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Paul Pierce

Paul Anthony Pierce (The Truth)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-6 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: October 13, 1977 in Oakland, California
High School: Inglewood in Inglewood, California
College: University of Kansas

Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (10th pick, 10th overall) of the 1998 NBA draft.

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Game Logs and Splits

Game Logs	2008-09	2007-08	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	Finder
Splits	2008-09	2007-08	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99

Totals

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1998-99	21	BOS	NBA	48	47	1632	284	647	.439	84	204	.412	139	195	.713	117	192	309	115	82	50	113	139	791
1999-00	22	BOS	NBA	73	72	2583	486	1099	.442	96	280	.343	359	450	.798	83	313	396	221	152	62	178	237	1427
2000-01	23	BOS	NBA	82	82	3120	687	1513	.454	147	384	.383	550	738	.745	94	428	522	253	138	69	262	251	2071
2001-02	24	BOS	NBA	82	82	3302	707	1598	.442	210	520	.404	520	643	.809	81	485	566	261	154	86	241	237	2144
2002-03	25	BOS	NBA	79	79	3096	663	1592	.416	118	391	.302	604	753	.802	106	472	578	349	139	62	288	227	2048
2003-04	26	BOS	NBA	80	80	3099	602	1497	.402	115	384	.299	517	631	.819	69	453	522	410	131	52	303	234	1836
2004-05	27	BOS	NBA	82	82	2960	556	1223	.455	108	292	.370	549	668	.822	78	461	539	348	133	39	230	255	1769
2005-06	28	BOS	NBA	79	79	3084	689	1462	.471	111	314	.354	627	812	.772	77	453	530	375	107	34	273	223	2116
2006-07	29	BOS	NBA	47	46	1740	373	850	.439	107	275	.389	320	402	.796	39	238	277	194	48	13	152	122	1173
2007-08	30	BOS	NBA	80	80	2874	509	1098	.464	143	365	.392	409	485	.843	53	358	411	363	101	36	221	200	1570
2008-09	31	BOS	NBA	81	81	3035	540	1181	.457	119	304	.391	459	553	.830	56	401	457	294	80	27	228	214	1658
Career			NBA	813	810	30525	6096	13760	.443	1358	3713	.366	5053	6330	.798	853	4254	5107	3183	1265	530	2489	2339	18603

Per Game

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1998-99	21	BOS	NBA	48	47	34.0	5.9	13.5	.439	1.8	4.3	.412	2.9	4.1	.713	2.4	4.0	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	2.4	2.9	16.5
1999-00	22	BOS	NBA	73	72	35.4	6.7	15.1	.442	1.3	3.8	.343	4.9	6.2	.798	1.1	4.3	5.4	3.0	2.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	19.5
2000-01	23	BOS	NBA	82	82	38.0	8.4	18.5	.454	1.8	4.7	.383	6.7	9.0	.745	1.1	5.2	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.8	3.2	3.1	25.3
2001-02	24	BOS	NBA	82	82	40.3	8.6	19.5	.442	2.6	6.3	.404	6.3	7.8	.809	1.0	5.9	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	2.9	2.9	26.1
2002-03	25	BOS	NBA	79	79	39.2	8.4	20.2	.416	1.5	4.9	.302	7.6	9.5	.802	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.8	3.6	2.9	25.9
2003-04	26	BOS	NBA	80	80	38.7	7.5	18.7	.402	1.4	4.8	.299	6.5	7.9	.819	0.9	5.7	6.5	5.1	1.6	0.7	3.8	2.9	23.0
2004-05	27	BOS	NBA	82	82	36.1	6.8	14.9	.455	1.3	3.6	.370	6.7	8.1	.822	1.0	5.6	6.6	4.2	1.6	0.5	2.8	3.1	21.6
2005-06	28	BOS	NBA	79	79	39.0	8.7	18.5	.471	1.4	4.0	.354	7.9	10.3	.772	1.0	5.7	6.7	4.7	1.4	0.4	3.5	2.8	26.8
2006-07	29	BOS	NBA	47	46	37.0	7.9	18.1	.439	2.3	5.9	.389	6.8	8.6	.796	0.8	5.1	5.9	4.1	1.0	0.3	3.2	2.6	25.0
2007-08	30	BOS	NBA	80	80	35.9	6.4	13.7	.464	1.8	4.6	.392	5.1	6.1	.843	0.7	4.5	5.1	4.5	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.5	19.6
2008-09	31	BOS	NBA	81	81	37.5	6.7	14.6	.457	1.5	3.8	.391	5.7	6.8	.830	0.7	5.0	5.6	3.6	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.6	20.5
Career			NBA	813	810	37.5	7.5	16.9	.443	1.7	4.6	.366	6.2	7.8	.798	1.0	5.2	6.3	3.9	1.6	0.7	3.1	2.9	22.9

