RobertMenn: Get ready. Oct.11!
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Paul Pierce: 6ft 7in, 235lbs, all heart. And what a heart it is. From growing up on the streets of Inglewood, California, to his days at the University of Kansas, being the 10th pick in the 1998 NBAdraft, being stabbed 11 times in 2000, answering critics and shrugging off trade rumors, and finally coming through it all as a NBA Champion in 2008. What a road it has been.
Raised in Inglewood, California, Pierce was cut from his high school varsity basketball team his Freshman and Sophomore years. Paul was frustrated to the point where he thought about transfering schools. But in the end, he decided to stick it out and work harder, and eventually became the star of his basketball team his Junior and Senior years at Inglewood High, netting him a full ride to the University of Kansas.