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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.3</span> <span>Coming up short (2008–2012)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coming_up_short_(2008–2012)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_season_in_Boston_(2012–2013)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_season_in_Boston_(2012–2013)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.4</span> <span>Final season in Boston (2012–2013)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_season_in_Boston_(2012–2013)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Brooklyn_Nets_(2013–2014)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Brooklyn_Nets_(2013–2014)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Brooklyn Nets (2013–2014)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Brooklyn_Nets_(2013–2014)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Washington_Wizards_(2014–2015)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Washington_Wizards_(2014–2015)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Washington Wizards (2014–2015)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Washington_Wizards_(2014–2015)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Los_Angeles_Clippers_(2015–2017)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Los_Angeles_Clippers_(2015–2017)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Los Angeles Clippers (2015–2017)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Los_Angeles_Clippers_(2015–2017)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retirement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retirement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Retirement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retirement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>International career</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Broadcasting_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Broadcasting_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Broadcasting career</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Broadcasting_career-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Broadcasting career subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Broadcasting_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-ESPN" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#ESPN"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>ESPN</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-ESPN-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fox_Sports_1" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fox_Sports_1"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Fox Sports 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fox_Sports_1-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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EthereumMax lawsuit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2022_EthereumMax_lawsuit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NBA_career_statistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NBA_career_statistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>NBA career statistics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-NBA_career_statistics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle NBA career statistics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-NBA_career_statistics-sublist" 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id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Boston_Celtics_franchise_records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Boston_Celtics_franchise_records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Boston Celtics franchise records</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Boston_Celtics_franchise_records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" 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href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%80%D1%81" title="Пол Пірс – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Пол Пірс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81" title="Пол Пиърс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пол Пиърс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB_%CE%A0%CE%B9%CF%81%CF%82" title="Πολ Πιρς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πολ Πιρς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="پال پیرس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پال پیرس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%B4_%ED%94%BC%EC%96%B4%EC%8A%A4" title="폴 피어스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="폴 피어스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%93%D5%B8%D5%AC_%D5%93%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%BD" title="Փոլ Փիրս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Փոլ Փիրս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A1" title="פול פירס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פול פירס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="პოლ პირსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პოლ პირსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pols_P%C4%ABrss" title="Pols Pīrss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pols Pīrss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Paul Pierce" data-language-autonym="Magyar" 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Pierce</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Pierce_2008-01-13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Paul_Pierce_2008-01-13.jpg/220px-Paul_Pierce_2008-01-13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Paul_Pierce_2008-01-13.jpg/330px-Paul_Pierce_2008-01-13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Paul_Pierce_2008-01-13.jpg/440px-Paul_Pierce_2008-01-13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2074" data-file-height="3110" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Pierce with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1977-10-13</span>) </span>October 13, 1977<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 47)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">235 lb (107 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Inglewood_High_School_(California)" title="Inglewood High School (California)">Inglewood</a> (<a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball">Kansas</a> (1995–1998)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998</a>: 1st round, 10th overall pick</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1998–2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">Small forward</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">shooting guard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">34</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1998</a>–<a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2013</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NBA_season" title="2013–14 NBA season">2013–2014</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">2014–2015</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season" title="2015–16 NBA season">2015</a>–<a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBA_season" title="2016–17 NBA season">2017</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA champion">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a>)</li> <li>10× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2002 NBA All-Star Game">2002</a>–<a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2006 NBA All-Star Game">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2008 NBA All-Star Game">2008</a>–<a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2012 NBA All-Star Game">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Second Team">All-NBA Second Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2009</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Third_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Third Team">All-NBA Third Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2008</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1999</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Three-Point_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Three-Point Contest">NBA Three-Point Contest</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2010 NBA All-Star Game">2010</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a></li> <li>No. 34 <a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Celtics_accomplishments_and_records#Retired_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Boston Celtics accomplishments and records">retired by Boston Celtics</a></li> <li>Consensus first-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1998_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1998 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1998</a>)</li> <li>First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> (1998)</li> <li>Third-team All-<a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> (1997)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Big_12_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="Big 12 men's basketball tournament">Big 12 tournament MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1997_Big_12_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1997 Big 12 men's basketball tournament">1997</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Big_12_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1998 Big 12 men's basketball tournament">1998</a>)</li> <li>No. 34 jersey <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball#Retired_jerseys" title="Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball">retired by Kansas Jayhawks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_All-American_Game" title="McDonald's All-American Game">McDonald's All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1995_McDonald%27s_All-American_Boys_Game" title="1995 McDonald's All-American Boys Game">1995</a>)</li> <li>Second-team <a href="/wiki/Parade_All-America_Boys_Basketball_Team" title="Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team"><i>Parade</i> All-American</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Mr._Basketball" title="California Mr. Basketball">California Mr. Basketball</a> (1995)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">26,397 (19.7 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">7,527 (5.6 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">4,708 (3.5 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/1718">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121647#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #DCDCDC !important;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/Paul-Pierce">Basketball Hall of Fame</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #DCDCDC !important;"><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame">Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paul Anthony Pierce</b> (born October 13, 1977) is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player. He played 19 seasons in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA), predominantly with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>. As of September 2024, he is a contributor to the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_1" title="Fox Sports 1">FS1</a> sports talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Speak_(talk_show)" title="Speak (talk show)">Speak</a></i>. </p><p>Pierce was a high school <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonald's All-American">McDonald's All-American</a> and earned consensus first-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-America</a> honors in his junior year at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">Kansas</a>. After being chosen by the Boston Celtics with the 10th overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998 NBA draft</a>, Pierce spent the first 15 years of his career with Boston. Pierce's nickname, "<b>the Truth</b>," was given to him by <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> in 2001. He starred as captain of the Celtics, earning 10 <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star</a> selections and becoming a four-time <a href="/wiki/All-NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA">All-NBA</a> team member. Pierce combined with <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">Ray Allen</a> in 2007 to form a "Big Three" that led Boston to two <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> and an <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">NBA championship in 2008</a>. Pierce was named <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals Most Valuable Player</a> in 2008. In 2021, Pierce was honored by being named to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a> and was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a>. Along with <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a>, Pierce is one of only three players to have scored more than 20,000 career points with the Celtics. </p><p>In July 2013, Pierce was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> along with teammates Kevin Garnett and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Terry" title="Jason Terry">Jason Terry</a>. He signed with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> as a free agent in 2014. After one season with the Wizards, Pierce signed with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>, reuniting him with former Celtics head coach <a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a>. He spent two seasons with the Clippers before retiring in 2017. On July 17, 2017, the Celtics signed Pierce to a contract, enabling him to retire as a member of the organization with which he spent his first 15 NBA seasons. