(Photo : Elsa/Getty Images) AUBURN HILLS, MI – MAY 24: Paul Pierce #34 and Sam Cassell #28 of the Boston Celtics speak in opposition to the Detroit Pistons throughout Game Three Eastern Conference finals in the course of the 2008 NBA Playoffs on the Palace at Auburn Hills on May 24, 2008 in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Boston Celtics icon Paul Pierce was requested about the potential for serving as an assistant coach for his or her fierce rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, underneath Sam Cassell if he have been employed by the purple and gold franchise for his or her head teaching emptiness.
Speaking on former teammate Kevin Garnett’s podcast “KG Certified,” Pierce initially was agency in refusing a potential provide from the Lakers, regardless of Garnett stating hypothetical salaries of $5 million, $7 million, and $10 million.
However, when Garnett raised the potential wage to $20 million, Pierce sat up straight in his seat and hilariously responded.
“What time is practice?… What time is the coaches’ meeting?,” the 2008 NBA Finals MVP acknowledged, prompting intense laughter from Garnett.
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With Garnett laughingly impersonating Pierce’s potential state of affairs on a telephone name with Cassell, Pierce added, “Hey, everybody’s got a price.”
Sam Cassell is a powerful candidate to be the subsequent Lakers head coach
Cassell, who performed for the Celtics from 2008 to 2009 as a part of their championship-winning workforce in 2008, has a powerful risk to succeed Darvin Ham’s publish.
The 54-year-old presently serves as an assistant coach for the Celtics underneath Joe Mazzulla since 2023.
The 2004 NBA All-Star began his teaching profession as an assistant with the Washington Wizards from 2009 to 2014, shifting on to the Los Angeles Clippers from 2014 to 2020, after which with the Philadelphia 76ers from 2020 to 2023.
In each of his Clippers and Sixers stints, he notably served as an assistant underneath head coach Doc Rivers, who coached the Celtics to their 2008 title.
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