Paul Pierce is 37 years old. In any other profession he'd be entering the prime of his career, but as an NBA player he's basically a dinosaur.

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The Wizards defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 98-92 on Tuesday night, and after the game Pierce got his 'old man' schtick on a little bit.

A reporter asked Pierce why modern NBA players aren't as tough a trash talker as himself or a fellow dinosaur like LA's Kobe Bryant, and the Wizards forward lay the blame on all this new-fangled technology they got going around.

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Next thing you know Pierce is going to be telling John Wall and Bradley Beal that they used to have peach baskets for rims. Or that back in the day he had to walk to practice barefoot, in the snow, up hill both ways.

As long as Pierce keeps hitting big shots like this one, he can talk all the trash he wants.