During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Pierce wore only jersey No. 34 and put up 21.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.4 steals per game.
The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball Association of America (BAA -- the league that would become today's NBA), worn by well over 500 players in the course of Celtics history.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Celtics Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Celtics to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today's article, we will continue with the 11th of 11 people to wear the No. 34, Hall of Fame Boston forward Paul Pierce. After ending his college career at Kansas, Pierce was picked up with the 11th overall selection of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Celtics.
The Inglewood, California native played his first 15 seasons with Boston, winning a title in 2008 and too many accolades to list before he was dealt to the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in 2013.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Pierce wore only jersey No. 34 and put up 21.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.4 steals per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics jersey history No. 34 - Paul Pierce (1998-2013)
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