A petty and hilarious feud erupted in the NBA because the Celtics planned to honor both Paul Pierce and Isaiah Thomas on the same night

A feud emerged after the Boston Celtics mistakenly planned for Paul Pierce and Isaiah Thomas to be honored the same night.
Thomas had asked for the Celtics to delay his video tribute until he was able to play, pushing the date back to February 11, which is Pierce's jersey retirement.
Pierce was open about not wanting to share the night with another player.
After much discussion, the Celtics decided to make February 11 only for Pierce, putting off Thomas' video tribute.

After a petty and hilarious back-and-forth around the NBA, the Boston Celtics have decided to make February 11 a night to honor only Paul Pierce.

According to ESPN's Chris Forsberg, the Celtics decided to solely honor Pierce that night by retiring his jersey and will not play a video tribute to Isaiah Thomas, who will be returning to Boston as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers that night.

Thomas was supposed to be given a video tribute when the Cavs played the Celtics in Boston on January 3, but Thomas asked them not to because he was not playing and wanted his family to be there for the tribute.

When the Celtics and Thomas decided to push back the tribute, it drew the ire of Pierce, who did not want to share his night with any other players.

"(Thomas) had a shot to be honored," Pierce said. "You came to Boston. Whether you are playing or not, you should have had your tribute then. I just don't see how, if someone is having a jersey retirement, they're going to be running other tributes for other players.

"Danny tried to sell me on it, but I told him, 'He had a shot, Danny, and he punked you on it. He pretty much dictated everything.' They let it happen because they felt sorry how (the trade to Cleveland) went down. It's guilt."

These comments come after Pierce questioned whether the topic was even worth discussing after he made headlines on "The Jump."

Is this really a topic#emo#... @ Paul Pierce

Thomas is not blameless, either. He did turn down a video tribute and had previously said he didn't see the big deal in sharing a night, especially because he wanted his family to see the tribute.

I'd like to thank the Celti... @ Isaiah Thomas

The NBA world seemed to take sides with Pierce.

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Rajon Rondo, a former teammate of Pierce's with the Celtics, said to reporters, "

"I'm with Pierce, man," Allen said. "(Thomas) didn't put in more work than Paul ... Paul Pierce put in big work, man. Why would they honor (Thomas) on that same day, man? Let my man get his jersey retired, man. Let him embrace that, man. He put a lot of blood, sweat and tears in this organization, man, and capitalized and had some good results.

A petty and hilarious feud erupted in the NBA because the Celtics planned to honor both Paul Pierce and Isaiah Thomas on the same night

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