Paul Pierce: Carmelo Anthony Toughest Player I’ve Guarded; LeBron Second

Who is the toughest player in the NBA to guard?

That’s the question Paul Pierce answered Monday in a first-person piece for The Players’ Tribune.

In the article, Pierce ranks the five toughest covers he’s experienced in his NBA career — a career that’s spanned 17 seasons and three teams.

The result is a who’s who of elite scorers from the past two decades, but the order the Washington Wizards forward places them in is interesting.

Click the link below to see what the ex-Boston Celtic came up with.

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