Paul Pierce is at it again.
The former Boston Celtics superstar had social media in an uproar over the weekend after randomly posting an unsolicited relationship status update on Twitter.
“I’m single what’s up,” Pierce wrote in a tweet.
I’m single what’s up
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) January 28, 2023
The NBA world had some hilarious responses to Pierce’s tweet, with multiple people in the replies bringing up a previous social media incident, which saw Pierce lose his job as an NBA studio analyst at ESPN. Pierce joined ESPN in September 2017 and had been a key figure on multiple programs for the network.
Unfortunately for Pierce, after four and half years, ESPN parted ways with the Celtics legend after he drew a lot of negative attention back in April of 2021 after posting an Instagram Live video of him drinking, smoking, and playing poker while women danced in the background.
Do another live on IG then
— Martino Puccio (@MartinoPuccio) January 28, 2023
God bless Paul Pierce for being the only athlete still tweeting like it’s 2009 https://t.co/20oclCnvgJ
— Paternity Riley (@lesterfreamon) January 28, 2023
Paul Pierce treating twitter like it’s 2009 Facebook. Stay up king https://t.co/6iv9brFZqI
— Jeff Glynn🏴☠️ (@coach_glynn9) January 28, 2023
Hot boy summer loading 😂
— Big 🐰 (@FreddieGibbs) January 28, 2023
bro why did @katienolan like this 💀💀💀
— OG Loc (@SportsTalkLoc) January 28, 2023
bc it’s hilarious
— Katie Nolan (probably) (@katienolan) January 28, 2023
Shooters shoot
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) January 28, 2023
— BlueVerse (@BlueVerseClub) January 28, 2023
What are we supposed to do with this info Paul?
— Sydney Anderson (@Sydneyinsports) January 28, 2023
— Nunya Bidness (@youngnickydee) January 28, 2023
https://twitter.com/bible4playerrrs/status/1619440872227221505?s=20&t=J5A75w2T0qCs4t1G_XRWwQ
I can't stop thinking about this he's so real for this https://t.co/3QL3TaByFo
— Sara Civ (@SaraCivian) January 30, 2023
Just a day after the tweet, Pierce was in attendance for the Celtics’ controversial 125-121 overtime win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. He could be seen sporting Boston Celtics pajama bottoms and even made an appearance on NBC Sports Boston.
In the meantime, Pierce may want to take a social media cleanse or quite possibly, have someone else run his Twitter account. It does make for great content, though.
About Sam Neumann
Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.