Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce has a simple question about his removal from ESPN: «What did I do wrong?»
It’s been about two years since ESPN decided to fire Pierce shortly after he posted an Instagram Live video showing dancers drinking and smoking. However, Pierce still seems to believe that he was unfairly fired.
During a recent appearance on the «I Am Athlete» podcast, the Boston Celtics legend said the content of the video wasn’t egregious enough to cause him to lose his job.
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Paul Pierce #34 of the Boston Celtics reacts against the New York Knicks in game four of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals during the 2011 NBA playoffs on April 24, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New City. York. (Nick Laham/Getty Images)
«I got fired for what? I got fired for having some entertainment,» Pierce asked. «I’m playing cards, [it’s] my son’s birthday, there are girls dancing and we are felling some trees. What did I do wrong?»
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At one point on the show, Brandon Marshall, LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson, co-hosts of the «I Am Athlete» podcast, joked that Pierce posted the video «on his day off.»
NBA legend Paul Pierce looks on during Game 3 of the 2022 NBA Finals on June 8, 2022 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Mark Blinch/NBAE via Getty Images)
When Pierce said he was filmed via selfie video, the group jokingly commented that the situation was similar to what Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant did last month. In early March, Morant appeared to display a gun from inside a Denver-area nightclub during an Instagram Live broadcast.
«I never go live either, I was just feeling my [hair] cut or something, and then he came up behind me,» Pierce said.
Paul Pierce #34 of the Boston Celtics looks on during the game against the Sacramento Kings at Arco Arena on February 16, 2010 in Sacramento, California. The Celtics won 95-92. (Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
Peirce mentioned that a high-level ESPN employee contacted him to inform him that the company was investigating the video.
He added that the employee questioned him about his actions in the video, to which he replied that it was «self-explanatory.»
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Pierce added that the organization considered his actions «immoral.»
«At the end of the day, it’s Disney, and they have a moral clause, and they just said it was immoral,» he explained.