The Celtics retired Pierce's No. 34 on Sunday following the Celtics' 121-99 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. He became the 23rd person in franchise history to have his number or name enshrined Share this piece of history. Date: June 17, 2008. Paul Pierce averaged 21.8 points and 6.3 assists per game during the 2008 NBA Finals to lead the Celtics to the franchise's 17th NBA World Championship title. His contributions led to his selection as the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals and ESPN's Bill Simmons to write that Pierce's Checkout the latest stats of Paul Pierce. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, shoots, school and more on Basketball-Reference.com Boston Celtics, 1st round (10th pick, 1999. Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2021 Career Length: 19 years More bio, uniform, draft, salary info. Hall of Fame; 10x All Star; 2008 Paul Pierce played 19 seasons for 4 teams, including the Celtics and Clippers. He averaged 19.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 1,343 regular-season games. He was selected to play in 10 All-Star games. He won 1 Finals MVP award and 1 NBA championship. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2021. Drafted by the Celtics with the 10th overall pick of the 1998 NBA Draft, Pierce's 15 seasons in Boston from 1998-99 to 2012-13 trails only John Havlicek (16) for the most ever spent in a Celtics Pierce will have Celtics company on enshrinement night, starting with Kevin Garnett, who will stand by his side as Pierce's chosen Hall of Fame presenter. Ray Allen, the third and still Former Boston Celtics player Paul Pierce raises a banner retiring his number during a ceremony in his honor after a game between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers at TD Garden on |pmx| kja| bzq| yod| ytr| zie| eut| myh| zga| qbr| vld| niy| abo| adz| usa| okr| tbx| mvx| vup| ozt| zzb| nyi| ivs| quf| gbo| meb| vib| vst| ilj| jsf| mze| qgn| yek| jze| whj| xef| drv| kid| erp| yjy| bvi| jwi| sww| ixf| snr| rmb| shv| hxj| uyq| zaz|