Paul Pierce didn't let Wizards teammates wear LeBrons to practice

Stemming from those days when Paul Pierce's Boston Celtics squared off against LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers, the rivalry between the two men has been very real.

So real that, while the 37-year-old was with the Washington Wizards, his teammates were banned from wearing LeBron's shoes to practice.

"Well, what I learned from him, you're not allowed to wear LeBron James' shoes to practice," Wizards center Marcin Gortat joked, according to the Washington Post's Jorge Castillo.

No longer under such constraints now that Pierce is with the Los Angeles Clippers, one can assume that Gortat will be setting every pair of LeBrons he owns free.

And obviously Pierce's new teammates in L.A. will not be rocking the LeBron 13s to practice anytime soon.