Getting caught up in the Paparazzi"
-Xzibit, "Paparazzi"
Brian Schmitz, a writer for the Orlando Sentinel, wrote this nice piece on Monday that gave me some newfound respect for Tony Battie. My bball heads will recall Battie as a former Celtic - and current Magic - player, who was no All-Star, but got it in when necessary. The article takes a journey in time eight years ago to when Pierce got jumped in a local club while out with Battie and his brother (who used to STAY up in the clubs. lol).
"We're all people before we're players. This is what we do; this is not really who we are. Outside the bright lights and jerseys and screaming fans, we're fathers, we're brothers, we're sons. We're just regular people..."Anyways, the gist of it is how happy Battie was for Pierce and how the Celtics came up last season when Pierce almost didn't make it past that episode. He talks about how he felt like he didn't have his boy's back because he was using the bathroom when the attack happened and ended up going through a brief bout of depression afterwards. This is one of those sports stories that go beyond the sport itself and doesn't just sensationalize stuff just for the hell of it.
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