Where should we rank Celtics legend Paul Pierce among the NBA's 50 greatest players?

Now immortalized in basketball’s Mount Olympus — the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame located in Springfield, Massachusetts — Boston Celtics legendary small forward Paul Pierce is undeniably ensconced among the greatest to ever play the game. But where, exactly, do we place his star in the wider constellation of players to decorate the sky that is the Hall?

Is he among the 100 greatest to play the game? The 75 best, or even 50 top players in basketball history? We imagine we can guess where someone with an indomitable will to compete like The Truth might rank himself, but what is an objective take on where we should place him among the best of the best?

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