Paul Pierce
- January 5, 2024
- Basketball Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Paul Pierce |
Occupation | Basketball Player |
Date Of Birth | Oct 13, 1977(1977-10-13) |
Age | 47 |
Birthplace | Oakland |
Country | United States |
Birth City | California |
Horoscope | Libra |
Paul Pierce Biography
Name | Paul Pierce |
Birthday | Oct 13 |
Birth Year | 1977 |
Place Of Birth | Oakland |
Home Town | California |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Libra |
Spouse | Julie Pierce |
Paul Pierce is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on October 13, 1977 in Oakland, California, United States. Star guard/forward awarded the NBA Finals MVP after leading the Boston Celtics to an NBA Championship in 2008, which was his 10th season with the team. He played for a season for the Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards before joining the Los Angeles Clippers in 2015.
He was up against He went up against Kobe Bryant twice in the NBA finals, and each All-Star came out on top once. twice in the NBA finals and every All-Star was victorious at least once.
Pierce spent three years at Kansas 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 Chauncey Billups. During summer of 1996, Pierce earned a spot on the roster of the USA’s Under 22 team and helped USA go unbeaten in the World Championship-qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico. As a sophomore, Pierce captured the first of two Big 12 Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player awards after averaging 21.7 points and guiding Kansas to the inaugural tournament championship.
Pierce was born and raised in Oakland, California. His family later moved to Inglewood, California, where he attended Inglewood High School. He was cut from Inglewood High’s varsity basketball team his freshman and sophomore years, and seriously thought about transferring before spending extra time in the gym and becoming the star of the team by the end of his junior year. In his senior year he averaged 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists per game. Pierce went on to participate in the 1995 McDonald’s All-American Game alongside future NBA stars Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Stephon Marbury, and Antawn Jamison, and was a contestant in the game’s Slam Dunk Contest, which was won by Carter. He grew up a Los Angeles Lakers fan and dreamed of playing for the team.
He got married Julie Landrum in July 2010 and owns two daughters: Adrian as well as Prianna, and one prince. Prince.
Paul Pierce Net Worth
Net Worth | $70 Million |
Source Of Income | Basketball Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Paul Pierce is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Pierce 's net worth $70 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a Lakers fan, living close to Inglewood’s Forum Inglewood. Inglewood.
In the month of September 2000, he was repeatedly stabbed at a nightclub in Boston.
Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently an analyst on ESPN’s basketball programs The Jump and NBA Countdown.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 6 ft 7 in |
Paul Pierce height 6 ft 7 in Paul weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Paul Pierce Dating?
According to our records, Paul Pierce married to Julie Pierce. As of December 1, 2023, Paul Pierce’s is not dating anyone.
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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 Boston Theater District. He had to undergo lung surgery to repair the damage. Nevertheless, Pierce was the only Celtic to start all 82 games in the 2000–01 season. Tony Battie, 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 Tufts-New England Medical Center 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.”
Facts & Trivia
Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Paul Pierce celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.
In the 2001–02 season, Pierce was named Eastern Conference Co-Player of the Month twice, for December and April. That season, Pierce led the Celtics to the playoffs for the first time in seven years and on to the Eastern Conference Finals. In Game 3 of the conference finals, the Celtics pulled off the greatest 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 New Jersey Nets 94–90. The win gave the Celtics a 2–1 advantage in the series; however, the Nets went on to win the series in six games.