Paul Pierce

He went into the wedlock with Julie Landrum, an interior designer, in 2010. The couple has been blessed with three children, Prianna, Adrian and Prince.

Paul Pierce was born to Lorraine Hosey, a single mother in Oakland, California. He had two half-brothers Jamal and Steve.

Encouraged by his mother, Pierce took to sports at a very young age. He was blessed with an athletic build and excelled in playing basketball.

He attained his education from Inglewood High School where he was a star basketball player. He first ever played an organized game while at the seventh grade. At Inglewood High School, he played JV for the Sentinels in his first year.

Outstanding brilliance at dabbling made him a star player. He scored 12 points in a crucial match for Sentinels, and grabbed seven rebounds thus turning the fate of the match in favour of Sentinels.

He soon gained height and lost weight and became an improved player and was soon promoted to the rank of a co-captain. Within weeks, he started averaging at 24.5 points per game with 11.5 rebounds and four assists

He started off by playing as a shadow of the third year star Antoine Walker. However, with his ability to score and great tactics of the game, he emerged as Walker’s equal.

Together with Walker, he led the Celtics to the playoffs in the 2002, which was the first time for the team after a gap of seven years. He proved to a match winner for the team, tuning the game over from a point where making a comeback seemed impossible. One such game was the Game 3 against New Jersey Nets. Post-season, he became the team’s leading scorer and second best rebounder and passer.

In 2001-02, he rounded the year with 2144 points and third in scoring of the 26.1ppg. Boston Celtics recorded 44 wins in the season but yet again lost to New Jersey Nets in the second round.

2003-04 proved a bad season for the Celtics. Introduction of a new coach Doc Rivers further added to his woes as he did not share a cordial relationship with the former. In accordance with the new policies, new, unpolished players were introduced in the team, making him the only veteran in the group.

Despite the changing players and policies within Celtics, he did not lose on his game and recorded 23.0 ppg in 2003–04 and 21.6 ppg in 2004–05 seasons. He scored a career-high of 26.8 points with seven rebounds and five assists per game.

This former Boston Celtics star who played for the team for fifteen years (1998 to 2013) is popularly known by the nickname, ‘The Truth’.