Basketball Bushidô

BILL LAMBERT

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Tuesday, May 5. 2009

I consider Paul Pierce the ultimate basketball warrior. Through heroic acts, driven on by sheer will, he somehow manages to raise his game to meet every challenge. It hasn't always been pretty or perfect--Paul's only fault is that he sometimes tries too much--but if I were choosing sides among the pros for just one game to take it all, Paul would be my first choice, hands down.

Tough to pass up LeBron, but last time I checked, LeBron James hadn't won squat.

I've watched Pierce his entire pro career, as lean rookie out of Kansas, through the train wreck of the Pitino era, the Antoine Walker years and finally, the marked improvement under Doc Rivers and Danny Ainge. For more than a decade, Paul's has upped his game every year. Not only his physicals skills and conditioning, but his mental game as well, both on and off the court.

He's so much craftier, more game savvy now, but Paul has always been a killer. He makes the plays the team needs when they need it. When he pulls the out dagger, his aim is as true as his name.

Paul Pierce is an advanced practitioner of Basuketo no Bushidô, the Roundball Art of War. His classic mano-a-mano with Lebron in last year's Eastern Final seventh game earns him the highest rank in Samurai Legend as... The Truth

This year, with Kevin Garnett among the fallen, it will take a epic string of Paul's heroics for the Celtics to repeat as NBA Champions. It will be hard... really hard, and against all odds, but I wouldn't count out The Truth just yet

Posted by Bill Lambert in Celtics at 17:48 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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