Paul Pierce: I pioneered the Step Back

[storyteller]

I feel like this is one of many cases where the real pioneer is the changes to how the game is officiated that made it possible to do more with the step back aka refs loosening up on steps during/after the gather and changes to hand checking.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

That wasnt a part of Bird’s regular arsenal
Like it was for Paul. The existence of a highlight doesnt change that

The fact remains PP didn’t pioneer shyt when Bird was doing it way before he was

 

[Remote]

Can't hate on Pierce, dude was overlooked while he was playing when he was basically Kobe/Bron tier. And now that he's on TV people act like he's a bum.

 

[Remote]

This thread is hilarious

Board might be making a comeback.

 

[LeMAO]

What

That's not step back, you moron

 

[Remote]

People need to stop playing Paul Pierce. He is obviously insecure about not getting the respect he feels he deserves...and its a bit annoying...but he wasn't a bum. He was good for 24 points a night in his prime. He had the old man game on lock. Most unathletic nikka you ever seen. Reminded you of the out of shape chubby nikka you grew up playing ball with that could somehow get buckets on everybody. There's alot of him in Harden, except Pierce wasn't as annoying with the flopping. Had the Boston Big 3 got together a few years earlier, either Wade might not have gotten a ring or Duncan might not have gotten one in 2007.

Watch your mouth.
:umadduncan:

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Prime Paul Pierce will drop 33+ points on whoever was guarding him on any given night. It was ugly but effective, dude didn’t have any flaws in his offensive game. Super effective scorer

I mean he was a scorer, but even in his absolute prime he wasn't dropping 33 more than once every 5-6 games tops. He wasn't like the top-tier scorers who did that every 2-3 games in their peak seasons.

 

[Remote]

Paul Pierce is Carmelo Anthony with better teammates.

There. I said it.

 

[MJ Truth]

Paul tryin too hard to declare his legacy and it’s getting clownish.

You don’t see Kobe, A.I., KG, T-Mac, Tim, Ray, Dirk, Vince, or any of his contemporaries doing this.

I would throw Wade in there too if he wasn’t doing this corny jersey tour.

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Kiki gets NO love. He was a dope scorer. Under appreciated.

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

I see no lies

 

[malbaker86]

Interesting Pierce would wash him one on one and on fair teams. I fukk with Manu and Paul but Paul Pierce would wash Manu. Paul Pierce was kinda too big for Manu

I'm just talking about who really utilized the step back jumper as a huge part of their game

 

[JackRoss]

I'm just talking about who really utilized the step back jumper as a huge part of their game

Oh nah he did that "first" for real mos def

 

[NormanConnors]

Double P is trolling, but he did have some of the best foot work of all time though.