Pierce Appreciates High Expectations

2007/09/27 12:01:24 @NBA.com: News

In the BOSTON HERALD, Mark Murphy writes "t he world dialed in to say hello to Paul Pierce yesterday, and the Celtics captain was asked on his international conference call to put his team in a global context. An enormous difference was evident. ‘This is the first year I've come in with expectations put on us,' he said. ‘In all my nine years in the league, not much has been expected of us.' All he could think, while looking ahead to Saturday's flight to Italy for exhibition games in Rome and London, was how much the pressure suddenly has shifted . . . or was that lifted?”
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