pierce overacting we can talk about that Odom foul where Odom scratch him on the chest and he was acting like Odom scratched his heart. There was a scar, but come on this is the same dude that was stabbed multiple times and still came back on the court to ball…
June 6th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
CPA says:
I don’t believe that Paul Pierce was faking it. Dude is so fat that his knees are probably in pain most of the time. I know there is fear in the hearts of Donut shops all around Beantown cause Paul is going to limp in there and hit them up for some of his favorite snacks.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Celts Fan says:
all I’m gonna say about the Pierce injury is that 1. Perk hit him in the back of the knee (a teammate, so it’s not like he was trying to sell a foul call and Perk CLEARLY did hit him in the back of the knee) 2. He’s never been soft, injury prone, or a flopper (dude got stabbed and almost died one September and didn’t miss a game!) and 3. Why is it so hard to believe that that hurt like hell for a second then didn’t hurt as much. Anyone that’s played ball has rolled an ankle or something that hurts like hell, has to get off the court for a few, then, when the initial shock and pain wears off, they’re fine, limping a bit, but still able to play. Why’s it so hard to believe that he got hit in the back of the knee, it hurt like hell (he said he thought he felt it pop too afterwards,) but then it stopped hurting as much and he got a cortizone shot or something in the 10-15 minutes between him doing it and him coming back?
IT’S THE FINALS, HE WAS GONNA COME BACK UNLESS HE COULDN’T WALK.
June 6th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
fallinup says:
Here’s why Pierce is being called a faker. Plain and simple.
The Lakers Lost. Thank you, good night.
June 6th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
maddskizzle says:
I was surprised he didnt leave on a wheelchair when he got scratched on the chest. The expression on his face looked like he needed surgery for that cut.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Star Jones says:
Paul Pierce fakes his injuries like I fake my orgasms!
June 6th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
d wade says:
Star, you were faking?
June 6th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Star Jones says:
I fake it when you penetrate to the hole, because you always call a foul…
June 6th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
tealish says:
wtf
June 6th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
alaskan_fire_dragon says:
PP just said he doesn’t want to get an MRI after the finals
wtf?
if it were serious wouldn’t the celtics organization want his knee to be diagnosed to prevent career-threatening injury (i.e. shaun livingston)
when kobe tore his pinky up he still got it diagnosed
im not sold on whether it was fake or not
but we’ll have a better idea come game 2
can anyone tell me how pierces defense was in crunch time?
did he guard kobe?
or roaming with radmanovic?
WHY DID PJ TAKE ODOM OUT AND PUT IN V-RAD WHO HAD BEEN COLD SITTING ON THE BENCH FOR 4793824823 hours?
lakers in 7…in a game that goes to 5OT
where all the starters are fouled out
and the game will be decided on a jumper by none other than…DJ MBENGA
June 6th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Beantown, son! says:
I think it was a natural, albeit a little “over-the-top” reaction, but only because dude was probably scared/pissed & IN PAIN…
the return to the game was dramatic but why not? if it pumps up the crowd & gets youre teamates hype (Cassell was downright giddy!) than why the hell not! If its gonna help the team, I’m doing cartwheels out the tunnel!
he was hurt & then realized, “hey it aint so bad, so let me get back out there & bring Banner 17 to the Bean…”..would you rather he stay in the locker room so that dudes like Plaschke dont accuse him of faking?
June 6th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Beantown, son! says:
Alaskan Fire Dragon you wylin’, hahaha, I can hear Breen right now, “Mbenga…for the game!”
They need to cut the BS though & get it MRI’d at least so they know what they’re dealing with. Maybe they scared to find something they wouldnt want him to play on? But isnt that what he’s going to do anyway? Get him to the MGH and get it looked at!