{"id":326887,"date":"2019-10-01T11:25:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T18:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=326887"},"modified":"2019-10-01T11:25:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T18:25:40","slug":"nba-legend-paul-pierce-gives-advice-to-conor-mcgregor-be-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nba-legend-paul-pierce-gives-advice-to-conor-mcgregor-be-smart\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA legend Paul Pierce gives advice to Conor McGregor: &#8216;Be smart&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBA legend Paul Pierce is in Australia for UFC 243 and the former Celtics star gave Conor McGregor some sound career advice.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BHZtYuPv-CQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pierce told Submission Radio<\/a> when asked if he had any sort of advice for McGregor, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/elderly-man-insulted-proper-no-12-whiskey-told-conor-mcgregor-he-didnt-want-to-drink-that-sht\/\">who has dealt with his fare share of troubles<\/a> with the law (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2019\/10\/1\/20892972\/nba-star-paul-pierce-to-conor-mcgregor-you-have-to-change-your-ways-if-you-want-to-stay-on-top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">h\/t BloodyElbow.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"YgkMDP\">\u201cThe thing about being on top is that you have so many people pulling on you. You got so many eyes watching you,\u201d Pierce said of McGregor. \u201cSo the person you were years before, before you became the megastar, you have to adapt to being a superstar, understand that people are going to try and pull you down. So, you have to be smart, be smart in what you do, what you say, how you act in the public eye. Because now you\u2019re looked upon as a champion, as a person who rose to the top while other people are trying to pull you down. So, you have to change your ways, in so many ways, if you want to stay on top.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6SMdhP\">\u201cNow if you don\u2019t do that, as we saw, he fell from the top of the mountain. Can he get back there? Absolutely. But he\u2019s going to have to change some things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pierce compared McGregor to fellow NBA legend Kobe Bryant, who bounced back from sexual assault accusations early in his career to become one of the most-loved basketball players of all-time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s one piece of advice, but I think that you learn from your experiences,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cSome people, they get to the top of the mountain and then they get pulled down and they have to grow. We saw that with Kobe Bryant. He did his trial and the things he went through, and then he went back to the mountain top. So you learn, you move on, you mature and you grow from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Paul Pierce&#8217;s advice for Conor McGregor?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/1\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA legend Paul Pierce is in Australia for UFC 243 and the former Celtics star gave Conor McGregor some sound career advice. 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