Pierce doesn't want teammates wearing LeBron's sneakers

People normally mellow out as they age, but 37-year-old Paul Pierce still can't stand LeBron James. The two have a bitter rivalry that stretches back more than a decade. It's given birth to some seriously petty/amazing anecdotes -- like this one from Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat:

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Now with the Los Angeles Clippers, Pierce won't see James in the 2016 playoffs unless it's in the NBA Finals. Here's hoping we get one last showdown between these two Hall of Famers. They probably won't score a combined 90 points in a single game, but the lingering hatred would still make for some great theatre.

Thanks to Basketball-Reference, here's a look at how James and Pierce stack up going head-to-head over the years.

(h/t: Complex)