Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce got the boot from his job as an ESPN NBA analyst earlier this year when he started an IG Live with strippers while he was clearly drunk and high. As he gets set to enter the Hall of Fame, Pierce has absolutely no regrets about what happened and has no intentions of ever apologizing, according to Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix.
The way Pierce tells it, he was “done” with ESPN anyway. The relationship was strained and he didn't like having “to talk about LeBron all the time” when doing NBA coverage.
Even so, there was the Hall of Fame to consider. Some people, including his agent and Jerry Colangelo, suggested Paul Pierce apologize anyway to ensure voters wouldn't hold the incident against him.
The former NBA star didn't do that and gave a darn good explanation for why he didn't:
“Come on, I didn’t do anything illegal,” says Paul Pierce. “These motherf—–s in the Hall of Fame, some did [cocaine], f—ing battery. What the f— did I do? I was just having a good time. All the people coming after me, half you motherf—–s do the same s—. You’re just hiding it. And you all are married while you’re doing it. I’m divorced. I’m retired. I’m having fun.” And if Hall voters had held it against him? “Listen,” says Pierce, “if I didn’t make it with this class, it would be the biggest stiff job in Hall of Fame history.”
This is nothing but the truth from The Truth. It would have been ridiculous to freeze out Paul Pierce from the Hall of Fame for what happened in that video. Sure enough, Pierce got voted in and will officially be inducted this weekend. He had an illustrious 19-year NBA career, with most of that coming with the Boston Celtics. It will be a celebration for Paul Pierce in Springfield.
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