Paul Pierce Reveals He "Killed" A Trade to The Portland Trail Blazers In 2007

By the end of the 2006–07 season, Pierce had enough. His relationship with Rivers had improved. The Celtics had not. In '05–06, Pierce averaged 26.8 points per game. Boston finished the season 33–49. The next year, they won just 24. Pierce wanted out. Boston shopped him to Portland. Pierce killed that. «Too dysfunctional,» says Pierce. In spring '07, Pierce ran into Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in Las Vegas. Pierce told Cuban: I'm your missing piece. Pierce pushed Schwartz to attempt to engineer a trade to Dallas. «I'm in my prime, and I'm watching all these other guys in the playoffs,» says Pierce. «It was depressing. I thought I was out of there. I thought it was over.»

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