Per 36 Minutes

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1998-99	21	BOS	NBA	48	47	1632	6.3	14.3	.439	1.9	4.5	.412	3.1	4.3	.713	2.6	4.2	6.8	2.5	1.8	1.1	2.5	3.1	17.4
1999-00	22	BOS	NBA	73	72	2583	6.8	15.3	.442	1.3	3.9	.343	5.0	6.3	.798	1.2	4.4	5.5	3.1	2.1	0.9	2.5	3.3	19.9
2000-01	23	BOS	NBA	82	82	3120	7.9	17.5	.454	1.7	4.4	.383	6.3	8.5	.745	1.1	4.9	6.0	2.9	1.6	0.8	3.0	2.9	23.9
2001-02	24	BOS	NBA	82	82	3302	7.7	17.4	.442	2.3	5.7	.404	5.7	7.0	.809	0.9	5.3	6.2	2.8	1.7	0.9	2.6	2.6	23.4
2002-03	25	BOS	NBA	79	79	3096	7.7	18.5	.416	1.4	4.5	.302	7.0	8.8	.802	1.2	5.5	6.7	4.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	23.8
2003-04	26	BOS	NBA	80	80	3099	7.0	17.4	.402	1.3	4.5	.299	6.0	7.3	.819	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.8	1.5	0.6	3.5	2.7	21.3
2004-05	27	BOS	NBA	82	82	2960	6.8	14.9	.455	1.3	3.6	.370	6.7	8.1	.822	0.9	5.6	6.6	4.2	1.6	0.5	2.8	3.1	21.5
2005-06	28	BOS	NBA	79	79	3084	8.0	17.1	.471	1.3	3.7	.354	7.3	9.5	.772	0.9	5.3	6.2	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.2	2.6	24.7
2006-07	29	BOS	NBA	47	46	1740	7.7	17.6	.439	2.2	5.7	.389	6.6	8.3	.796	0.8	4.9	5.7	4.0	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.5	24.3
2007-08	30	BOS	NBA	80	80	2874	6.4	13.8	.464	1.8	4.6	.392	5.1	6.1	.843	0.7	4.5	5.1	4.5	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.5	19.7
2008-09	31	BOS	NBA	81	81	3035	6.4	14.0	.457	1.4	3.6	.391	5.4	6.6	.830	0.7	4.8	5.4	3.5	0.9	0.3	2.7	2.5	19.7
Career			NBA	813	810	30525	7.2	16.2	.443	1.6	4.4	.366	6.0	7.5	.798	1.0	5.0	6.0	3.8	1.5	0.6	2.9	2.8	21.9

