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Paul Pierce

Posted: Monday April 12, 2010 4:32 AM EDT

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Paul Pierce

Paul Pierce

6-foot-7, 235 pounds

DOB: October 13, 1977

College: Kansas

12th NBA season ... 8th NBA All-Star Game

Has become one of the top scorers in Celtics history (third overall behind John Havlicek and Larry Bird) and NBA history ... He is currently ranked 41st all-time among all players ... In 12th season with the Celtics and is only surpassed by eight other players in franchise history for most seasons played in ... Shooting a career-high 47.0 percent from three-point range (2nd in the NBA) ... Scored a season-high 33 points in New York on Nov. 22, 2009 ... Recorded his 19,000th career point against Washington on Dec. 10 ... Passed Isiah Thomas for 48th all-time in scoring against Golden State on Nov. 18 ... Was the MVP of the 2008 Finals, averaging 21.8 points and 6.3 assists in 38.8 minutes a game during the Celtics' championship run ... Has averaged 22.2 points and 6.8 rebounds a game in 77 career playoff games ... An All-NBA Second Team selection in 2009 ... An All-NBA Third Team selection in 2008 ... An All-NBA Third Team selection in 2002 and 2003 ... An NBA All-Rookie First Team selection in 1999 after averaging 16.5 points and 6.4 rebounds in his first NBA season ... Was a member of the USA Basketball team that competed in the 2002 World Basketball Championship ... Selected by the Celtics with the 10th overall pick in the 1998 Draft ... Nickname is "The Truth" which was given to him by Shaquille O'Neal ...

Allstar Average Statistics
  G GS MPG FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
8 0 15.9 38-76 0.500 4-25 0.160 7-9 0.778 0.5 2.4 2.9 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.9 1.1 10.9
2009-2010 Statistics
Team G GS MPG FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
BOS 70 70 34.0 397-850 0.467 109-262 0.416 365-429 0.851 0.6 3.8 4.4 3.1 1.2 0.4 2.4 2.8 18.1

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