hoopsaddict.com - 8/1/2008
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As the brilliantly executed “There Can Only Be One” ad campaign told us, winning an NBA title confers a player with many perks, including respect from their peers, admiration from fans, and an affirmed sense of validity. It would seem for at least one Boston Celtic, it promotes one more upshot: delusions of grandeur.
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Hoops Addict Article - Paul Pierce is the Best Player Alive…Just Ask Him
The On Deck Circle —
Trev was back at it defending his boy Kobe Bean after Paul Pierce claimed to a Spanish basketball reporter that he, not Kobe or LeBron or anyone else, was the best baller on the planet. The Truth no more, I say. Check it out! Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) ...
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