Celtics Greats: Paul Pierce vs Larry Bird

Pierce vs Bird: Pierce in his 14th year. (includes rookie yr and ’07 playing 46, 47 games. Durable 985 games. Bird career 13 yrs. 897 games. (’89,’91 and ’92 playing 6, 60 and 45 games) [note: 82 in a season]
Bird scored 21,791 and Pierce passed him yesterday. Bird 24.3 ppg, Pierce 22.1 ppg.
This is only the on-paper ‘total points” timeline comparison. Paul Pierce will get his jersey (#34) retired by the Celts, Celtics’ Hall of Fame and NBA Hall of Fame. However, even non-Boston basketball fans would rank Larry Bird (#33) in the NBA’s Top 10 players of all-time.