Paul Pierce and Last Night's Injury

[erpowers]

How do duers feel about the way some in the media and sports are reacting to what happened with Paul Pierce Thursday night? I contend he deserves what he is getting. I am not a Paul Pierce hater, but the guy was carried off the court and put into a wheelchair. In addition, this might not be the only time he has done such a thing. Unless it comes out that the team actually decided on how to take Pierce off the court Pierce should be questioned a little. So what do other think?

[greenbriar]

1. what are you talking about

what happened?

[erpowers]

3. Pierce Injured During the Game

At one point in Thursday's game Paul Pierce and one of his teammates bumped into each other. Pierce then fell to the ground supposedly in great pain. Moments later he was carried off the court and then placed in a wheelchair and taken to the Celtics' locker room. About two to three minutes later, Pierce came bouncing back onto the court. Moments later Pierce reentered the game and hit a number of three pointers. A number of people have questioned how injured Pierce really was when he was carried off the court. I think many people have never seen someone taken off the court in that manner come back so fast with so few problems.

[bluescribbler]

6. Get your facts straight

Look at the replays, which I'm sure will get plenty of play in the pregame show tonihgt. Pierce and Perkins did not "bump into each other". Perkins came down on Pierce's foot as Pierce's upper body was twisting. This caused Pierce's leg to twist in an unnatural manner. The doctors diagnosed it as a strained meniscus. He's just lucky he didn't tear it.

[Upton]

2. What are you, a Lakers fan?

Like with many potential injuries they erred on the side of caution. What's the problem with that?

[ticapnews]

4. Here's the hypocrisy being displayed by the four-letter network and their drooling idiot followers

First, let me say ESPN is out of whack comparing him to Willis Reed. That's completely insane, but what can one expect from ESPN? Then ESPN has the gall to post a poll asking if Pierce overreacted to the injury. They should ask if ESPN overreacted to the injury.

However, if you read the stories at ESPN.com and then delve into the message boards, you'll see people with more conspiracy theories than experts on Area 51 and the grassy knoll combined. My favorite is that Pierce was "flopping" to try to draw a foul. Pierce collided with his own teammate. Was he trying to get a foul called on his own guy??

Pierce was injured. He did not try to put weight on his knee on the floor. They carried him off the court and wheeled him to the locker room. When he got to the locker room he went to get up to test his knee. The medical staff told him not to do it, but he got up and tried anyway. Michelle Tafoya was right there and reported it.

Let's flash back to January of this year and the AFC championship game between New England and San Diego. Early in the game, Tomlinson got hurt and was unable to play the rest of the game. During and after the Chargers' loss, people questioned Tomlinson for not trying to play through the pain. Some pretty horrible things were said about him. I don't like Tomlinson, but even I felt sorry for him. If the guy is hurt, the guy is hurt. Now Pierce comes back from an injury, plays through the pain and is able to help his team earn a victory. And he is criticized as a faker. If he hadn't been able to come back and play, these same people would have called him a quitter. There's simply no winning with some people.

[SpiralHawk]

5. Official response to Laker fan whining about Pierce's injury

[LisaM]

7. Oh, this is common. Remember how Michael Jordan supposedly always had the flu

or some other problem, and then would miraculously "play through it?" (Those of us not mesmerized by MJ saw through that pretty quickly).

Anyone remember the show "Coach" and the Bo Whitley incident?