NBA Hall of Famer-turned-NBA analyst Paul Pierce incurred the wrath of basketball fans and was ruthlessly mocked by Twitter for having the audacity to say that he had a better career than Dwyane Wade, aka D-Wade.
After being scorched on social media for 24 hours, Pierce, a former Boston Celtics great tried to defend his statement by saying that the pinnacle of his career came before the advent of Twitter, therefore the new millennial fans are not aware of his major contributions to the game.
However, current ESPN co-host Jalen Rose, a former NBA player himself and a member of the legendary Michigan Fab Five, pulled out receipts that directly contradicted Pierce’s claims and gave D-Wade the edge.
Rose slow-roasted Pierce by enumerating the ways D-Wade was superior to Pierce, and doing so on live national TV, to boot. The clip quickly went viral.
https://twitter.com/HeartofNBA/status/1114590993041514496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1114590993041514496&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Frollingout.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1090308%26action%3Dedit
D-Wade, who is retiring at the end of the season to spend more time with his wife, Gabrielle Union, and his sons, chimed in with a soft uppercut to Pierce:
You said it better than i could. https://t.co/5LhKnHW9xX
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) April 6, 2019
D-Wade’s wife, Union, landed the knockout blow with this heat-seeking missile of a tweet that defended her husband:
“This @paulpierce34 thing is wrong on many obvious levels but what I find most troublesome is this idea of a man trying to diminish another man that looks like him, was raised like him, in order to shine a tad brighter. S— isnt entertaining, it’s sad. 
& 
good people.”
Twitter joined the Wades and peeled Pierce’s backside for making such dubious claims.
https://twitter.com/HeartofNBA/status/1114590993041514496
Paul Pierce embarrassing himself.
DWade
13 All-Stars
8x All-NBA
3x All-Defense
3 RingsPierce
10 All-Stars
4x All-NBA
0x All-Defense
1 Ring— Chris Palmer (@ChrisPalmerNBA) April 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/Raider_510_/status/1114577842631630848
Paul Pierce: I think I’m better than Dwade
Twitter: pic.twitter.com/BTDoPzQ8Kd
— kyle (@knicks_tape99) April 6, 2019
Jalen Rose telling Paul Pierce why Wade is better is the best thing ever pic.twitter.com/NI59yjJjRP
— Juice Adkins (@RichardJAdkins) April 6, 2019
Beadle cooking him in the background is hilarious RT @VersaceBoyEnt2: Why Jalen Rose just VIOLATE Paul Pierce 😂 Look at Paul face LMAO 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/nK1Vl0Nd3g
— P’Challa (@PJackk) April 6, 2019
Paul Pierce’s face when Jalen Rose said “He has 3 rings you have 1 ring.” Beadle in the background with her remarks was killing me 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/ioAc3XcY94
— Kenita Stewart (@DopeAsKen) April 6, 2019
*Paul Pierce makes 81 point jokes*
ESPN: “Paul just said his career was better than Wade’s, anyone wanna read the stats for the segment?”
Jalen Rose: pic.twitter.com/9sw8iStZYR
— 𝕷𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖞 𝕷𝖊𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉 (@drewromich) April 6, 2019
Thoughts and Prayers to Paul Pierce who had his feelings hurt by the internet and Jalen Rose pic.twitter.com/jdraDnlEPa
— Tim Verghese (@TimVerghese) April 6, 2019
in paul pierce’s head this what he’s doing to jalen rose pic.twitter.com/jkDOSKS698
— Vonny B.O.Y (@VonnyB0Y) April 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/SpecificNY/status/1114651439878504449
Hahahaha Cmon let paul pierce have his wrong opinion. Don't have to kill a mans soul on TV pic.twitter.com/SSMaVhXemt
— PappiEric (@PappiEric) April 6, 2019
Jalen Rose gives Paul Pierce the numbers of why Dwyane Wade is better and Paul Pierce has no idea how to respond. Good for Jalen for saying the facts. Wade is clearly better and it’s not close. #NBA #NBATwitter pic.twitter.com/beA1fzWLtM
— Dylan Burd (@Dylan_Burd) April 6, 2019