Advanced

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS
1998-99	21	BOS	NBA	48	1632	19.2	.540	.504	7.8	13.6	10.6	12.3	2.6	2.2	13.4	23.1	106	101	3.0	2.1	5.0
1999-00	22	BOS	NBA	73	2583	19.8	.550	.486	3.5	14.6	8.7	14.6	3.0	1.8	12.1	24.8	109	103	5.3	3.0	8.3
2000-01	23	BOS	NBA	82	3120	22.3	.563	.503	3.4	16.7	9.8	16.9	2.3	1.7	12.5	30.6	107	102	7.0	3.5	10.5
2001-02	24	BOS	NBA	82	3302	22.3	.570	.508	2.6	16.5	9.4	15.7	2.4	2.0	11.4	29.3	109	99	7.4	5.7	13.1
2002-03	25	BOS	NBA	79	3096	22.7	.532	.454	3.8	17.7	10.6	24.2	2.4	1.6	13.0	33.2	104	100	5.3	4.8	10.1
2003-04	26	BOS	NBA	80	3099	19.4	.517	.441	2.6	16.4	9.6	25.1	2.2	1.3	14.6	30.5	101	103	3.8	3.5	7.3
2004-05	27	BOS	NBA	82	2960	21.8	.583	.499	3.1	17.8	10.6	20.3	2.3	1.0	13.2	26.6	114	105	7.9	3.7	11.5
2005-06	28	BOS	NBA	79	3084	23.6	.582	.509	3.1	17.5	10.5	23.4	1.8	0.8	13.0	31.2	112	106	8.4	3.3	11.7
2006-07	29	BOS	NBA	47	1740	21.7	.571	.502	2.6	16.8	9.5	22.1	1.4	0.6	12.9	30.7	110	107	3.8	1.6	5.4
2007-08	30	BOS	NBA	80	2874	19.6	.599	.529	2.3	14.0	8.5	21.8	1.9	1.0	14.4	24.8	115	100	6.6	5.6	12.2
2008-09	31	BOS	NBA	81	3035	17.7	.582	.508	2.4	15.4	9.2	16.3	1.4	0.7	13.8	25.4	112	104	5.4	4.8	10.2
Career			NBA	813	30525	21.0	.562	.492	3.2	16.2	9.7	19.6	2.2	1.3	13.1	28.4	109	103	64.0	41.4	105.4

Playoffs

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				Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
2001-02	24	BOS	NBA	16	672	122	303	30	104	120	157	27	137	66	27	20	61	52	394	.403	.288	.764	42.0	24.6	8.6	4.1
2002-03	25	BOS	NBA	10	445	77	193	16	45	101	117	11	90	67	21	8	44	38	271	.399	.356	.863	44.5	27.1	9.0	6.7
2003-04	26	BOS	NBA	4	162	26	76	5	17	26	31	6	35	10	5	4	25	12	83	.342	.294	.839	40.5	20.8	8.8	2.5
2004-05	27	BOS	NBA	7	277	47	93	7	27	59	68	7	54	32	13	10	19	18	160	.505	.259	.868	39.6	22.9	7.7	4.6
2007-08	30	BOS	NBA	26	990	163	370	43	119	142	177	21	129	119	28	8	82	90	511	.441	.361	.802	38.1	19.7	5.0	4.6
2008-09	31	BOS	NBA	14	556	95	221	19	57	85	101	4	81	43	15	5	33	44	294	.430	.333	.842	39.7	21.0	5.8	3.1
Career			NBA	77	3102	530	1256	120	369	533	651	76	526	337	109	55	264	254	1713	.422	.325	.819	40.3	22.2	6.8	4.4

Playoffs Advanced

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS
2001-02	24	BOS	NBA	16	672	21.1	.529	.452	4.6	18.1	11.4	19.6	2.1	2.5	14.1	30.1	103	97	1.0	1.3	2.2
2002-03	25	BOS	NBA	10	445	23.0	.554	.440	2.9	20.1	11.6	30.0	2.5	1.4	15.3	30.7	107	99	0.9	0.8	1.7
2003-04	26	BOS	NBA	4	162	11.7	.463	.375	4.4	19.5	12.3	14.1	1.6	1.8	21.8	33.3	80	108	-0.4	0.0	-0.4
2004-05	27	BOS	NBA	7	277	27.5	.651	.543	3.1	20.9	12.0	22.9	2.6	3.3	13.4	25.1	126	98	1.1	0.6	1.7
2007-08	30	BOS	NBA	26	990	17.4	.570	.499	2.7	13.5	8.2	22.5	1.6	0.7	15.5	25.8	110	105	1.6	1.3	2.9
2008-09	31	BOS	NBA	14	556	16.1	.554	.473	0.8	16.8	8.7	13.6	1.4	0.8	11.1	24.8	108	107	0.7	0.6	1.3
Career			NBA	77	3102	19.4	.555	.470	2.9	17.0	10.0	20.9	1.9	1.5	14.6	27.6	107	102	4.9	4.6	9.4

