Christmas Day video games are a staple of the NBA, however Celtics legend Paul Pierce explains why he didn’t like taking part in in them as his profession progressed.
The NBA began the Christmas Day custom in 1947 and particular video games have been performed on that day ever since (with one exception in the course of the 1998-99 lockout season).
NBA followers throughout the globe tune in to observe juicy match ups on Christmas, however Pierce has supplied a distinct perspective as a former participant.
“When I had kids I didn’t (like playing on Christmas),” Paul Pierce stated to Kevin Garnett on KG Certified. “It was too much. They on the road, they in the hotel with you. You can’t really concentrate, then you wanna make sure they have a good day. And then we gotta go out and play a game. I really wasn’t invested on Christmas day really like that, to be honest. I mean, you know, I know it’s a special day to play the game. And, you know, you want to do it for the fans. But I always was like so locked in on just kind of like family on that day because you know, we sacrificed so much, you know, being in the NBA. We missed so many holidays with families and birthdays and all type of s**t. It was tough on Christmas man. I don’t think I ever even had a good game on Christmas.”
Garnett and Pierce additionally reminisced on when the Celtics did Secret Santa and Ray Allen was royally stitched up one yr by Leon Powe.
“Leon Power gave Ray Allen the whole season of Martin on DVD,” Pierce stated. “Ray Allen bought the entire season of Martin Lawrence. We begin cracking up.“
This was whereas each different group member obtained a number of the costliest designer baggage cash might purchase.
“Then we had to put rules into that after that. Gift got to be $500,000, man,” Garnett defined.
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