Trade Target: Paul Pierce

[Marcus Bryant]

Man, he'd cost a pretty penny, but think about a starting lineup of...

1 Parker
2 Ginobili
3 Pierce
4 Duncan
5 Nesterovic

You'd also have DBrown and Bowen backing up the swing spots.

[Extra Stout]

Again, Pierce is not the prototypical guy you'd want as a small forward on the Spurs. The ideal player is 6'9", with long arms and great lateral movement, and a defense-first mindset.

But it would just be funny as if the Spurs got Paul Pierce without giving up any one of the Big 3. General managers all over the Western Conference would have to go on suicide watch. Mitch Kupchak would just curl into a fetal position and cry himself to sleep. Bryan Colangelo would drink about a gallon of vodka and fall out of a twelfth-story window. Mark Cuban would run screaming out of his mansion and get hit by an SUV on the Dallas North Tollway.

Stephen A. Smith would quit his job and become a vacuum salesman.

[Marcus Bryant]

Maybe then Holt Cat would dress up in a chicken suit and sit courtside?

[Marcus Bryant]

I think defensively Pierce would be fine. Not outstanding, but he knows enough D to try to stay in front of his man and if beat, there will be a shotblocker or two backing him up.

Offensively, how would an opponent game plan the Spurs? About the only thing they could do is try to double off Nazr's man and if that posed a problem, the Spurs could bring in Horry.

Hmmm...

[1Parker1]

I highly doubt this trade would ever happen.......especially without us losing Parker and someone else. I'm sure Pierce is going to decide to stay in Boston. That's his team, he's the leader, and I doubt he's going to want to go somewhere to play the second or third fiddle.

[Extra Stout]

I think defensively Pierce would be fine. Not outstanding, but he knows enough D to try to stay in front of his man and if beat, there will be a shotblocker or two backing him up.

Offensively, how would an opponent game plan the Spurs? About the only thing they could do is try to double off Nazr's man and if that posed a problem, the Spurs could bring in Horry.

Hmmm...

I'd force Paul Pierce to shoot jumpers all day and count on his failure to get the Big 3 involved.

I'd much rather have Pierce taking 20 perimeter shots than letting Duncan eat me up inside, and have Manu and Parker rip my defense to shreds with penetration.

It would be not unlike Glen Rice on the 2000 Lakers. Could it work? Certainly. Is Pierce the best fit? No. Does the media understand enough about basketball not to crap its pants in fear? Of course not.

For the way the Spurs are built, I'd much rather try to finagle a deal for Danny Granger, or just trade Nazr for Battier straight up. Nevertheless it is fun to conjure up superstar trades.

[Marcus Bryant]

Pierce has a much better overall offensive game than Rice. Teams would pay for giving him some space to operate.