Paul Pierce played basketball for the Brooklyn Nets.
The 2012 -- 13 Boston Celtics season was the 67th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn . Paul Pierce . In July 2013 , Pierce was included in a deal that sent him to the Brooklyn Nets , along with teammates Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry .