Paul Pierce is publicly lobbying for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
But Peter May of the Boston Globe reports that he has as much chance of making the team as Rasheed Wallace.
Pierce?s comments after the U.S.? sixth place finish this year work against him, and so does his growing reputation as a selfish player. This in spite of his career-best average of 4.6 assists per game so far this season.
Word is that Antoine Walker has a better chance of making the team than Pierce.
In his weekly column, May also talks about the dominance the western conference has had over the east for the past few years. And ?dominance? is a charitable term to teams on the right hand side of the continent.
But that dominance is easing up this season. Last year only two eastern teams won over 60 percent of their games, while the west had five. This season the east has seven, and the west has four. And the top six eastern teams have gone 27 ? 11 against the west so far this year.
However, May notes that the Lakers will improve, and so will at least one of Portland or San Antonio. He cautions people not to expect the championship to move east for at least another season.
May also talks about how well Sacramento is fighting through the injury bug, the struggles of Vin Baker and the class act that is Yao Ming.