An Attempt at Recognizing Paul Pierce as the MVP

The overly obvious and predictable happened last night. Paul Pierce walked away with the NBA Finals MVP trophy. Of course many of you know my pick for the MVP (*Cough* Ray Allen), but also to many of you, my pick seemed completely unreasonable and bias. Hmm. Well here is my attempt to understand why Paul Pierce took home the gold after the Celtics won their 17th NBA Championship. (These will all be followed by question marks because I still need some answers.)

• He has played his entire career in a Boston uniform?
  

• He won 24 hours of ESPN time by using the greatest prop in recent history, a wheel chair?


• He scored 38 points in…in a losing effort?


• He shot 43% from the field while my pick shot 51%, but that’s ok because he must have been playing really solid defense?


• He went 2-14 in a game 3 loss, but that also doesn’t matter when your knee is probably hurting from game 1 and a long flight?


• Setting records for 3 pointers made in the NBA Finals is a meaningless stat?


• Hurting his knee is more of a feel good story than my pick’s child’s diabetes diagnosis?


• He has a really neat nickname that Commissioners can use to gain respect back after being booed?
  

And the last reason I can think of…

• Obviously Jesus has won enough praise and didn’t need an NBA Finals MVP trophy?

Ray Allen says "Hello Finals MVP!"

Not only can Ray Allen claim the honor that comes with placing on our pretty boy list, but he’ll soon be able to call himself the NBA Finals MVP. What the hell would the Celtics do without Ray Ray? Did anyone actually see that reverse baseline lay-up last night in the clutch? That biz was Dr. J’ish and I’m still not sure how he hung long enough to skip that off the backboard. (Time to go see if Odenized posted this clip…)



And then he waves off KG with the game on the line to take Lakers Dancer, Sasha Headbandcich to the hole with a simple stutter step and a left handed kiss. Is it really possible to beat a guy in the NBA Finals by 3 full steps when you start your move at the free throw line? Jesus can!

There is one thing that annoyed me about last night though, and that was the obvious infatuation ESPN has with Paul Pierce. Ray Allen was clearly the hero last night and instead of Tafoya talking to him, they went straight to Pierce at the end of the game. How many un-earned interviews can a guy do in one series? He hit a couple of free throws down the stretch and did some nice cheering and arm pumping every time Posey or Allen was finishing off LA, but that was it. My life would be just fine if I never had to see his shabby pre-pubescent beard again in HD. I know beards were big this year, but wow….give KG and Paul Pierce the award for worst duo beards.

They’ll probably hand Pierce the MVP just because he’s been Mr. Celtic for so long, when Allen has been the best player on the court the entire series. Show some love to my boy Ray Allen!

10 Ways to get Ray Allen Back on Track

It's time for my boy Ray Ray to get out of that damn slump. I may not be the biggest Celtics fan, in fact I can't stand 'em, but I do love Ray Allen. So smooth, so silky, and so sexy! Woo! I hate seeing him struggle like this and I thought I could help out with a nice list of ideas to jump him right out of this nasty little slide.


11. Remind him that he was once Jesus which allowed him to sleep with a young and sassy Rosario Dawson.

10. Remind him to read the Celtics Blog!

9. Remind him that he was #4 on our Pretty Boy List, which is a damn honor.

8. Remind him that just 2 years ago, he hit 269 threes! Wow.

7. Remind him that a skinny #32 with a face mask on the other team actually WON a championship with UConn.

6. Remind him that the owner of that shoe company that sponsors him managed to win 3 titles after the age of 33, so age should not be an excuse.

5. Remind him that shooting jumpers before the game with his shirt off will not help. (Did anyone else see that?)

4. Remind him that the "luck of the irish" can happen by rubbing Doc Rivers belly.

3. Remind him of that some people confuse Allen Ray for him. That should irritate the hell out of him.

2. Remind him that 54 points in a game was just a few years ago.

1. Oh lord...and remind him that he made this video for TNT...about the fundamentals of jump shooting.

Let's get it together Ray! Your boys squeaked one out tonight, but they'll need you the rest of the way damnit!