Paul Pierce played basketball.
The All-NBA Team is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every NBA season . The Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ( formerly known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ) is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) award given since the 1969 NBA Finals . John Joseph `` Hondo '' Havlicek ( [ ˈhævlᵻtʃɛk ] ; born April 8 , 1940 ) is an American retired professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics , winning eight NBA championships , four of them coming in his first four seasons . Paul Pierce . He became a bone fide star as captain of the Celtics , earning ten All-Star nods and becoming a four-time All-NBA team member .