According to Frank Dell’Apa and Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Danny Ainge and Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck met with Rasheed Wallace in Detroit yesterday. Sources indicated Ainge offered Wallace a contract using their mid-level exception. Other teams pursuing Wallace are Charlotte, Cleveland, Orlando, and San Antonio.
In somewhat related news, Jimmy Shapiro of SportsRadioInterviews.com spotted Pierce at the Wynn Casino last night. Pierce owns a home in Las Vegas, so he apparently flew back to Nevada following the “three-hour meeting” in Michigan. Shapiro shares his exchange with the former Finals MVP:
So I’m heading back to my room and I see Paul Pierce playing craps. Obviously, he wasn’t part of the contingency romancing Rasheed Wallace to the Celtics on Thursday or most likely on Friday. I’m in a semi-Red Bull and Vodka daze, but not enough that I don’t have my bearings or really need to worry about spelling words incorrectly. I watch him play craps for a few minutes and when a lull in the action occurs, I say “I thought you were supposed to be wooing Sheed”. The Truth didn’t take too kindly to my statement. He then says, “Oh man, can’t I get any privacy! Shouldn’t you be looking for girls.” I then tell him I’m married and Pierce then says to me “Then why are you in Vegas?” My response is I’m here on business working with Doyle Brunson for the WSOP Main Event. He loses his roll of the dice and slams his hand down on the craps table as hard as he can. I’m not sure if I should feel guilty, not give a crap, or run as fast as I can.
I decide to stay for another minute. He mutters some more stuff under his breath and then offers to buy shots for me since I’m not chasing women.
