Doc Rivers keeping Paul Pierce healthy for playoffs
"I don't want to overuse him. I know that. So, I don't even know how we are going to use him yet. I want to play him at [power forward] a lot. What I want him to be is healthy in the playoffs."said Rivers, regarding the role of to the the 37-year old Paul Pierce.
Paul Pierce signed with the Los Angeles Clippers, who are getting a 10-time NBA All-Star and former NBA Finals MVP with extensive playoff experience. "The Truth" which they call him will be reunited with his former Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers this coming season to the Clippers.
Rivers admitted he was disappointed when Pierce selects Washington instead of Los Angeles last summer.
"I wanted to smack him over that one," joked Rivers. "Of course we didn't have any money to give him. Washington had the midlevel; we offered the minimum. And I thought the minimum was a better deal, but he didn't. No, he did the right thing."
Pierce helped Boston Celtics win the NBA title in 2008 and was named MVP of the Finals when Rivers was coaching the Celtics.
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