Paul Pierce Calls Clippers ‘Superteam’ at Team’s Media Day

The Cleveland Cavaliers are the defending champions, and the Golden State Warriors added Kevin Durant to an already loaded team, but Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul Pierce thinks his squad is also a superteam as the 2016-17 season approaches. 

Pierce suggested as much during the Clippers’ media day on Monday, per Jesse Dougherty of the Los Angeles Times: “To me, I think we have a superteam here. You look at Chris Paul, who’s been first-team all-NBA…Blake Griffin first-team…DeAndre Jordan currently first-team All-NBA. I mean how many teams can currently say that?”

Pierce also pointed out the Clippers have “the best three-point shooter in the NBA” in J.J. Redick and the defending Sixth Man of the Year in Jamal Crawford.

“I mean why is this not a superteam?” he asked. “What defines superteam? When you look at those stats and you hear what I’m saying, this could very well easily be what’s considered a superteam.”

This isn’t the first time Pierce made news this week. He announced on The Players’ Tribune Monday that the 2016-17 campaign will be his last before retirement, so going out with a Larry O’Brien Trophy as part of a superteam would be a notable way to end his career.

Dougherty did …

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