The executive producer of The Dan Le Batard Show, Mike Ryan, went off on Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce while explaining why he refused to attend an interview with the former player.
On Thursday’s episode of the show, host Dan Le Batard pointed out that Ryan sat out during some “general fraternizing” the crew had with Pierce. He then took it a step further and called it a boycott before asking Ryan if he’d ever done something like that before.
“I stood there and talked to Michele Tafoya,” Ryan said, “but this is the first time I felt compelled to just opt out.”
Ryan then asked how the interview went, and Le Batard revealed it was just a casual conversation.
“Oh, you guys were goofing off with that journeyman?” Ryan responded, prompting Le Batard to push back. “He’s not? Go to Basketball Reference. Who’s next, James Posey?
“I apologize to James Posey. He’s actually a multiple-time champion.”
The room was stunned at Ryan’s harsh words for someone who will almost certainly be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Still, he continued.
“Hall-of-Fame asshole,” Ryan said. “I’m sorry, that’s too far. Hall-of-Fame fucking asshole!
“How do you do that? How do you do that? All the shit that he talks about Udonis Haslem and Dwyane Wade and this great city; how he just traffics on him and his legacy being completely overrated. You don’t see Shawn Marion making the media rounds. He’s a one-time champion, too. Paul Pierce’s career was an utter disappointment and the ‘Big Three’ of Boston was a failure; and yet, we give them this gravitas that I don’t completely understand.”
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