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pierce was born in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>. His family later moved to <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a>, where he attended <a href="/wiki/Inglewood_High_School_(California)" title="Inglewood High School (California)">Inglewood High School</a>. He was cut from Inglewood High's varsity basketball team during his freshman and sophomore years and seriously thought about transferring before spending extra time in the gym and becoming the "best player on the team" by the end of his junior year.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his senior year, he averaged 27 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists per game.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pierce went on to participate in the 1995 <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_All-American_Game" title="McDonald's All-American Game">McDonald's All-American Game</a> alongside future NBA stars <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" title="Stephon Marbury">Stephon Marbury</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Antawn_Jamison" title="Antawn Jamison">Antawn Jamison</a>, and was a contestant in the game's Slam Dunk Contest, which was won by Carter. He grew up a <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> fan and dreamed of playing for the team.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamenetzky_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamenetzky-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Pierce was honored as one of the 35 Greatest <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonald's All-American">McDonald's All-Americans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pierce spent three years at <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball">Kansas</a> between 1995 and 1998. He earned honorable mention All-Big Eight honors and was selected second team Freshman All-American by Basketball Weekly. He was also honored as the Big Eight Co-Freshman of the Year with Colorado's <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a>. During the summer of 1996, Pierce earned a spot on the roster of the USA's Under 22 team and helped the United States go undefeated in the World Championship-qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico. As a sophomore, Pierce captured the first of two <a href="/wiki/Big_12_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="Big 12 men's basketball tournament">Big 12 Conference tournament</a> Most Valuable Player awards after averaging 21.7 points and guiding Kansas to the inaugural tournament championship.<sup id="cite_ref-nba-bio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba-bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a junior in 1997–98, Pierce won Most Valuable Player honors in both the Preseason NIT and the Big 12 Conference tournament. He was selected First Team All-Big 12 Conference by both the AP and Coaches, and was named Associated Press First Team All-American and a finalist for the 1998 <a href="/wiki/John_R._Wooden_Award" title="John R. Wooden Award">John Wooden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naismith_College_Player_of_the_Year" title="Naismith College Player of the Year">Naismith</a> awards. He scored 777 points as a junior—the fifth-most single-season point total in Jayhawks history. He ranks as the fifth-leading scorer in Kansas history (1,786 points) and 11th on the all-time rebounds list (676).<sup id="cite_ref-nba-bio_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba-bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pierce left the University of Kansas following his junior season and entered the <a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998 NBA draft</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boston_Celtics_(1998–2013)"><span id="Boston_Celtics_.281998.E2.80.932013.29"></span>Boston Celtics (1998–2013)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Boston Celtics (1998–2013)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Pierce_Lipofsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Paul_Pierce_Lipofsky.jpg/200px-Paul_Pierce_Lipofsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Paul_Pierce_Lipofsky.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="205" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Pierce attempting a dunk in January 2000.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Early_years_and_breakthrough_(1998–2007)"><span id="Early_years_and_breakthrough_.281998.E2.80.932007.29"></span>Early years and breakthrough (1998–2007)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Early years and breakthrough (1998–2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pierce was selected with the 10th overall pick in <a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998 NBA draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>, a team he "despised" growing up.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He scored 19 or more points in 10 of his first 11 contests. For that year, he averaged 16.5 points and finished third in the voting for Rookie of the Year honors. In his second season, he raised his scoring average to 19.5 points per game.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2000–01 season, Pierce appeared in 82 games (all starts), averaging 25.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.68 steals in 38.0 minutes. He led the Celtics and finished eighth in the league in points per game and fourth in total points (2,071). He was named NBA Player of the Month for March 2001 after averaging 30.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.60 steals for the month.<sup id="cite_ref-nba-bio_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba-bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2001–02 season, Pierce was named Eastern Conference Co-Player of the Month twice, for December and April.<sup id="cite_ref-nba-bio_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba-bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That season, Pierce led the Celtics to the <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 NBA Playoffs">playoffs</a> for the first time in seven years and on to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Conference_Finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Conference Finals">Eastern Conference Finals</a>. In Game 3 of the conference finals, the Celtics pulled off the largest fourth-quarter comeback in NBA playoff history, with Pierce scoring 19 of his 28 points in the final 12 minutes as Boston overcame a 21-point deficit to beat the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> 94–90.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The win gave the Celtics a 2–1 advantage in the series; however, the Nets went on to win the series in six games. </p><p>From 2002 to 2006, Pierce made the All-Star team every season.<sup id="cite_ref-nba-bio_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba-bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led the league in total points (2,144) in 2002<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was an All-NBA Third Team selection in 2002 and 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NBA_champion_and_Finals_MVP_(2007–2008)"><span id="NBA_champion_and_Finals_MVP_.282007.E2.80.932008.29"></span>NBA champion and Finals MVP (2007–2008)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: NBA champion and Finals MVP (2007–2008)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08 season</a>, the Celtics acquired the services of fellow NBA All-Stars <a href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">Ray Allen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a>. The pair combined with Pierce to form a "Big Three". The Celtics completed the largest single-season turnaround in NBA history, with the "Big Three" leading Boston to 66 wins in the regular season, a 42-game improvement. However, the team struggled initially in the playoffs. The <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> took them to seven games in the first round, as did the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> in the conference semifinals. In Game 7 of their series against the Cavaliers, Pierce racked up the second most Game 7 points in franchise history with 41 as the Celtics edged the Cavaliers to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Celtics went on to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals, winning two road games. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Pierce_Boston_Parade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Paul_Pierce_Boston_Parade.jpg/200px-Paul_Pierce_Boston_Parade.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Paul_Pierce_Boston_Parade.jpg/300px-Paul_Pierce_Boston_Parade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Paul_Pierce_Boston_Parade.jpg/400px-Paul_Pierce_Boston_Parade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a><figcaption>Pierce at the Celtics' 2008 championship parade.</figcaption></figure> <p>On June 5, 2008, in Game 1 of the <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008 NBA Finals</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, Pierce was injured in the third quarter and was carried off the court appearing to be in serious pain.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he came back to the court only a few minutes later to spark the Celtics with 15 points in the third quarter en route to a 98–88 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to lead the Celtics to their 17th championship with a 4–2 series victory over the Lakers. Pierce was named the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals Most Valuable Player</a> after averaging 22 points per game over the six-game series.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coming_up_short_(2008–2012)"><span id="Coming_up_short_.282008.E2.80.932012.29"></span>Coming up short (2008–2012)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Coming up short (2008–2012)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Pierce_LeBron_James.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Paul_Pierce_LeBron_James.jpg/220px-Paul_Pierce_LeBron_James.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Paul_Pierce_LeBron_James.jpg/330px-Paul_Pierce_LeBron_James.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Paul_Pierce_LeBron_James.jpg/440px-Paul_Pierce_LeBron_James.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2962" data-file-height="1950" /></a><figcaption>Pierce being defended by <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> in October 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>Pierce and the Celtics looked to repeat as world champions during the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008–09 NBA season</a>. Pierce missed only one game the entire season and led the team in scoring. He was named to the <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2009 NBA All-Star Game">2009 NBA All-Star Game</a> and for the first time to the <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Team" title="All-NBA Team">All-NBA</a> Second Team. Despite Pierce's success, with Kevin Garnett injured, the Celtics lost in the second round of the <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 NBA Playoffs">2009 NBA Playoffs</a>. