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Presentation By: Rūdolfs Krauja 10b Ralfs Aukons 10b Miķelis Vizla
Presentation By: Rūdolfs Krauja 10b Ralfs Aukons 10b Miķelis Vizla
Pierce averaged 16.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in his
three seasons at the University of Kansas, where he majored
in Crime and Delinquency Studies, and earned MVP honors
in the Big 12 Conference Tournament in both 1997 and 1998.
Pierce played for Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams at
Kansas. He entered the NBA Draft after his junior year and
was selected with the 10th overall pick in the first round of
the 1998 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.
Stabbing incident
•Has been featured in several video games. In the video game NBA
Ballers, Pierce gives viewers a tour of his hometown of Inglewood
in a helicopter over Los Angeles.
•His half brother Jay Hosey played basketball for Wyoming, and
another half brother Steve Hosey played right field for the San
Francisco Giants.
•Has a charitable foundation known as The Truth Fund, which
lends support to children from the greater Boston area and
California inner cities.
•His nickname, The Truth, was accorded him by Shaquille O'Neal.
After a Lakers' victory over the Celtics in 2001, O'Neal pulled a
Boston reporter over and gestured toward his notepad. "Take this
down," said O'Neal. "My name is Shaquille O'Neal and Paul Pierce
is the truth. Quote me on that and don't take nothing out. I knew he
could play, but I didn't know he could play like this. Paul Pierce is
the truth."
•Made a cameo appearance in the movie ”The Game Plan”.
•Made a cameo in the music video "Tight Whips" by the 504 Boyz.
•Starting on September 19, 2008, pre-recorded footage of him
speaking and screaming is part of the Hangin' Tough encore of
New Kids on the Block: Live tour.
•On April 4, 2008 he had a baby girl, Prianna Lee, in Boston,
Massachusetts.
Paul Pierce and his fiancee Julie
Landrum had their baby girl Prianna
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