Dwyane Wade Chimes in on Paul Pierce Saying He Had a Better Career

Wade thinks Pierce has lost it.

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Dwyane Wade isn't buying Paul Pierce's claims that he had a better career than the retiring Heat guard. 

You said it better than i could. https://t.co/5LhKnHW9xX

— DWade (@DwyaneWade) April 6, 2019

Pierce floated the idea that he should be held up higher than Wade, who is currently being toasted throughout the league in his final season. Pierce said that he would have won more championships if he played alongside the players that Wade did. 

"If you give me Shaq, if you give me LeBron...I'd be sitting on 5 or 6 championships easy," he said. 

Twitter as a whole wasn't convinced. Nets forward Jared Dudley jokingly accused Pierce of being on drugs and Wade seconded that idea with a quote tweet.

Pts: Pierce 26,397 (15 NBA history), Wade 23,065 (30)
Reb: Pierce 7,527 (81) Wade 4,913 (?)
Ast: Pierce 4,708 (73) Wade 5,680 (42)
TS%: Pierce .5679 (95) Wade .5542 (176)
ORtg: Pierce 108.78 (235) Wade 108.94 (235)
DRtg: Pierce 102.72 (109) Wade 104.45 (191)

— John Karalis 🇬🇷🇦🇲 🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) April 6, 2019

While the eye test tells us that Wade is the better player, Pierce does have his defenders. And they came with hard data about the two players' careers. 

Everyone's dunking on Pierce tonight, but.... there are a lot of numbers that kind of support him.

Situation matters. It took a long time for Paul Piece to get a really good team around him. Wade has rings. That's obviously big. But the Pierce case v. Wade is not bad

— John Karalis 🇬🇷🇦🇲 🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) April 6, 2019

 

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