Hi, it's Daily Show correspondent Desi Lidic, and the moment you've all been waiting for has finally come.

Okay, maybe just the moment my mom's been waiting for.

I'm guest-tosting the Daily Show this week.

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Welcome to What's Burnin' and look who we got here, Mr. Finals MVP himself, Paul Pierce,

and four-time All Star Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, friend of all of ours.

Demarcus, cousins, Viggy, welcome, you're a no stranger to the Showtime Basketball family,

but make it a little bit more official now as you also still keep in shape,

and are ready to get back in the league.

What's the balance here between your burgeoning media empire and your-

I'm full of that mode now, so I've been enjoying that.

This is the first time in my career where I've had the opportunity to just be at home,

watch my kids grow, drop them off at school, pick them up, so I'm having

brace that role and it's really been done for me.

And I'm trying to stick to my same basketball skills, you know, live, and you know,

playing some type of, you know, 5.5 daily, just to keep my motor running and being in a game shape.

So I'm just trying to maintain all that, and be ready with my name's Carl.

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