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Last night former Celtics forward Paul Pierce drew the ire of NBA Twitter after he proclaimed that he was a better player than Dwyane Wade during a segment on ESPN’s NBA pre-game show .
Michelle Beadle: Who is the better player you or Dwyane Wade?Paul Pierce: That’s easy, that’s me. If you give me Shaq, if you give LeBron. If you give me these guys early in my career. You give me these guys at 24-25 and I would be sitting here with five or six championships easy.
Paul Pierce says he was a better player than Dwyane Wade, would have won 5-6 championsips "easy" if he played with Shaq/ LeBron pic.twitter.com/JwvS0tHpy8
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) April 5, 2019
paul pierce on crack https://t.co/JRrLO4M0Sz
— Jo (@the_jw5) April 6, 2019
How’s your nickname “The Truth” and you staying lying on TV😂 https://t.co/xX60m9LOln
— ♊️ (@LFGThrilla) April 6, 2019
Wade found the whole thing amusing and fired back on Twitter with a few funny tweets of his own.
You said it better than i could. https://t.co/5LhKnHW9xX
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) April 6, 2019
Once again you said it better than i could! https://t.co/Qk4v0nQ70O
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) April 6, 2019
Even D-Wade’s son Zaire mocked Pierce on Instagram.
https://twitter.com/FrankSno9/status/1114494840035794944
Wade;s wife, Gabrielle Union, wasn’t too thrilled about Pierce trying to compare himself to Wade just to make himself look better on TV.
This @paulpierce34 thing is wrong on many obvious levels but what I find most troublesome is this idea of a man trying to diminish another man that looks like him, was raised like him, in order to shine a tad brighter. Shit isnt entertaining, it's sad. ❤ & 💡good people.
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) April 6, 2019
We do not have to buy into the notion that there is only so much love, attention, resources, opportunities, respect to go around. This scarcity mindset is a trap. It keeps us all fighting amongst ourselves. Reject that shit.
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) April 6, 2019
Players debating their place in history has always been a tradition among great players, so I don’t see this debate between Pierce and EWade as a big deal.