Paul Pierce says Isaiah Thomas had his shot and didn’t take it.
In an interview Tuesday with ESPN, the retired Celtics star gave his side of the story in the strange debacle over the team’s now-canceled plans to show Thomas a pre-game tribute video on the same night next month they planned to retire Pierce’s jersey.
The honorary video was originally scheduled to be shown during Thomas’s first visit to the TD Garden earlier this month since being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, the point guard, who was sidelined for the game, asked the Celtics to reschedule the tribute for a game in which he could actually play and have his family in attendance.