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2010 NBA All-Star Game">2010 NBA All-Star Game</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cowboys_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowboys Stadium">Cowboys Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Texas" title="Arlington, Texas">Arlington, Texas</a>, Pierce became the first Celtic since <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/Three-Point_Contest" title="Three-Point Contest">Three-Point Contest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Game 3 of the first round between the Celtics and <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 NBA Playoffs">2010 NBA Playoffs</a>, Pierce hit a 21-foot jumper at the buzzer to beat Miami 100–98 and give the Celtics a 3–0 series lead.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Celtics went on to win that series, and also defeated the heavily favored Cavaliers in the second round. They faced the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals and beat them in 6 games to advance to their second Finals appearance in the Big 3 era. They faced off against the Lakers in a rematch of the 2008 NBA Finals and took a 3–2 lead heading back to Los Angeles. However, in spite of <a href="/wiki/Rasheed_Wallace" title="Rasheed Wallace">Rasheed Wallace</a> more than making up for the loss of injured center Kendrick Perkins, the Celtics were blown out in Game 6 and lost a 13-point second-half lead in Game 7, losing the deciding game 83–79. </p><p>On June 29, 2010, Pierce opted out of his contract and invoked his early termination clause to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-go_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-go-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on July 2, Pierce and the Celtics verbally agreed to a four-year extension keeping him in Boston through the 2013–14 season.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 3, 2010, during a game against the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, Pierce scored his 20,000th career point on a free throw, becoming the third player in <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Celtics</a> history to reach that milestone solely in a Celtics uniform.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Celtics finished the season with the number 3 seed in the Eastern Conference and swept the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> in the first round of the playoffs. In the second round, the Celtics took on the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> and their big three of <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Chris Bosh</a>. The Celtics lost to <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a>, who eventually moved on to the NBA Finals, in five games. </p><p>On February 7, 2012, during a game against the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a>, Pierce scored 15 points to pass <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> for second place on the Boston Celtics' all-time scoring list. He was named to his tenth <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a> appearance on February 9, 2012. He then played his 1,000th career game with the Celtics on March 9, 2012, against the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>; only Pierce, <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a> have played in over 1,000 career games for the Celtics. For the 2011–12 season, Pierce averaged 19.4 points, 4.5 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game as the Celtics finished the season 39–27 during the shortened lockout season. </p><p>In the playoffs, the Celtics beat the Hawks in six games in the first round, as Pierce averaged 21.2 points per game during the series. In the conference semifinals, the Celtics faced the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a>. They pushed the Celtics into a full seven-game series, but the Celtics won the final game 85–75. The Celtics then played the Miami Heat in the conference finals. Pierce hit a crucial 3-pointer over LeBron James in game 5 to take a series lead of 3–2, but the Celtics lost the last two games, and the Heat advanced to the NBA Finals. Pierce finished the playoffs averaging 18.9 points per game while shooting only 38.6 percent from the field and 31 percent from three. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_season_in_Boston_(2012–2013)"><span id="Final_season_in_Boston_.282012.E2.80.932013.29"></span>Final season in Boston (2012–2013)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Final season in Boston (2012–2013)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2012–13 season did not go as planned for the Celtics, with <a href="/wiki/All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Star">All-Star</a> <a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">point guard</a> <a href="/wiki/Rajon_Rondo" title="Rajon Rondo">Rajon Rondo</a> out with a torn ACL injury. On January 27, 2013, against the Miami Heat, Pierce recorded his first triple-double of the season with 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. On February 10, 2013, against the Denver Nuggets, Pierce recorded his second triple-double of the season with 27 points, 14 rebounds, and 14 assists becoming the oldest player, in a game of any length, to record at least 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists (previously held by Larry Bird). On March 29, 2013, against the Atlanta Hawks, Pierce recorded his third triple-double of the season with 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Pierce finished the 2012–13 season with season averages of 18.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game while the Celtics managed to clinch the 7th seed in the playoffs with a 41–40 season record (with one game not played because of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Marathon_bombing" title="Boston Marathon bombing">Boston Marathon bombing</a>). The Celtics lost to the New York Knicks in the 1st round in six games. Pierce averaged 19.2 points per game while shooting a poor 36.8 percent from the field and 26.8 percent from three-point range along with 5.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists in the playoff series loss. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brooklyn_Nets_(2013–2014)"><span id="Brooklyn_Nets_.282013.E2.80.932014.29"></span>Brooklyn Nets (2013–2014)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Brooklyn Nets (2013–2014)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_pierce_nets.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Paul_pierce_nets.jpg/220px-Paul_pierce_nets.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Paul_pierce_nets.jpg/330px-Paul_pierce_nets.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Paul_pierce_nets.jpg/440px-Paul_pierce_nets.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3254" data-file-height="2322" /></a><figcaption>Pierce in his lone season with the Brooklyn Nets</figcaption></figure> <p>On June 28, 2013, the day of the <a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_draft" title="2013 NBA draft">NBA draft</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> reached a deal to trade Pierce, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Terry" title="Jason Terry">Jason Terry</a> for future first-round picks in the <a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_draft" title="2014 NBA draft">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_draft" title="2016 NBA draft">2016</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a> drafts and <a href="/wiki/Kris_Humphries" title="Kris Humphries">Kris Humphries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Wallace" title="Gerald Wallace">Gerald Wallace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kris_Joseph" title="Kris Joseph">Kris Joseph</a>, <a href="/wiki/MarShon_Brooks" title="MarShon Brooks">MarShon Brooks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Keith_Bogans" title="Keith Bogans">Keith Bogans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal was completed on July 12, 2013. Brooklyn also received <a href="/wiki/D._J._White" title="D. J. White">D. J. White</a> and the Celtics also received the right to swap first-round picks in the <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_draft" title="2017 NBA draft">2017 draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pierce convinced Garnett to waive his no-trade clause so that the deal could come to fruition.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At an introductory press conference with Garnett and Terry following the trade, Pierce stated, "We are championship driven... We made a lot of money in our careers. We have won a number of awards. At this point right now, we are about winning a championship. Brooklyn gives us the best opportunity."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013–14, Pierce appeared in 75 games (including 68 starts), averaging 13.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 28.0 minutes. He scored 1,000 points for the 15th straight season, becoming the only active NBA player and the sixth player in NBA history (along with <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a>) to score 1,000 points in 15 straight seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He passed <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a> on the NBA's all-time scoring list (moving up to 18th in NBA history), moved into fifth place in all-time NBA history with 1,935 career three-pointers made, and had his most steals (86) in a season since 2007–08.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 11, 2014, against Atlanta, Pierce became the fourth active player (along with <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> and Garnett) and the 18th player in NBA history to score 25,000 career points.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the season, the Nets were thought to be contenders to win the Eastern Conference. Pierce and Garnett were set to be the supporting cast to <a href="/wiki/Deron_Williams" title="Deron Williams">Deron Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Joe Johnson (basketball)">Joe Johnson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brook_Lopez" title="Brook Lopez">Brook Lopez</a>. After scraping past the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> in the first round of the playoffs thanks to a last-second block from Pierce in Game 7, their attempt to get past the Heat and win a championship fell short. They lost to Miami in five games in the second round.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Washington_Wizards_(2014–2015)"><span id="Washington_Wizards_.282014.E2.80.932015.29"></span>Washington Wizards (2014–2015)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Washington Wizards (2014–2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Pierce_Wizards.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Paul_Pierce_Wizards.jpg/220px-Paul_Pierce_Wizards.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Paul_Pierce_Wizards.jpg/330px-Paul_Pierce_Wizards.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Paul_Pierce_Wizards.jpg/440px-Paul_Pierce_Wizards.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2132" data-file-height="2858" /></a><figcaption>Pierce with the Wizards in 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>On July 17, 2014, Pierce signed a two-year, $11 million contract with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With 14 points against the Atlanta Hawks on November 25, 2014, Pierce passed <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> for 17th place on the NBA's career scoring list.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two weeks later, Pierce passed <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">Reggie Miller</a> for 16th place on the NBA's career scoring list with a season-high 28 points against the Boston Celtics.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 14, 2015, Pierce passed <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> for fourth all-time in three-pointers made in a 105–99 win over the Chicago Bulls.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eleven days later, he recorded his 2,000th career three-pointer in a 117–115 overtime win over the Denver Nuggets.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 2, 2015, he passed <a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">Alex English</a> for 15th place on the NBA's career scoring list with 11 points against the Charlotte Hornets.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pierce finished the regular season averaging 11.9 points per game, a career low. </p><p>On May 9, 2015, Pierce made a two-point shot with three defenders on him at the buzzer to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> 103–101 and take a 2–1 series lead in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. He finished the game with 13 points and 7 rebounds.