Paul Pierce
Small forward, Basketball Player
1977 –
Who is Paul Pierce?
Paul Anthony Pierce is an American professional basketball small forward with the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. Pierce was a high school McDonald's All-American and earned First Team All-America honors in his junior year at Kansas.
Pierce spent the first fifteen years of his career with the Boston Celtics, who drafted him with the 10th overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft. In July 2013, Pierce was included in a deal that sent him to the Nets, along with teammates Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry.
During his time with the Celtics, Pierce had been a starter on the team for every season. He is a ten-time All-Star and four-time All-NBA team selection, and also led Boston to the NBA Finals in 2008 and 2010, winning the 2008 NBA Finals. He was named the 2008 NBA Finals MVP in his first trip to the NBA Finals. Pierce also is one of only three players, alongside Larry Bird and John Havlicek, who have scored over 20,000 points in their career with the Celtics alone. He holds the Celtics' record for most three-point field goals made.
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- Born
- Oct 13, 1977
Oakland - Also known as
- The "Truth"
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Julie Pierce
(2010/07/17 - )
- Julie Pierce
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Inglewood High School
- University of Kansas
- Lived in
- Inglewood
- Oakland
- Los Angeles County
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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