https://wptdownload.com/tags/paul-pierce/ Recent content in Paul Pierce on WPT Global App Download Hugo en-us Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:36:29 +0000 https://wptdownload.com/news/202402/how_poker_game_blunder_cost_former_nba_star_paul_pierce_his_job_at_espn/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:36:29 +0000 https://wptdownload.com/news/202402/how_poker_game_blunder_cost_former_nba_star_paul_pierce_his_job_at_espn/ <p>Retired Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce opened up on the All the Smoke podcast about why ESPN fired him in 2021 from his role as an NBA analyst, and it turns out the reason stems from his behavior during a poker home game.</p> <p>In April 2021, the poker enthusiast and Basketball Hall of Famer hosted a poker game that would inevitably cost him a high-profile sports media gig, which he admitted in a brief X video. The poker game in question involved strippers and marijuana, which isn&rsquo;t anything out of the ordinary among celebrity home games. But the NBA champion made the mistake of airing the festivities on Instagram Live, and it went viral.</p>