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Game 6 of the series on May 15, the Wizards were down 94–91 with seconds remaining when Pierce launched a three-pointer, hoping to extend the Wizards' season by forcing overtime. The shot swished, apparently tying the score at the buzzer, but the play was reviewed, showing the clock expired before Pierce released the basketball.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 27, 2015, Pierce opted out of the second year of his contract with the Wizards to become a free agent.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_Clippers_(2015–2017)"><span id="Los_Angeles_Clippers_.282015.E2.80.932017.29"></span>Los Angeles Clippers (2015–2017)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Los Angeles Clippers (2015–2017)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 10, 2015, Pierce signed a three-year, $10 million contract with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his debut for the Clippers in the team's season opener against the Sacramento Kings on October 28, recording 12 points and 7 rebounds off the bench in a 111–104 win.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With <a href="/wiki/Lance_Stephenson" title="Lance Stephenson">Lance Stephenson</a> starting at small forward, Pierce began the season as a role player off the bench for the first time in his career.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 16, Pierce scored six points against the Milwaukee Bucks. In the game, he hit a buzzer-beater to end the first quarter and became the fifth active player and 16th in NBA history to reach 26,000 points.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 26, 2016, Pierce announced that the 2016–17 season would be his last in the NBA.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In what would be his last game in Boston, on February 5, 2017, Pierce started and played the first five minutes before heading to the bench—it was his first appearance for the Clippers since New Year's Eve. Although the crowd chanted his name in the final minutes, Pierce did not re-enter the game until there was 19 seconds left; he hit a three-pointer to finish the game for his only points of the contest.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 10, 2017, he scored all of his 10 points in the final five minutes of the Clippers' 125–96 win over the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently moved into 15th on the NBA career scoring list with 26,397 points.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Clippers finished the regular season with a 51–31 record and entered the playoffs as the No. 4 seed. They went on to lose their first-round playoff series to the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> in seven games, as Pierce's 19-year NBA career came to an end at the final buzzer of Game 7 on April 30, 2017. In his final game, he had six points and three rebounds in 21 minutes and averaged 11.1 minutes in the series.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 28, 2017, he was waived by the Clippers.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement">Retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 17, 2017, Pierce signed a ceremonial contract with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in order to retire with the team.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 18, 2017, the Celtics announced Pierce's jersey would be retired on February 11, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His jersey was raised to the rafters of <a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Garden</a> in a postgame ceremony following the Celtics-Cavaliers game, becoming the 23rd person in Celtics history to be honored.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Pierce was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pierce was a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States national team</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002 FIBA World Championship</a>, starting all nine games and averaging 19.8 points per game.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pierce was also selected for the United States national team for the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2006 FIBA World Championship">2006 FIBA World Championship</a>, but did not compete because of minor off-season surgery.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting_career">Broadcasting career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Broadcasting career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ESPN">ESPN</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: ESPN"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2017, Pierce joined ESPN as a studio analyst for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jump_(ESPN_talk_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jump (ESPN talk show)">The Jump</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Countdown" title="NBA Countdown">NBA Countdown</a></i>, after appearing as a guest analyst during the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a> and <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017 NBA Finals</a> for <i>NBA Countdown</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His role at the network was reduced in 2019 due to questions about his preparation for NBA segments and game predictions.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pierce was fired by ESPN after streaming from his <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> Live on April 2, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the livestream at a poker game, he featured several women wearing bikinis who were massaging his shoulders or <a href="/wiki/Twerking" title="Twerking">twerking</a>. Pierce also showcased himself drinking alcohol from a small cup and smoking a <a href="/wiki/Blunt_(cannabis)" title="Blunt (cannabis)">blunt</a> while responding to fan messages.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ESPN ended its relationship with Pierce on April 5, 2021, and had no further comment on the firing. Pierce later responded to news of his firing with a Twitter video of him laughing while also tweeting that "Big things are coming soon" and "I can't lose even when I lose, I'm winning."<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fox_Sports_1">Fox Sports 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Fox Sports 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2024, Pierce joined <a href="/wiki/FS1" class="mw-redirect" title="FS1">FS1</a> as a basketball analyst in a contributor role for the sports talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Undisputed_(sports_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Undisputed (sports show)">Undisputed</a></i>, hosted by commentator <a href="/wiki/Skip_Bayless" title="Skip Bayless">Skip Bayless</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the departure of Skip Bayless and the discontinuation of <i>Undisputed</i> in August 2024, Pierce moved to the sports talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Speak_(talk_show)" title="Speak (talk show)">Speak</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pierce and his ex-wife Julie (née Landrum) have three children; two daughters, Prianna and Adrian, and a son, Prince.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paul has two half brothers, Jamal and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Hosey" title="Steve Hosey">Steve Hosey</a>. Steve was a first round draft selection and reached the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> ranks with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>. Jamal played college basketball for <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Cowboys_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball">Wyoming</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stabbing_incident">Stabbing incident</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Stabbing incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 25, 2000, Pierce was stabbed 11 times in the face, neck, and back and had a bottle smashed over his head while at the Buzz Club, a late-night dance club in the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Theater_District" title="Boston Theater District">Boston Theater District</a>. He had to undergo lung surgery to repair the damage; nevertheless, Pierce was the only Celtics player to start all 82 games in the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2000–01 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Battie" title="Tony Battie">Tony Battie</a>, Pierce's teammate at the time, along with Battie's brother, saved him by rushing him to a nearby hospital. In 2003, two and a half years after the attack, Pierce pledged $2.5 million to help expand the high-tech surgical center at <a href="/wiki/Tufts_Medical_Center" title="Tufts Medical Center">Tufts-New England Medical Center</a> that helped make his recovery possible. Pierce stated, "This is an opportunity for me to give back to the hospital that was there for me when I needed it."<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2018, Pierce discussed battling depression for a year after his stabbing, revealing that he dealt with paranoia over crowds and <a href="/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-traumatic stress">post-traumatic stress</a> stemming from the incident. He divulged this information as part of the NBA's initiative to focus on the mental health of its players.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nickname">Nickname</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Nickname"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pierce's nickname, "the Truth", was bestowed on him by <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> after a 112–107 <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> victory over the Celtics on March 13, 2001, in which Pierce scored 42 points on 13-of-19 shooting.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Neal pulled <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Herald" title="Boston Herald">Boston Herald</a></i> reporter Steve Bulpett over and gestured toward his notepad. "Take this down," said O'Neal. "My name is Shaquille O'Neal and Paul Pierce is the motherfucking truth. Quote me on that and don't take nothing out. I knew he could play, but I didn't know he could play like this. Paul Pierce is The Truth."<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022_EthereumMax_lawsuit">2022 EthereumMax lawsuit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2022 EthereumMax lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency_bubble" title="Cryptocurrency bubble">Cryptocurrency bubble</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency_and_crime" title="Cryptocurrency and crime">Cryptocurrency and crime</a></div> <p>In January 2022, in a class-action lawsuit filed against the <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a> company EthereumMax that alleged the company is a <a href="/wiki/Pump_and_dump" title="Pump and dump">pump and dump</a> scheme, Pierce was named as a defendant along with media personality <a href="/wiki/Kim_Kardashian" title="Kim Kardashian">Kim Kardashian</a>, former professional boxer <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Mayweather_Jr." title="Floyd Mayweather Jr.">Floyd Mayweather Jr.</a>, and other celebrities for <a href="/wiki/False_advertising" title="False advertising">promoting</a> the EthereumMax token on their <a href="/wiki/Influencer_marketing" title="Influencer marketing">social media accounts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2022, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Eleventh_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit">U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals</a> ruled in a lawsuit against <a href="/wiki/Bitconnect" title="Bitconnect">Bitconnect</a> that the <a href="/wiki/Securities_Act_of_1933" title="Securities Act of 1933">Securities Act of 1933</a> extends to <a href="/wiki/Targeted_advertising" title="Targeted advertising">targeted solicitation</a> using social media.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2022, <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Central_District_of_California" title="United States District Court for the Central District of California">Central California U.S. District Court Judge</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_W._Fitzgerald" title="Michael W. Fitzgerald">Michael W. Fitzgerald</a> dismissed the lawsuit on the basis that the claims were insufficiently supported given heightened <a href="/wiki/Pleading_(United_States)" title="Pleading (United States)">pleading standards</a> for fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the March 19, 2024, episode of <a href="/wiki/Extended_Family_(TV_series)" title="Extended Family (TV series)">Extended Family</a>, entitled "The Consequences of Being Irish," Pierce played himself at a fictional <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> fundraising event.