All-Star Games

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	PTS
2001-02	24	BOS	NBA	1		23	9	18	.500	1	6	.167	0	0		3	7	3	1	0	1	19
2002-03	25	BOS	NBA	1		18	4	11	.364	0	5	.000	0	0		0	2	3	4	2	1	8
2003-04	26	BOS	NBA	1		13	4	8	.500	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	2	1	1	2	8
2004-05	27	BOS	NBA	1		15	4	7	.571	0	2	.000	1	1	1.000	0	3	3	2	0	2	9
2005-06	28	BOS	NBA	1	0	15:00	3	6	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	0	2	1	1	0	0	7
2007-08	30	BOS	NBA	1	0	12:37	5	9	.556	0	3	.000	0	0		4	4	2	0	2	0	10
2008-09	31	BOS	NBA	1	0	19:39	6	11	.545	1	5	.200	5	6	.833	1	4	2	2	1	3	18
Career			NBA	7	0	116	35	70	.500	2	22	.091	7	9	.778	8	23	16	11	6	9	79

College

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			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	College	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
1995-96	18	KANSAS	34	862	143	341	35	115	83	137		180	61	44	27	80	82	404	.419	.304	.606	25.4	11.9	5.3	1.8
1996-97	19	KANSAS	36	1013	215	441	33	71	124	173		243	77	61	28	108	98	587	.488	.465	.717	28.1	16.3	6.8	2.1
1997-98	20	KANSAS	38	1155	287	559	40	118	163	221		253	98	42	43	110	89	777	.513	.339	.738	30.4	20.4	6.7	2.6
Career			108	3030	645	1341	108	304	370	531		676	236	147	98	298	269	1768	.481	.355	.697	28.1	16.4	6.3	2.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games 2002 NBA 2003 NBA 2004 NBA 2005 NBA 2006 NBA 2008 NBA 2009 NBA	Awards 2007-08 NBA Finals MVP	Honors 1995 McDonald's All American 1997-98 NCAA AP All-America (1st) 1998-99 NBA All-Rookie (1st) 2001-02 NBA All-NBA (3rd) 2002-03 NBA All-NBA (3rd) 2007-08 NBA All-NBA (3rd) 2008-09 NBA All-NBA (2nd)	MVP Award Shares 2000-01 NBA 0.004 (13) 2001-02 NBA 0.017 (11) 2002-03 NBA 0.001 (11) 2007-08 NBA 0.001 (14) 2008-09 NBA 0.017 (7) Active 0.040 (22) Career 0.040 (103)
Games 2000-01 NBA 82 (2) 2001-02 NBA 82 (3) 2004-05 NBA 82 (2)	Minutes Played 2001-02 NBA 3302 (5) 2008-09 NBA 3035 (10)	Field Goals 2001-02 NBA 707 (6) 2005-06 NBA 689 (10) Career NBA 6096 (90) Career 6096 (96)	Field Goal Attempts 2000-01 NBA 1513 (10) 2001-02 NBA 1598 (3) 2002-03 NBA 1592 (4) 2003-04 NBA 1497 (3) Career NBA 13760 (75) Career 13760 (80)
3-Pt Field Goals 1998-99 NBA 84 (10) 2000-01 NBA 147 (10) 2001-02 NBA 210 (3) Active 1358 (10) Career NBA 1358 (18) Career 1358 (18)	3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 2000-01 NBA 384 (10) 2001-02 NBA 520 (3) 2002-03 NBA 391 (10) Active 3713 (5) Career NBA 3713 (15) Career 3713 (15)	Free Throws 2000-01 NBA 550 (3) 2001-02 NBA 520 (2) 2002-03 NBA 604 (1) 2003-04 NBA 517 (2) 2004-05 NBA 549 (6) 2005-06 NBA 627 (5) 2008-09 NBA 459 (8) Active 5053 (4) Career NBA 5053 (27) Career 5053 (32)	Free Throw Attempts 2000-01 NBA 738 (3) 2001-02 NBA 643 (3) 2002-03 NBA 753 (1) 2003-04 NBA 631 (2) 2004-05 NBA 668 (6) 2005-06 NBA 812 (4) 2008-09 NBA 553 (7) Active 6330 (5) Career NBA 6330 (27) Career 6330 (32)
