MVPs: 0. Finals MVPs: 1. All-NBA 1st Team: 0. 2nd Team: 1. 3rd Team: 3. All Star: 10. MVP: 0.
Defensive POY: 0. All-Defense Teams: 0.
Career Averages: 20 PPG/ 6 RPG/ 3 APG/ 1.3 SPG/ .6 BPG/ .500 eFG%/ .806 FT%.
Best Season: 27/ 7/ 5/ 1.4/ .4/ .509/ .772 (2005-06).
Postseason Averages: 19 PPG/ 6 RPG/ 3 APG/ 1.6 SPG/ .6 BPG/ .480 eFG%/ .830 FT%.
Best Postseason: 23/ 8/ 5/ 1.9/ 1.4/ .543/ .868 (2005).
Championships: 1 (#2 player). Runner-ups: 1 (#3 player).
Why he's below Jerry Lucas: Pierce didn't have any elite skills like Lucas did. As a result, he never made a 1st Team All-NBA appearance and never finished higher than 7th in MVP voting.
Why he's above the rest: Paul Pierce is on my list and other good wings of the 00s aren't partly because Pierce had a better all-around game and partly because he had more postseason success. Pierce was a better shooter, defender, and postseason performer than Carmelo Anthony or Vince Carter. He was a better shooter and postseason performer and had a much longer prime than Tracy McGrady. If you want to take McGrady because he had a better 5 year peak than Pierce did, fine (though their peaks are a lot closer than you probably think). But if you're taking an entire career, I think Pierce is the pretty clear choice from this group of players.
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