Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are proud of Brian Scalabrine: After former Celtic Brian Scalabrine recently showed up at New York City’s famous West 4th Street basketball court (known as “The Cage”) for a high-profile one-on-one matchup with popular streetball personality George “The Messiah” Papoutsis, two of his former teammates had to credit the ex-NBA player’s commitment to not ducking a challenge.
Papoutsis called out Scalabrine on Instagram, and the now-retired Boston bench player responded, running up an 11-0 score in what proved to be a decisive win. In reaction, both Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce praised their fellow 2008 NBA champion.