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career_statistics">NBA career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: NBA career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> <b>Bold</b>  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #afe6ba; border: 1px solid black;"> †  </td> <td>Won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championship</a></td> <td style="background-color: #CFECEC; border: 1px solid black;"> *  </td> <td>Led the league</td> <td style="background-color: #E0CEF2; border: 1px solid black;"> ‡  </td> <td>NBA record </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1998–99</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1998–99 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>48</td> <td>47</td> <td>34.0</td> <td>.439</td> <td>.412</td> <td>.713</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>1.7</td> <td><b>1.0</b></td> <td>16.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_NBA_season" title="1999–2000 NBA season">1999–00</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1999–2000 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>73</td> <td>72</td> <td>35.4</td> <td>.442</td> <td>.343</td> <td>.798</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>3.0</td> <td><b>2.1</b></td> <td>.8</td> <td>19.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2000–01</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2000–01 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>82</b>*</td> <td>38.0</td> <td>.454</td> <td>.383</td> <td>.745</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>.8</td> <td>25.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–02</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2001–02 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>40.3</b></td> <td>.442</td> <td>.404</td> <td>.809</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>1.9</td> <td><b>1.0</b></td> <td>26.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2002–03 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>79</td> <td>39.2</td> <td>.416</td> <td>.302</td> <td>.802</td> <td><b>7.3</b></td> <td>4.4</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>.8</td> <td>25.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–04</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2003–04 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>38.7</td> <td>.402</td> <td>.299</td> <td>.819</td> <td>6.5</td> <td><b>5.1</b></td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.7</td> <td>23.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2004–05 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>82</b>*</td> <td>36.1</td> <td>.455</td> <td>.370</td> <td>.822</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>4.2</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.5</td> <td>21.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2005–06 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>79</td> <td>39.0</td> <td>.471</td> <td>.354</td> <td>.772</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>4.7</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>.4</td> <td><b>26.8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2006–07 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>47</td> <td>46</td> <td>37.0</td> <td>.439</td> <td>.389</td> <td>.796</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.3</td> <td>25.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08</a>† </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2007–08 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>35.9</td> <td>.464</td> <td>.392</td> <td>.843</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.5</td> <td>19.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008–09</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2008–09 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>81</td> <td>37.5</td> <td>.457</td> <td>.391</td> <td>.830</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>3.6</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.3</td> <td>20.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season" title="2009–10 NBA season">2009–10</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2009–10 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>71</td> <td>71</td> <td>34.0</td> <td>.472</td> <td><b>.414</b></td> <td>.852</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>.4</td> <td>18.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010–11</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2010–11 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>34.7</td> <td><b>.497</b></td> <td>.374</td> <td><b>.860</b></td> <td>5.4</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.6</td> <td>18.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NBA_season" title="2011–12 NBA season">2011–12</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2011–12 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>61</td> <td>61</td> <td>34.0</td> <td>.443</td> <td>.366</td> <td>.852</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.4</td> <td>19.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2012–13</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2012–13 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td>33.4</td> <td>.436</td> <td>.380</td> <td>.787</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>4.8</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.4</td> <td>18.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NBA_season" title="2013–14 NBA season">2013–14</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Brooklyn_Nets_season" title="2013–14 Brooklyn Nets season">Brooklyn</a> </td> <td>75</td> <td>68</td> <td>28.0</td> <td>.451</td> <td>.373</td> <td>.826</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.4</td> <td>13.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">2014–15</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Washington_Wizards_season" title="2014–15 Washington Wizards season">Washington</a> </td> <td>73</td> <td>73</td> <td>26.2</td> <td>.447</td> <td>.389</td> <td>.781</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.3</td> <td>11.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season" title="2015–16 NBA season">2015–16</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers season">L.A. Clippers</a> </td> <td>68</td> <td>38</td> <td>18.1</td> <td>.363</td> <td>.310</td> <td>.818</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.3</td> <td>6.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBA_season" title="2016–17 NBA season">2016–17</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2016–17 Los Angeles Clippers season">L.A. Clippers</a> </td> <td>25</td> <td>7</td> <td>11.1</td> <td>.400</td> <td>.349</td> <td>.769</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>.4</td> <td>.2</td> <td>.2</td> <td>3.2 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td align="center" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>1,343</td> <td>1,285</td> <td>34.2</td> <td>.445</td> <td>.368</td> <td>.806</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.6</td> <td>19.7 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td align="center" colspan="2">All-Star </td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>13.6</td> <td>.456</td> <td>.188</td> <td>.727</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>.1</td> <td>9.6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 NBA Playoffs">2002</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2001–02 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>42.0</td> <td>.403</td> <td>.288</td> <td>.764</td> <td>8.6</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>24.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 NBA Playoffs">2003</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2002–03 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>44.5</b></td> <td>.399</td> <td>.356</td> <td>.863</td> <td><b>9.0</b></td> <td><b>6.7</b></td> <td><b>2.1</b></td> <td>.8</td> <td><b>27.1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 NBA Playoffs">2004</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2003–04 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>40.5</td> <td>.342</td> <td>.294</td> <td>.839</td> <td>8.8</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>20.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 NBA Playoffs">2005</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2004–05 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>39.6</td> <td><b>.505</b></td> <td>.259</td> <td>.868</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>1.9</td> <td><b>1.4</b></td> <td>22.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 NBA Playoffs">2008</a>† </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2007–08 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td style="background:#E0CEF2; width:3em"><b>26</b>‡</td> <td style="background:#E0CEF2; width:3em"><b>26</b>‡</td> <td>38.1</td> <td>.441</td> <td>.361</td> <td>.802</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.3</td> <td>19.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 NBA Playoffs">2009</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2008–09 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>39.7</td> <td>.430</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.842</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.4</td> <td>21.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 NBA Playoffs">2010</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2009–10 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">24*</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">24*</td> <td>38.8</td> <td>.438</td> <td>.392</td> <td>.824</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.6</td> <td>18.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 NBA Playoffs">2011</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2010–11 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>38.1</td> <td>.459</td> <td>.447</td> <td>.882</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.4</td> <td>20.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 NBA Playoffs">2012</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2011–12 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>38.9</td> <td>.386</td> <td>.310</td> <td>.894</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>.9</td> <td>18.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 NBA Playoffs">2013</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2012–13 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>42.5</td> <td>.368</td> <td>.268</td> <td>.897</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.5</td> <td>19.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 NBA Playoffs">2014</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Brooklyn_Nets_season" title="2013–14 Brooklyn Nets season">Brooklyn</a> </td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>30.7</td> <td>.465</td> <td>.358</td> <td>.781</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>.3</td> <td>13.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 NBA Playoffs">2015</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Washington_Wizards_season" title="2014–15 Washington Wizards season">Washington</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>29.8</td> <td>.485</td> <td><b>.524</b></td> <td>.850</td> <td>4.2</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.7</td> <td>14.