Paul Pierce was on hand Saturday night for the nationally televised Rockets-Celtics game. During a pregame interview, he said: “He’s tracking in that direction, I think when you look at a player and you look at their first couple of years, you know who a player is gonna be after their third year. Me and Tracy [McGrady] have talked about this, and I knew when I made the leap from my second to my third year. I went from averaging 19 points a game to 25 a game, and that’s when I felt like I figured it out. And that’s what I’m seeing in him right now.”
Antoine Walker also believes Jayson Tatum is the next Paul Pierce, Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics.
