paul pierce

Paul Pierce

Pierce with the Wizards in 2014
No. 34 – Los Angeles Clippers
Position	Small forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1977-10-13) October 13, 1977 (age 39) Oakland, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Inglewood (Inglewood, California)
College	Kansas (1995–1998)
NBA draft	1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	1998–present
Career history
1998–2013	Boston Celtics
2013–2014	Brooklyn Nets
2014–2015	Washington Wizards
2015–present	Los Angeles Clippers
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2008) NBA Finals MVP (2008) 10× NBA All-Star (2002–2006, 2008–2012) All-NBA Second Team (2009) 3× All-NBA Third Team (2002, 2003, 2008) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1999) NBA Three-Point Shootout champion (2010) Consensus first-team All-American (1998) No. 34 retired by Kansas McDonald's All-American (1995) California Mr. Basketball (1995)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13, 1977) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Pierce was a high school McDonald's All-American and earned All-America first team 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 Brooklyn Nets, along with teammates Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry. He signed with the Washington Wizards the following offseason, but after just one season with the Wizards, he moved back home to Los Angeles and reunited with his former Celtics coach Doc Rivers at the Clippers.

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 is also 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 and also ranks third in team history in games played, second in points scored, seventh in total rebounds, fifth in total assists, and first in total steals. He has also made the fourth most three-point field goals in NBA history, behind only Jason Terry, Reggie Miller and Ray Allen. His nickname, "The Truth", was given to him by Shaquille O'Neal.