swing striker

Chapter 279 The Phoenix

For the Celtics, Pierce paid a lot.

In the 1998 draft, the Celtics, holding the No. [-] pick in the first round, selected Paul Pierce from the University of Kansas. Pitino, then coach of the Celtics, shouted, "We have picked up a treasure."

皮尔斯的新秀赛季就是那个著名的缩水赛季，他打了48场比赛，场均贡献16.5分6.4个篮板2.4次助攻1.7次抢断和1.0次封盖，其中得分篮板两项数据均列当年新秀第二位。

On February 1999, 2, Pierce made his NBA debut against the Toronto Raptors. Pierce scored 5 points, 19 rebounds and 9 assists.Selected to the best rookie team in the 5-1998 season, won the title of "best rookie" in February 99, and was selected to the first team of the best rookie team.

In the 1999-2000 season, Pierce ranked second in the NBA in steals per game (2.08).

In the 2000-01 season, Pierce was the only full-time player in the team!

In the 2001-02 season, he scored 2144 points, ranking first in the league, and was also the first Celtics player to rank first in the league in total points in a season.And Pierce finally led the team to a record of 49 wins and won No.3 in the Eastern Conference.Facing the 76ers in the first round, he scored a career-high 46 points in the playoffs in Game [-], helping the team win and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals in one fell swoop!

Subsequently, the Celtics went into decline. In the 2002-03 season, the playoffs were swept by the Nets 4-0. In the 2003-04 season, they scored 436 points in only 10000 games, creating the NBA at that time. Record, averaging 23 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.

The 2007-08 season was undoubtedly a nightmare for Pierce and the top management of the Celtics.They went 24-58 that year, finishing last in the Eastern Conference.Because Pierce was absent for a while, the old-school alliance had an embarrassing record of 18 consecutive losses.

On January 2007, 1, the 31-game losing streak of the Celtics played against the Lakers at home. As a result, Kobe scored 12 points, 43 rebounds and 8 assists in that game, which made the Celtics fans collectively defect.After the season, he and his agent participated in an internal meeting with team owner Grus Baker and general manager Danny Ainge.In the meeting, Pierce suggested that the team trade itself for long-term development.

This season, he struggled alone and finally waited for a helper, but the price of the team's success was that he and them gave up their respective statistics, so in this season, they got nothing, but he wanted to leave something behind, and wanted to make a contribution to the team. I have fought for the entire peak team, leaving something behind.

He is no longer young, and he can't wait any longer!

"Shi, I know that is very important to you, but it is also very important to me, so I won't give up!"

Before the game started, Pierce found Shi Lei.

In the past few days, Pierce has been thinking about this matter. He knows what it means to Shi Lei, even if he misses it, he will miss it forever, but he still doesn't want to give up. Yes, he doesn't want to give up. Leave any honor about yourself in the team.Just like a stone tablet is left behind after a person dies, he is also afraid of being forgotten!
He has always regarded Shi Lei as his replacement and successor. He has thought of giving up and fulfilling the other party, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't make himself resist the temptation of honor!
This is a huge temptation!

Pierce looked at Shi Lei seriously, and Shi Lei looked at Pierce in astonishment!
Shi Lei hasn't had time to think about this issue for the past few days. All his energy has been spent on overcoming the praise from the outside world and planning his future life.

Shi Lei pondered, this is a huge temptation!

Pierce was extremely anxious, he didn't want to have disputes, he didn't want to spoil the good atmosphere of the team, so he chose to face Shi Lei frankly, telling the other party openly that they are competitors from now on!

He hoped to get Shi Lei's understanding and understanding.

He knows what this means to Shi Lei, his frankness may end in embarrassment, but he still has to try, at least, to prevent himself from breaking with Shi Lei!
This is just like the competition for FMVP this time, there must be one person who succeeds and one person who fails, and there must be a loser in their breakup, and that loser will only be Pierce himself!
Pierce knows that when they broke up, that is, when he left the team he loved and dedicated, he didn't want to leave. The team is not yet ready to rebuild, but if he really had to choose, he still chose to leave something Among the teams.

Shi Lei's face was uncertain, he fell into deep hesitation, FMVP is not only an honor, for him, it is also experience, or the fifth template!

But can he let Pierce wait until next season?

He couldn't guarantee it, and he didn't dare to make a guarantee, but could he give up?
"I know this is a very difficult thing. We are teammates and good brothers, but now we are going to become competitors. However, Shi, I hope that no matter who we win in the end, we can congratulate each other, and Not hate, don't you think?"

Shi Lei was still pondering, Pierce waited for a while, but did not wait for Shi Lei's direct answer, he sighed in disappointment, turned around slowly and planned to leave.

"Paul's hope is not great. Even if it's a fair competition, I'm very likely to be the final winner. Why don't we just agree to him?"

Shi Lei's uncertain expression suddenly returned to calm, he took a long breath, and called Pierce who was about to leave: "Hey, Paul."

It's a tough choice, but what is success?At this time, Shi Lei suddenly thought of a possibility in his heart - "Records. It's not just this one!"

The words that were about to be spoken were swallowed by Shi Lei abruptly.

"Hey, Paul!" Shi Lei opened his mouth and smiled easily, but his eyes were unusually bright, as if something had been ignited.

That is ambition!

"Now the team is yours, so I help you, but, man, in the future, help me!"

Pierce also opened his mouth and smiled, but he shook his head with a smile: "We only need competition, and competition that won't make us grudges!"

"But you have to admit, you have little chance of winning!"

"Okay, kid, I'll help you in the future!"

With a "snap", the two big hands joined together loudly!
　Thanks to Shen Yi 12138 for the reward, thank you for your support!For this plot, I am very disturbed, I can only pray that most of my friends will accept it!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)