According to Yahoo! Sports' Marc Spears, Paul Pierce is none too happy with the league's failure to reach an agreement with the referees' union.
"I think it’s terrible that they don’t have a deal in place," Pierce said. "The league needs to step up and get it in place. Last [season] they talked about difficulties with the refs … and I’m like, ‘These guys have been around all these years and now you’re throwing out replacement refs?’
(H/T to Jeff over at Celtics Blog)