Here’s the NSFW reason Paul Pierce is trending on Twitter

Boston Celtics great Paul and ESPN analyst Paul Pierce created a stir with his NSFW Instagram Live video on Saturday.

On Friday evening, sports fans go to bed wondering what news they will awake to on their Twitter notifications on Saturday. This weekend, Twitter users logged on to the application, wondering why Boston Celtics great and ESPN analyst Paul Pierce was trending. They received their answer upon clicking on the trend.

Pierce happened to have gone on his Instagram account on Friday night-early Saturday morning and went live during a lively poker game that included adult entertainment. The stream was available for all to see and it was not suitable for work.

You can view the clip in question here (Warning: features NSFW content and language).

Not only were basketball fanatics and media stunned by what they saw, but so were some NBA players.

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Paul Pierce could be in hot water after an inappropriate Instagram Live video

Definitely not suitable for work content from Pierce. As Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal points out, Pierce may very well have forgotten to hit the “close friends” button before going live on his Instagram stream. Of course, we do not know if this was intentional or accidental.

Pierce had been in the league from 1998 as a draft pick of the Boston Celtics and played with the team until 2013. After short stints with the Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and the Wizards before retiring as a member of the Celtics in 2017. At the conclusion of his NBA career, Pierce was hired by ESPN and has worked there since.

Both Pierce and ESPN have yet to comment on the video as of this writing, but one has to wonder if the former NBA star will face any discipline for his Instagram Live stream.