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**Knick_Killer31** · 08-30-2007, 12:16 AM

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PIERCE EMPATHIZES WITH J.O.
If Jermaine O'Neal was uncertain about his desire to remain with the Pacers, it's possible encouragement came from an unlikely source. Boston's Paul Pierce, who has become a good friend, recently had a long talk with O'Neal and related how he handled his recent frustration in Boston.

"Jermaine is just like me," Pierce told The Boston Globe. "He wants to be involved with a winner. He's not getting any younger, either, and his miles are piling up. That's rough. I didn't tell him he should go somewhere else, none of that, because he's going to make his own decisions in the end.

"People have got to understand for a ballplayer that's been playing so many years, made a lot of money, it's about winning a championship after so many years. That's the way Jermaine feels. He's felt the same way I've felt for the last couple years. He wants to be on a team that can win a championship.

"I feel for guys like him that are not getting the guys around them so they can at least have a shot at winning championships. He knows what that feels like. He's had a taste of being in the Eastern Conference finals. He knows what it tastes like to be that close, as do I."

www.indycornrows.com/story/2007/8/19/212519/512

Zuca · 08-30-2007, 12:54 PM

Even with Pierce not saying him to move away from Indiana, I'm sure that he wants to see him in a better situation. I still see a Indy-Lakers trade as an improvement for both teams.

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