Anima

Agreed, this is just overreacting to losing in the first round, IMO. I would like to see the team stay together for at least another year and then see if a trade is needed.

Anima

I think the only thing the team should do is trade Blount. I don't care what they get in return. Other then that they should keep the team together for at least a year before making an drastic changes.

Delontes Herpes

i say no to all accounts

there is absolutely no reason to trade pierce unless we're going to get a player better than him in return. there aren't many players better than pierce in the league, and those who are aren't often traded.

i would do a pierce-artest deal if we could get some decent throw ins (artest is a better player but pierce has more value for being not insane).

that blazers deal blows...who wants the 5 pick??? there is one stud in the draft (paul), 2 guys who should be damn good (deron and marvin), and one guy who someone will waste a good pick on (bogut). once you get to 5 you're looking at either a foreigner (vazquez or andruskdfesifseuchscus)- no thanks, chris taft- no thanks, or a high school swingman who will be fortunate to ever be good enough as pierce (webster or green). there's just no way that's a good move and i highly doubt that this will happen.

Delontes Herpes

ditto

Laker Freak

How about:

Caron Butler
Chucky Atkins
Vlade Divac
Stanislav Medvedenko

for

Pierce
Banks

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Delontes Herpes

How about:

Kobe Bryant
Lamar Odom

for

Justin Reed
Mark Blount
pick 53 in this year's draft

Delontes Herpes

here's the first pierce trade rumor that i've heard that i've actually liked:

pierce

for

maggette
wilcox
pick #8

there's no guarantee that the clippers would do that...but paul pierce is a name brand player that will sell tickets...and that is the first priority for the clips.

if we don't get a deal like this i don't see why we would ever trade pierce though...what is the rush to get rid of him? do we need the novelty of a new player who is worse than him? what is wrong with his game?

FatMike58

agreed

BackwoodsBum

Lets see, selfishness, childishness, excessive turnovers, poor shot selection, poor attitude, etc. Personally the faster they get rid of Pierce the better I like it and I don't particularly care who they get in return. The longer we keep him the lower his trade value is and I don't see him turning things around and playing like he is capable of so ship him out and sink or swim with the young guys. There's no denying that Pierce has talent, but more and more he is acting like a spoiled brat and I don't want him dragging the young guys down with that kind of attitude.

After the playoff game when Antoine was suspended I actually had hopes that he had finally seen the light and would return to the typw of play he was showing on a regular basis a few years ago, then he turns right around and is a total embarrassment to both himself, the organization, and the fans in game 6.

I've said before, sometimes the best way to improve is addition by subtraction. You may not get equal talent back in a trade for Pierce, but if you get a true team player without the piss poor attitude I think the team would be better off.

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whiterhino

I would do this trade in a second, all day long every day of the year! Corey Maggette is as good already as Pierce but he's younger and has a better attitude. Wilcox is a solid bench prospect and the #8 pick would land us someone useful.

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Delontes Herpes

backwoods- i know pierce isn't the perfect personality...he can't be everything you want him to be...but at the same time a) he's one of the 20 best players in the league and b) there are only a handful of stars in the league who do have a personality which isn't worth complaining over...duncan, garnett, lebron, wade, and after that there aren't many.

if we're forcing a trade, either we're going to bring in someone equally or moreso cancerous or we're going to bring in someone significantly worse.

and another important thing to remember is that out of most people that we're looking into acquiring for pierce, we just don't hate them yet because they haven't been under the spotlight in beantown. the novelty of a new player is always exciting but after they spend some time being one of the best players on your team, you find things to hate about them (or things to hate about them find you). as a player there is nothing to dislike about his game...he is a good passer, good rebounder, a VERY efficient scorer, he doesn't get many turnovers...you just gotta learn to live with his personality

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