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Paul Pierce

• Pierce averaged 16.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in his three seasons at the University of Kansas
• Pierce was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 2008
• Pierce is the oldest Celtic to score 40 points, at age 36

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When you are raised in the shadows of the Great Western Forum, home to the Lakers until the turn of the century, basketball is in your blood. Born on October 13, 1977, Paul Anthony Pierce spent his childhood in Inglewood, California, a Los Angeles suburb. The great Lakers teams of the 1980s captured his imagination, and basketball quickly became his first love. "That's the beginning for me, just watching the Lakers and Celtics battling it out in the Finals,'' Pierce said in an interview with the LA Daily News. "That was just like the birth of basketball for me. I was a little kid -- 6, 7 years old -- just being at my uncle's house, trying to get a seat on the floor to see it. The TV was so small, you just wanted to get a glimpse of it.'' From 2002 to 2006, Paul made the All-Star team every season. He led the league in total points (2,144) in 2002, and was an All-NBA Third team Selection in 2002 and 2003. He was also selected as a member of the US national team in 2002, and played in the FIBA World Championships. In 2008 he led the Celtics to their first title since the Larry Bird era, and the franchise's 17th overall. He led them back to the Finals in 2010, but the Celtics lost in 7 games to the Los Angeles Lakers.