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 NBA Playoffs">2016</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers season">L.A. Clippers</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>10.8</td> <td>.167</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.850</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>.2</td> <td>.4</td> <td>.0</td> <td>1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 NBA Playoffs">2017</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2016–17 Los Angeles Clippers season">L.A. Clippers</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>14.4</td> <td>.444</td> <td>.400</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>2.0</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.0</td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td align="center" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>170</td> <td>159</td> <td>36.6</td> <td>.423</td> <td>.355</td> <td>.830</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>.6</td> <td>18.7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_highlights">Career highlights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Career highlights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NBA">NBA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: NBA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>NBA champion</b>: 2008</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a></b>: 2008</li> <li><b>All-NBA Second Team</b>: 2009</li> <li><b>3-time All-NBA Third Team</b>: 2002, 2003, 2008</li> <li><b>10-time NBA All-Star</b>: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012</li> <li><b>NBA All-Rookie First Team</b>: 1999</li> <li><b>NBA 3-Point Contest winner</b>: 2010</li> <li>NBA regular-season leader, <b>total points</b>: 2002 (<b>2144</b>)</li> <li>NBA regular-season leader, <b>free throws made</b>: 2003 (<b>604</b>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a></b>: 2021</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College">College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Named <b>First Team All-America</b> by the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> after his junior year at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a>.</li> <li>Named <b>Big Eight Freshman of the Year</b> in 1995–96.</li> <li><b>MVP</b> of the <b>Big 12 Conference tournament</b> in both 1997 and 1998.</li> <li>Member of the All-Big 12 First Team in 1997–1998.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">US national team</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002 FIBA World Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Member of the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Basketball_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball World Championship">USA Basketball World Championship Team</a> (Did not play due to an elbow injury).</li> <li>Home Team Community Service Award (2002)<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Named to <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Kansas Sports Hall of Fame">Kansas Sports Hall of Fame</a> in 2018<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boston_Celtics_franchise_records">Boston Celtics franchise records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Pierce&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Boston Celtics franchise records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Most points scored in a half (including Overtime): <b>46</b> (December 1, 2001 2nd Half vs. <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>).</li> <li>Most points scored in an overtime period: <b>13</b> (December 1, 2001 vs. <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>)</li> <li>Most three-point field goals made, career: <b>1578</b><sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Most three-point field goals attempted, career: <b>4273</b><sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Most free throws made, career: <b>5808</b><sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference_90-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Most free throws attempted, career: <b>7212</b><sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference_90-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Most free throws made in one game: <b>20</b> (November 2, 2002 vs. <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>).</li> <li>Most free throws attempted in one game: <b>24</b> (November 5, 2005 vs. <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>).</li> <li>Most free throws made in one half: <b>14</b> (March 2, 2001 vs. <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>).</li> <li>Most free throws made in one season: <b>627</b> (<a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a>, breaking his own record of 604 set in <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference2_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference2-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Most free throws attempted in one season: <b>812</b> (<a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a>, breaking his own record of 753 set in <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference2_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference2-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Most steals in one game: <b>9</b> (tied with <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>; December 3, 1999 vs. <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>).</li> <li>Most free throws made without a miss, playoffs: <b>21</b> (Game 1, 2003 Eastern Conference First Round).</li> <li>Most points scored in one half, playoffs: <b>32</b> (Game 4, 2003 Eastern Conference First Round vs. <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>).</li> <li>Highest scoring average through one month: <b>33.5 PPG</b> (February 2006).</li> <li>Only Celtics player in franchise history to lead the NBA in total points scored in a season, scoring <b>2,144</b> points in <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–02</a>.</li> <li>Oldest Celtics player to score 40 points in a game: <b>35 years, 2 months, and 6 days old</b> (December 19, 2012 vs <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Pierce is the Celtics' second all-time leading scorer behind <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a>. 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Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lieberman" title="Nancy Lieberman">Lieberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hort%C3%AAncia_Marcari" title="Hortência Marcari">Marcari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Mar%C4%8Diulionis" title="Šarūnas Marčiulionis">Marčiulionis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slater_Martin" title="Slater Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McDermott" title="Bobby McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_McGuire" title="Dick McGuire">D. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">R. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Moncrief" title="Sidney Moncrief">Moncrief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Moore" title="Pearl Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Page" title="Harlan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Posey" title="Cumberland Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Rodgers" title="Guy Rodgers">Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roosma" title="John Roosma">Roosma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_Russell" title="Honey Russell">J. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Sedran" title="Barney Sedran">Sedran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">K. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Staley" title="Dawn Staley">Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Steinmetz" title="Christian Steinmetz">Steinmetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Swoopes" title="Sheryl Swoopes">Swoopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Timms" title="Michele Timms">Timms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_Vandivier" title="Fuzzy Vandivier">Vandivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wanzer" title="Bobby Wanzer">Wanzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Weatherspoon" title="Teresa Weatherspoon">Weatherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">J. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynette_Woodard" title="Lynette Woodard">Woodard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Bosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boswell" title="Sonny Boswell">Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swin_Cash" title="Swin Cash">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamika_Catchings" title="Tamika Catchings">Catchings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cooper_(basketball)" title="Chuck Cooper (basketball)">C. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">M. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Curry" title="Denise Curry">Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Dalipagi%C4%87" title="Dražen Dalipagić">Dalipagić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">DeBusschere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dehnert" title="Dutch Dehnert">Dehnert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Foster" title="Harold E. Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fulks" title="Joe Fulks">Fulks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laddie_Gale" title="Laddie Gale">Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Gates" title="Pop Gates">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Hagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Howell" title="Bailey Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Hudson" title="Lou Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jackson" title="Lauren Jackson">L. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">G. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">B. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_King" title="Bernard King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrina_McClain" title="Katrina McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_McCracken" title="Branch McCracken">B. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McCracken" title="Jack McCracken">J. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Mikkelsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Miller" title="Cheryl Miller">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pullins" title="Albert Pullins">Pullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Ra%C4%91a" title="Dino Rađa">Radja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Rodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Schmidt" title="Ernest Schmidt">E. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt" title="Oscar Schmidt">O. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Thompson" title="Tina Thompson">T. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Walker" title="Chet Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nera_White" title="Nera White">N. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yardley" title="George Yardley">Yardley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(basketball)" title="Thomas Barlow (basketball)">Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Beaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Cooper" title="Tarzan Cooper">T. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87" title="Krešimir Ćosić">Ćosić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Crawford_(basketball)" title="Joan Crawford (basketball)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_DeBernardi" title="Forrest DeBernardi">DeBernardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Donovan" title="Anne Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Griffith" title="Yolanda Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Gruenig" title="Ace Gruenig">Gruenig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusia_Harris" title="Lusia Harris">Harris-Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inman_Jackson" title="Inman Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinny_Johnson" title="Skinny Johnson">W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Krause" title="Moose Krause">M. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubiratan_Pereira_Maciel" title="Ubiratan Pereira Maciel">Maciel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">Meneghin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretch_Murphy" title="Stretch Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Risen" title="Arnie Risen">Risen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uljana_Semjonova" title="Uljana Semjonova">Semjonova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Wachter" title="Ed Wachter">Wachter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Washington" title="Ora Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_coaches_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Coaches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Adelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidiya_Alekseyeva" title="Lidiya Alekseyeva">Alexeeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phog_Allen" title="Phog Allen">P. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Harold Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_Auriemma" title="Geno Auriemma">Auriemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Barmore" title="Leon Barmore">Barmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Barry" title="Sam Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Bess" title="Gene Bess">Bess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Blair" title="Gary Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Blood" title="Ernest Blood">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boeheim" title="Jim Boeheim">Boeheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">L. