Pierce rips ex-Nets teammates, especially Williams

In comments Paul Pierce made to ESPN.com on Tuesday, it’s clear there was much he didn’t like about his time in Brooklyn, starting with Deron Williams.

"It was a tough situation (in Brooklyn) last year. Horrible, really.", he said. "It was just the guys' attitudes there. It wasn't like we were surrounded by a bunch of young guys. They were vets who didn't want to play and didn't want to practice. I was looking around saying, 'What's this?' Kevin (Garnett) and I had to pick them up every day in practice.

The player that puzzled him the most, said Pierce, was Williams.

"Before I got there, I looked at Deron as an MVP candidate,'' Pierce said. "But I felt once we got there, that's not what he wanted to be. He just didn't want that."