Paul Pierce’s announcement Monday that he’s planning on playing a 19th and final NBA season means all teams will have the opportunity to say goodbye to the Los Angeles Clippers forward, who starred at Kansas from 1995 to ’98.
“He is not Big Papi (David Ortiz) or Kareem (Abdul-Jabbar), but I’m sure some teams will do a tribute for him,” said Eric Chenowith, one of Pierce’s former KU teammates, who is an insurance producer at Parq Advisors in Beverly Hills, Calif.
“He deserves everything he gets. He’s no question a first-ballot Hall of Famer,” Chenowith added of Pierce, the No.