On April 25, Beijing time, a current NBA player selected Pierce as the "GOAT (Best Player of All Time)", and Pierce believes that this vote may be cast by James.
Earlier this week, The Athletic released its third anonymous NBA player poll that included the question "Who is the greatest player of all time?" 133 active players answered the question, with Michael Jordan (45.9 percent of the vote) and LeBron James (42.1 percent of the vote) coming in first and second place in the vote, while Kobe Bryant (9.8 percent of the vote) came in third. Tied for fourth place were Curry, Magic and Pierce, with one vote each. Yes, there is a current NBA player who voted Pierce the greatest player of all time.
The poll was discussed on Undisputed, and Skip Bayless asked Pierce, "Do you know who voted for you?"
"Sometimes, it's not always what you do on the field, it's everything off the field that makes you a GOAT," Pierce said with a laugh. "It's a combination of factors that can get you into the GOAT discussion. ”
The American media believes that no matter what combination qualifies a person to be the greatest basketball player of all time, Pierce does not possess it. That's why Bayless believes that a Cheltics guy close to Pierce gave him a ticket. But Pierce had another idea.
"What if LBJ (James) votes for me?" Pierce asked, "I did fight him." He must have thought of something. What are your thoughts on this? We've had a lot of battles. Come on, we've had some tough battles. I guess it was James who voted!"
"They know that if I had better players around me when I was younger, I would probably win about five or six titles...... Who else do you think should be on the discussion?" Pierce joked.
In last year's poll, Maddie also received a GOAT vote from a current NBA player. I have to say that Pierce knows how to get traffic, and even he can contact James with an unexpected GOAT ticket.