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Calhoun" title="Jim Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">Calipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Carlson" title="Doc Carlson">Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Carnesecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Carnevale" title="Ben Carnevale">Carnevale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Carril" title="Pete Carril">Carril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Case" title="Everett Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Chancellor" title="Van Chancellor">Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(basketball,_born_1932)" title="John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)">Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jody_Conradt" title="Jody Conradt">Conradt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Crum" title="Denny Crum">Crum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dean" title="Everett Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_D%C3%ADaz-Miguel" title="Antonio Díaz-Miguel">Díaz-Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Diddle" title="Edgar Diddle">Diddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Drake" title="Bruce Drake">Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Driesell" title="Lefty Driesell">Driesell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ferr%C3%A1ndiz" title="Pedro Ferrándiz">Ferrándiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Fitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Gaines" title="Clarence Gaines">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Gamba" title="Sandro Gamba">Gamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gardner_(basketball)" title="Jack Gardner (basketball)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Gaze" title="Lindsay Gaze">Gaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slats_Gill" title="Slats Gill">Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gomelsky" title="Alexander Gomelsky">Gomelsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gunter" title="Sue Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Hannum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Harshman" title="Marv Harshman">Harshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Haskins" title="Don Haskins">Haskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hatchell" title="Sylvia Hatchell">Hatchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hickey" title="Eddie Hickey">Hickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hixon" title="David Hixon">Hixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hobson" title="Howard Hobson">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Holzman" title="Red Holzman">Holzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Huggins" title="Bob Huggins">Huggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Robert Hughes (basketball)">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hurley" title="Bob Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Iba" title="Henry Iba">Iba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">P. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggie_Julian" title="Doggie Julian">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Keady" title="Gene Keady">Keady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Keaney" title="Frank Keaney">Keaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Keogan" title="George Keogan">Keogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski" title="Mike Krzyzewski">Krzyzewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kundla" title="John Kundla">Kundla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Lambert" title="Ward Lambert">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leonard" title="Bobby Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Litwack" title="Harry Litwack">Litwack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Loeffler" title="Ken Loeffler">Loeffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Lonborg" title="Dutch Lonborg">Lonborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Magee" title="Herb Magee">Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad_McCutchan" title="Arad McCutchan">McCutchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muffet_McGraw" title="Muffet McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_McGuire" title="Al McGuire">A. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuire" title="Frank McGuire">F. 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Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Williams_(basketball_coach)" title="Roy Williams (basketball coach)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Woolpert" title="Phil Woolpert">Woolpert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wootten" title="Morgan Wootten">Wootten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Yow" title="Kay Yow">Yow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Contributors" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Contributors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senda_Berenson_Abbott" title="Senda Berenson Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Ackerman" title="Val Ackerman">Ackerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Attles" title="Al Attles">Attles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Barksdale" title="Don Barksdale">Barksdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Baumann_(basketball)" title="Patrick Baumann (basketball)">Baumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clair_Bee" title="Clair Bee">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Biasone" title="Danny Biasone">Biasone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Brown" title="Walter A. Brown">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bunn_(basketball)" title="John Bunn (basketball)">Bunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Clifton" title="Nat Clifton">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">Colangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Costello" title="Larry Costello">Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davidson_(businessman)" title="Bill Davidson (businessman)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Douglas" title="Bob Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alva_Duer" title="Alva Duer">Duer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Fagan" title="Cliff Fagan">Fagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Fisher" title="Harry A. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fleisher" title="Larry Fleisher">Fleisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Garfinkel" title="Howard Garfinkel">Garfinkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gavitt" title="Dave Gavitt">Gavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gottlieb" title="Eddie Gottlieb">Gottlieb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Granik" title="Russ Granik">Granik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Gulick_(physician)" title="Luther Gulick (physician)">Gulick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Harrison_(basketball)" title="Les Harrison (basketball)">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Henderson" title="Edwin Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Hepp" title="Ferenc Hepp">Hepp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Hickox" title="Edward J. Hickox">Hickox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinkle" title="Tony Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Irish" title="Ned Irish">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannie_Jackson" title="Mannie Jackson">M. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jernstedt" title="Tom Jernstedt">Jernstedt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renato_William_Jones" title="Renato William Jones">R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy" title="J. Walter Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Knight" title="Phil Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">J. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon" title="Meadowlark Lemon">Lemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Liston" title="Emil Liston">Liston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Lloyd" title="Earl Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Lobo" title="Rebecca Lobo">Lobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mokray" title="Bill Mokray">Mokray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Morgan_(basketball)" title="Ralph Morgan (basketball)">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Morgenweck" title="Pop Morgenweck">Morgenweck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Naismith" title="James Naismith">Naismith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Newell" title="Pete Newell">Newell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._M._Newton" title="C. M. Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Brien_(basketball,_born_1888)" title="John O'Brien (basketball, born 1888)">J. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien" title="Larry O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Olsen" title="Harold Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff" title="Maurice Podoloff">Podoloff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._V._Porter" title="H. V. Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Raveling" title="George Raveling">Raveling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Reid_(basketball)" title="William Reid (basketball)">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reinsdorf" title="Jerry Reinsdorf">Reinsdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Ripley" title="Elmer Ripley">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satch_Sanders" title="Satch Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abe_Saperstein" title="Abe Saperstein">Saperstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schabinger" title="Arthur Schabinger">Schabinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Simon_(businessman)" title="Herb Simon (businessman)">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_St._John" title="Lynn St. John">St. John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Alonzo_Stagg" title="Amos Alonzo Stagg">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borislav_Stankovi%C4%87" title="Borislav Stanković">Stanković</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Steitz" title="Ed Steitz">Steitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Stern" title="David Stern">Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_(salesman)" title="Chuck Taylor (salesman)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Thorn" title="Rod Thorn">Thorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Tower" title="Oswald Tower">Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Trester" title="Arthur Trester">Trester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Valvano" title="Jim Valvano">Valvano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Vitale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Wells" title="Clifford Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Welts" title="Rick Welts">Welts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Wilke" title="Louis Wilke">Wilke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Winter" title="Tex Winter">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Zollner" title="Fred Zollner">Zollner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Referees" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Referees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Bavetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Enright_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Enright (referee)">Enright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Evans_(basketball)" title="Hugh Evans (basketball)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darell_Garretson" title="Darell Garretson">Garretson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hepbron" title="George Hepbron">Hepbron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hoyt" title="George Hoyt">Hoyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_P._Kennedy" title="Matthew P. 