Paul Pierce and the countdown to Larry Bird

[JohnnySic]

Paul Pierce 21,410 career points
Larry Bird 21,791 career points

Barring nay unforseen circumstances, PP should be passing Larry Legend sometime in February for 2nd all-time on the C's scoring list.

One hell of an accomplishment. Let the countdown begin. :cheers:

[Marquis Daniels]

:cheers:

[JohnnySic]

Good article from the Herald:

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg?articleid=1388289&srvc=rss

[JohnnySic]

Update: Just under 150 points to go...

[Killbot]

Update: Just under 150 points to go...

Hope Pierce gets this before all-star break. It would be nice.

[JohnnySic]

And there it is. :applause:

[HEAT111]

Who's number one? O.o

[ballerz]

Who's number one? O.o
John Havlicek

[gegnaspNava]

[ProfessorMurder]

Good job by the spambot bumping this. I didn't realize Pierce passed Bird.

- Pierce needs 3,805 more points to become the number one scorer.

- Pierce has played 245 less games.

- Pierce has played 8,686 less minutes.

If Pierce has an average of 17.2 ppg and 74 games per season, he'll get the record in 3 seasons.

[Pushxx]

It's probably not going to happen. Not because he isn't capable, but a younger talent is going to supersede Pierce as the main scoring option one of the years as the team retools for contention.

[Killbot]

Yes, I can't see Pierce taking it.

Rondo, Bradley, and Green (if we sign him) may be the ones to do most of the scoring. Pierce can certainly get his, but I don't see him averaging over 17 PPG.