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Pierce was selected with the 10th overall pick in 1998 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, a team he "despised" growing up. 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.
Five players from the 1998 draft class played in the NBA All-Star Game at least once in their careers: Nowitzki, Carter, Jamison, Paul Pierce and Rashard Lewis. All of them except Lewis scored at least 20,000 career points.
The following year in the 1998 NBA draft, the Celtics drafted Paul Pierce, a college star who had been expected to be drafted much earlier than the Celtics' 10th overall pick. Pierce had an immediate impact during the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season , averaging 19.5 points and being named Rookie of The Month in February as he led the league ...
The Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce shoots a layup in the first half of Game 3 of the NBA Finals on June 10, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A few days later, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett (after waiving his no-trade clause), along with Jason Terry and D. J. White, were traded to the Brooklyn Nets for Keith Bogans, MarShon Brooks, Kris Humphries, Kris Joseph, Gerald Wallace, and three future first-round draft picks (2014, 2016, 2018), with the option of swapping 2018 pick with ...
Powered by the offseason blockbuster acquisitions of perennial All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to join with established star Paul Pierce, the trade enabled the Celtics to finish the season with a record of 66-16 in addition to posting the best single-season turnaround in NBA history.
Cleveland’s front office valued the 2018 Nets draft pick that Boston held — by way of the fabled 2013 Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce trade to Brooklyn — as a top-five pick in that upcoming ...
Paul Pierce: University of Kansas: 1997: 1: 3 Chauncey Billups: University of Colorado: 1997: 1: 6 Ron Mercer: University of Kentucky: 1997: 2: 56 Ben Pepper: Newcastle Falcons 1996: 1: 6 Antoine Walker: University of Kentucky: 1996: 2: 38 Steve Hamer: University of Tennessee: 1995: 1: 14 Eric Williams: Providence College: 1995: 2: 33 Junior ...
Paul Pierce: Boston Celtics (1998–2013) Brooklyn Nets (2013–2014) Washington Wizards (2014–2015) Los Angeles Clippers (2015–2017) F 26,397 7,527 4,708 1 : None 1 : 10 4 2021 Scottie Pippen: Chicago Bulls (1987–1998, 2003–2004) Houston Rockets Portland Trail Blazers (1999–2003) F 18,940 7,494 6,135
Paul later confirmed the decision to The Associated Press. Bronny James is keeping his name in the NBA draft, with the hopes of joining his father in the league next season.