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Pierce's nickname, " The Truth ," was given to him by Shaquille O'Neal in 2001. He starred as captain of the Celtics, earning 10 All-Star selections and becoming a four-time All-NBA team member. Pierce combined with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in 2007 to form a "Big Three" that led Boston to two NBA Finals and an NBA championship in 2008.
This is a list of nicknames in the sport of basketball. Most are related to professional basketball, although a few notable nicknames from the U.S. college game are included.
Presidents of the United States have often acquired nicknames, both flattering and unflattering. This list is intended to note those nicknames that were in common use at the time they were in office or shortly thereafter.
Camped out in his Los Angeles home, Paul Pierce’s television is frequently programmed to NBA games. While some retired players turn away from the sport that once commanded their lives, Pierce ...
By EVANS CLINCHY The Cauldron It wasn't supposed to end like this. This wasn't the way Paul Pierce was supposed to go out. Not Pierce — the biggest, baddest, swaggeriest villain we've seen in an ...
That was in 2019. Now, in 2023, Pierce had no problem banging that drum again during an appearance on Cam'Ron's "It Is What It Is" talk show. He threw out his familiar arguments, that Wade ...
The trade for Garnett had many experts speculating that the Celtics would have a resurgence during the 2007–08 season. [39] The combination of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Garnett were almost automatically nicknamed "The Big Three" by the media, after the Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish trio. [40]
In Boston, Allen and new teammates Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce formed a "Big Three" and had immediate success, winning an NBA championship in 2008. He remained with the franchise for five seasons, before departing in free agency to join the Miami Heat for two seasons. In Miami, Allen accepted a reserve role, emphasizing spot-up and clutch shooting, which allowed him to capture another ...
The 2007–08 Boston Celtics season was the 62nd season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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 ...
John Joseph Havlicek ( / ˈhævlɪtʃɛk / HAV-lih-chek; April 8, 1940 – April 25, 2019) [1] was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