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title="Leon Powe">Powe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 <a href="/wiki/Rajon_Rondo" title="Rajon Rondo">Rondo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 <a href="/wiki/Glen_Davis_(basketball)" title="Glen Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Pruitt" title="Gabe Pruitt">Pruitt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 <a href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">R. 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Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Maxwell" title="Cedric Maxwell">Maxwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pierce</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Iguodala</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Jaylen_Brown" title="Jaylen Brown">Brown</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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Ellis">Ellis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Hodges" title="Craig Hodges">Hodges</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Hodges" title="Craig Hodges">Hodges</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Hodges" title="Craig Hodges">Hodges</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Price" title="Mark Price">Price</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Price" title="Mark Price">Price</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rice" title="Glen Rice">Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Legler" title="Tim Legler">Legler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Kerr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Hornacek</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a 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title="Devin Booker">Booker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Harris_(basketball)" title="Joe Harris (basketball)">Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Hield" title="Buddy Hield">Hield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Towns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Lillard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Lillard</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in <b><a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_BAA_season" title="1946–47 BAA season"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">1946</span></a></b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">Boston, Massachusetts</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Boston_Celtics" title="History of the Boston Celtics">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics_all-time_roster" title="Boston Celtics all-time roster">All-time roster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics_draft_history" title="Boston Celtics draft history">Draft history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics_accomplishments_and_records" title="Boston Celtics accomplishments and records">Accomplishments and records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Celtics_head_coaches" title="List of Boston Celtics head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Celtics_seasons" title="List of Boston Celtics seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2024–25 Boston Celtics season">Current season</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;;;width:1%">Arenas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthews_Arena" title="Matthews Arena">Boston Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XL_Center" title="XL Center">Hartford Civic Center</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Garden</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;;;width:1%">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Owner(s)</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boston_Basketball_Partners" title="Boston Basketball Partners">Boston Basketball Partners</a></dd> <dt>President</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rich_Gotham" title="Rich Gotham">Rich Gotham</a></dd> <dt>General manager</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brad_Stevens" title="Brad Stevens">Brad Stevens</a></dd> <dt>Head coach</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mazzulla" title="Joe Mazzulla">Joe Mazzulla</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;;;width:1%">G League affiliate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Celtics" title="Maine Celtics">Maine Celtics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">00</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Brown" title="Walter A. Brown">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satch_Sanders" title="Satch Sanders">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(basketball,_born_1933)" title="Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Maxwell" title="Cedric Maxwell">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">33</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Lewis" title="Reggie Lewis">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Loscutoff" title="Jim Loscutoff">LOSCY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Most" title="Johnny Most">MIC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #BB9753 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #008348, inset -2px -2px 0 #008348; !important;;;width:1%">NBA championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_Finals" title="1957 NBA Finals">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_Finals" title="1959 NBA Finals">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_Finals" title="1960 NBA Finals">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_Finals" title="1961 NBA Finals">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_Finals" title="1962 NBA Finals">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NBA_Finals" title="1963 NBA Finals">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_Finals" title="1964 NBA Finals">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_ABC" title="College Basketball on ABC">College Basketball on ABC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ABC_Olympic_broadcasts" title="ABC Olympic broadcasts">Olympics on ABC</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related<br />articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association on television">NBA on TV</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" title="NBA Finals television ratings">NBA Finals TV ratings</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="NBA on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1970s" title="NBA on television in the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NBA on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2010s" title="NBA on television in the 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2020s" title="NBA on television in the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ABC_commentators" title="List of NBA on ABC commentators">Key figures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ESPN_commentators" title="List of NBA on ESPN commentators">ESPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA All-Star Game broadcasters">WNBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA Finals broadcasters">WNBA Finals</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Durham" title="Jim Durham">Jim Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flemming" title="Bill Flemming">Bill Flemming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Forte" title="Chet Forte">Chet Forte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howard" title="Chuck Howard">Chuck Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Nessler" title="Brad Nessler">Brad Nessler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Pasch" title="Dave Pasch">Dave Pasch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Ruocco" title="Ryan Ruocco">Ryan Ruocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Anthony" title="Greg Anthony">Greg Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Bob Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Elliott" title="Sean Elliott">Sean Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Legler" title="Tim Legler">Tim Legler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Mark Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kerr" title="Johnny Kerr">Johnny Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Majerle" title="Dan Majerle">Dan Majerle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tolbert" title="Tom Tolbert">Tom Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Jack Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline<br />reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Aldridge" title="David Aldridge">David Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cosell" title="Howard Cosell">Howard Cosell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Cox" title="Heather Cox">Heather Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Diles" title="Dave Diles">Dave Diles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Gutierrez" title="Israel Gutierrez">Israel Gutierrez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassidy_Hubbarth" title="Cassidy Hubbarth">Cassidy Hubbarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Masekela" class="mw-redirect" title="Sal Masekela">Sal Masekela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rinaldi" title="Tom Rinaldi">Tom Rinaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Sager" title="Craig Sager">Craig Sager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Salters" title="Lisa Salters">Lisa Salters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Sedano" title="Jorge Sedano">Jorge Sedano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Beadle" title="Michelle Beadle">Michelle Beadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Greenberg" title="Mike Greenberg">Mike Greenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Nichols_(journalist)" title="Rachel Nichols (journalist)">Rachel Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Patrick (sportscaster)">Dan Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sage_Steele" title="Sage Steele">Sage Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Taylor_(sportscaster)" title="Maria Taylor (sportscaster)">Maria Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Barry" title="Jon Barry">Jon Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Broussard" title="Chris Broussard">Chris Broussard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Johnson" title="Avery Johnson">Avery Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Myers" title="Bob Myers">Bob Myers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike" title="Chiney Ogwumike">Chiney Ogwumike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Perkins" title="Kendrick Perkins">Kendrick Perkins</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Paul Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Rose" title="Jalen Rose">Jalen Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Smith" title="Stephen A. Smith">Stephen A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilbon" title="Michael Wilbon">Michael Wilbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball)" title="Jay Williams (basketball)">Jay Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Wojnarowski" title="Adrian Wojnarowski">Adrian Wojnarowski</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a><br />announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Barnett" title="Dave Barnett">Dave Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Manfra" title="Fred Manfra">Fred Manfra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Most" title="Johnny Most">Johnny Most</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Dick Vitale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a> (Games 2, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a> (Games 1, 4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a> (Games 3, 5-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Finals" title="1970 NBA Finals">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_Finals" title="1973 NBA Finals">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_Finals" title="2004 NBA Finals">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Finals" title="2005 NBA Finals">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Finals" title="2012 NBA Finals">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals" title="2013 NBA Finals">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Finals" title="2014 NBA Finals">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Finals" title="2019 NBA Finals">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals" title="2021 NBA Finals">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_Finals" title="2023 NBA Finals">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">2024</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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