Paul Pierce

Paul Anthony Pierce, born October 13, 1977, nicknamed "The Truth", is an American previous expert ball player who played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association.

Pierce was a secondary school McDonald's All-American and earned agreement first-group All-America praises in his lesser year at Kansas. In the wake of being picked by the Boston Celtics with the tenth in general pick in the 1998 NBA draft, Pierce went through the initial 15 years of his vocation with Boston. Puncture's epithet, "The Truth", was given to him by Shaquille O'Neal in March 2001. He featured as commander of the Celtics, acquiring 10 All-Star gestures and turning into a four-time All-NBA colleague. Puncture joined with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in 2007 to shape a "Major Three" that drove Boston to two NBA Finals and a NBA title in 2008. Puncture was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 2008. Alongside Larry Bird and John Havlicek, Pierce is one of just three players to have scored in excess of 20,000 vocation focuses with the Celtics.

In July 2013, Pierce was exchanged to the Brooklyn Nets alongside partners Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry. He marked with the Washington Wizards as a free operator in 2014. After one season with the Wizards, Pierce rejoined with previous Celtics mentor Doc Rivers and marked with the Clippers. He went through two seasons with the Clippers before resigning in 2017. On July 17, 2017, the Celtics marked Pierce to an agreement, empowering him to resign as an individual from the association with which he spent his initial 15 NBA seasons.