Paul Pierce is one of the craftiest NBA players of this past generation. He wasn't exactly the most athletic of his 1998 Draft Class but his technical skill set and basketball IQ was leaps and bounds ahead of his competition which allowed him to be drafted at the tenth overall by the Boston Celtics where he had an extremely fruitful professional career.
His nickname 'The Truth' became a well-known moniker given to him in 2001 by Shaquille O'neal and he definitely lived up to the hype. Paul Pierce went on to earn ten NBA All-Star honors, become fourth in the most made three-pointers in NBA history, and a one-time NBA Champion and NBA Finals MVP after defeating Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2008 NBA Finals. Pierce was able to retire in his hometown of Los Angeles as a Clipper in 2017.