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Oakland, California, USA
Paul Anthony Pierce is an American former professional basketball player. He played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), predominantly with the Boston Celtics. He was most recently an analyst on ESPN's basketball programs The Jump and NBA Countdown.
Known for
- Meal Ticket — Self2026
- Tony Allen: The Grindfather — Self2025
- Celtics City — Self2025
- Extended Family — Paul Pierce2023
- Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible — Self2021
- She Ball — Self2020
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
- Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth2015
- Return to the Rafters2008
- 2007-2008 NBA Champions: Boston Celtics2008
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1977-10-13 ) October 13, 1977 (age 48) , Oakland, California , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Listed weight
- 235 lb (107 kg)
- High school
- Inglewood ( Inglewood, California )
- College
- Kansas (1995–1998)
- Nba draft
- 1998 : 1st round, 10th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Boston Celtics
- Playing career
- 1998–2017
- Position
- Small forward / shooting guard
- 1998 2013
- Boston Celtics
- 2013 2014
- Brooklyn Nets
- 2014 2015
- Washington Wizards
- 2015 2017
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Points
- 26,397 (19.7 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 7,527 (5.6 rpg)
- Assists
- 4,708 (3.5 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Small Forward
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 2002 FIBA World Championship
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
- Position played
- small forward
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 107
- Official website
- www.paulpierce.net
- Image
- Paul Pierce 2008-01-13 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 201
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- Commons category
- Paul Pierce
- date of birth
- 1977-10-13
- drafted by
- Boston Celtics
- sport number
- 34
- birth name
- Paul Anthony Pierce
- end of work period
- 2017-00-00
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- social media followers
- 4058578
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), predominantly with the Boston Celtics.
Pierce was a high school McDonald's All-American before earning consensus first-team All-America honors as a junior playing college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. After being chosen by the Boston Celtics with the 10th overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft, Pierce spent the first 15 years of his career with Boston. Pierce's nickname, "the Truth," was given to him by Shaquille O'Neal in 2001. He earned 10 All-Star selections and became a four-time All-NBA team member throughout his 19 year career. Pierce combined with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in 2007 to form a "Big Three" that led Boston to two NBA Finals and an NBA championship in 2008. Pierce was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 2008. In 2021, Pierce was honored by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Pierce” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.