Paul Pierce will officially retire as a Celtic.
He confirmed his plan on SiriusXM NBA Radio on Wednesday.
“I would love to do that,” Pierce said. “I think I’ll always be remembered as a Celtic. I had all my glory days, all my prime was pretty much as a Boston Celtic. I think I owe the fans and I owe myself that much, just to be able to put that uniform on one more time and go out that way, say I retired a Boston Celtic.”
The 10-time All-Star announced last month that the 2016-17 NBA season would be his last. His 19th and final season will be played with the Doc Rivers and the Clippers, his second year in LA.
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Rivers, the former Celtics coach, told the Globe’s Gary Washburn last month that it was all but certain Pierce would retire by signing a one-day contract with Boston.
“I think it’s important,” Rivers said. “We have to do that and I think we will. Danny [Ainge] and [assistant general manager] Mike [Zarren], we’ve already talked. The day he retires, he’s going to retire a Celtic and he has to. I don’t think anyone disagrees with that.”
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