20,000 for Pierce:

Paul Pierce has reached his 20,00th career NBA point, on Wednesday night, in Boston. This is a great acheivement, and it was nice to see a player, such a Pierce, reach this feat, and to do it with only one team (The Celtics), on his homecourt, in front of 18,624 Celtics fans, who have cheered for Pierce since entering the league in 1998. This really is a special and rare thing to see in sports, today. Not many players reach the milestone of 20,000, and to do so with just one team, it really is rare. You don't even have to be a Boston, or Paul Pierce fan to enjoy this accomplishment. It's a great thing, and it's good for the sport. Pierce is in his 13th season (all with Boston) and has been one of the best Celtics players of all time, in my opinion. Pierce became the 37th NBA player to reach the 20,000 point mark and just the 3rd Celtic to do so. Pierce joins John Havlicek (26,395) and Larry Bird (21,791) and really seals his identity with the Boston Celtics franchise.

"Five years ago, I never would have dreamed I would have been scoring my 20,000th point in a Celtics jersey"-Pierce

Pierce's 20,00th point came on the first of two free throws, with 15.5 seconds left in OT, as the Celtics defeated the Bucks, in Boston on Wednesday night. http://www.nba.com/video/games/celtics/2010/11/03/0021000058_mil_bos_recap.nba/?ls=iref:nbahpt1. Congrats, Paul Pierce! Pierce may have locked in his HOF votes already. I believe he's a dead lock for the HOF if he is able to lead the Celtics to another NBA championship, but, the door is closing fast, Boston is not getting any younger and neither is Pierce. Racking up 20,000 points in a Celtics jersey should really add ammo to Pierce's HOF arguement, when the time comes.  

Factors for Pierce making the HOF:
20,000 points:

8-Time all star:

Has lead the Celtics to the playoffs from 2001-02-Present:

Has lead the Celtics to an NBA title in 2008 (maybe another yet to come):

Played his entire career for one of the most celebrated franchises in sports:

Career averages of 22.5 ppg, 6.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting .445 from the field and, .370 from 3-point-land and .802 from the line:

889 career games and counting.