- ABC News
- January 4, 2018
Paul Pierce does not want to share his night with Isaiah Thomas when the Boston Celtics retire Pierce's No. 34 jersey next month. Pierce said Thursday that he would prefer the Celtics not run their planned in-game tribute video for Thomas' on-court return on Feb. 11, the same night the Celtics will send Pierce's jersey to the rafters following a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. "I'm not saying Isaiah shouldn't get a tribute video ... but on Feb. 11, the night I get my jersey retired, I'm not sure I want to look up at the JumboTron and see Isaiah highlights,' Pierce said Thursday during an appearance on ESPN's The Jump. Pierce did playfully offer one compromise for how the Celtics could run a Thomas tribute video that night: "You could Instagram it." Pierce noted that he was present for Kobe Bryant's recent jersey retirement in Los Angeles and said he liked how the Lakers used game stoppages to play videos that honored Bryant's career. "I enjoyed...