Throughout his entire career Paul Pierce has been that guy as a member of the Boston Celtics, but as he moves on with his future now with the Brooklyn Nets, Pierce told the Boston Globe he's now a 'glorified role player" and not the go-to-star of past.
"There will definitely be less pressure on me on this ball club than there was in Boston," Pierce told the newspaper. "In Boston, I was the No. 1 primary option. Here we have so many options. We have young All-Stars on this team. My job is to be more of a glorified role player, as Doc (Rivers) used to always say, with the guys we have."
Pierce and Kevin Garnett will join a cast in Brooklyn that includes Deron Williams, Joe Johnson and Brook Lopez.
"With my abilities to do so many things, there's going to be nights where I'm not going to score a bunch of points. I can do other things to help this club win. With the combination of these guys, we're going to take pressure off each other."
Pierce says adding Andre Kirilenko to the mix will only add to the title hopes the Nets already have.
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