Pierce would've been a Sixer

Promises. Promises. Why teams make draft promises, I don't know. Especially when the consequences are such that a top player slips, and the team can't draft him because of said promise. Just ask Larry Brown, who says that, because of a draft promise, the 76ers had to pass on Paul Pierce in the 1998 draft. (http://dimemag.com/2009/06/nba-draft-promises-could-cost-you-the-next-paul-pierce/)In a candid interview after an NBA draft workout yesterday, Bobcats coach Larry Brown talks about how a draft promise kept the Sixers from selecting Paul Pierce, after he unexpectedly slipped in the 1998 NBA Draft.While promising Larry Hughes and not being able to snatch Paul Pierce in the draft must've stung, the Celtics made a promise back in 2001 to Kedrick Brown. And while his career hasn't exactly been Paul Pierce-esque, I think we can all agree that taking Richard Jefferson instead would've been a little bit better.