Paul Pierce is no where near to Dirk. Celtic wouldn't have won championship if garnet brother hadn't been traded to boston. granet made the difference.  dirk single handedly took his team to final. he didn't have garnet or ray allen but still he become mvp.  immagine dirk getting team mates like garnet or ray allen. you can compare dirk to garnet, kobe or james but not to pierce. garnet and dirk are same level player, pierce is very good player but just not  in that level yet.