Defensive Rebounds Career NBA 4254 (88) Career 4254 (98)	Steals 1999-00 NBA 152 (4) 2000-01 NBA 138 (9) 2001-02 NBA 154 (6) 2002-03 NBA 139 (8) 2004-05 NBA 133 (8) Active 1265 (7) Career NBA 1265 (57) Career 1265 (62)	Turnovers 2000-01 NBA 262 (7) 2002-03 NBA 288 (4) 2003-04 NBA 303 (1) 2004-05 NBA 230 (10) 2005-06 NBA 273 (3) 2008-09 NBA 228 (9) Active 2489 (10) Career NBA 2489 (44) Career 2489 (50)	Points 2000-01 NBA 2071 (4) 2001-02 NBA 2144 (1) 2002-03 NBA 2048 (4) 2003-04 NBA 1836 (4) 2005-06 NBA 2116 (7) Active 18603 (8) Career NBA 18603 (50) Career 18603 (54)
Minutes Per Game 2001-02 NBA 40.3 (8) Active 37.5 (9) Career NBA 37.5 (25) Career 37.5 (25)	Points Per Game 2000-01 NBA 25.3 (8) 2001-02 NBA 26.1 (3) 2002-03 NBA 25.9 (5) 2003-04 NBA 22.9 (5) 2005-06 NBA 26.8 (6) Active 22.9 (7) Career NBA 22.9 (22) Career 22.9 (23)	Steals Per Game 1999-00 NBA 2.1 (2) 2001-02 NBA 1.9 (8) 2002-03 NBA 1.8 (7) 2004-05 NBA 1.6 (10) Active 1.6 (5) Career NBA 1.6 (32) Career 1.6 (35)	Player Efficiency Rating 2001-02 NBA 22.3 (10) 2002-03 NBA 22.7 (7) 2005-06 NBA 23.6 (9) Career NBA 21.0 (40) Career 21.0 (43)
True Shooting Pct Career NBA .562 (98) Career .562 (99)	Steal Pct 1999-00 NBA 3.0 (6) Active 2.2 (6) Career NBA 2.2 (45) Career 2.2 (49)	Usage Pct 2000-01 NBA 30.6 (8) 2001-02 NBA 29.3 (8) 2002-03 NBA 33.2 (2) 2003-04 NBA 30.5 (4) 2005-06 NBA 31.2 (7) Active 28.4 (8) Career NBA 28.4 (14) Career 28.4 (14)	Offensive Win Shares 2004-05 NBA 7.9 (10) Active 64.0 (9) Career NBA 64.0 (40) Career 64.0 (41)
Defensive Win Shares 2001-02 NBA 5.7 (4) 2007-08 NBA 5.6 (5) 2008-09 NBA 4.8 (7) Active 41.4 (10) Career NBA 41.4 (52) Career 41.4 (55)	Win Shares 2001-02 NBA 13.1 (5) 2004-05 NBA 11.5 (10) 2007-08 NBA 12.2 (10) Active 105.4 (9) Career NBA 105.4 (39) Career 105.4 (41)	Hall of Fame Probability Active 0.942 (11) Career 0.942 (56)

Salaries

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Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1998-99	Boston Celtics	NBA	$1,165,000
1999-00	Boston Celtics	NBA	$1,503,960
2000-01	Boston Celtics	NBA	$1,608,840
2001-02	Boston Celtics	NBA	$2,051,271
2002-03	Boston Celtics	NBA	$10,067,750
2003-04	Boston Celtics	NBA	$11,326,219
2004-05	Boston Celtics	NBA	$12,584,688
2005-06	Boston Celtics	NBA	$13,843,156
2006-07	Boston Celtics	NBA	$15,101,625
2007-08	Boston Celtics	NBA	$16,360,094
Career	(may be incomplete)		$85,612,603

Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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