Doc Rivers shirt sold for $35,000 at auction
I don’t think Paul Pierce was thinking about charity events when he threw a Gatorade bucket to Doc Rivers in celebration of their 17th NBA championship.
The white shirt got stained with red Gatorade and the people at the Shamrock foundation knew there was something more to do with the shirt than taking it to the laundry store.
And so yesterday many fans got into sports radio WEEI-AM's web site in order to see if they could get a hold of the collector’s item. Many bids were on, but nobody expected that Celtics fans would be so frenzied about the auction, “We were obviously very hopeful, and we praise the generosity of Celtics fans.” said Jason Wolfe, WEEI’s vice president of AM programming.
The lucky winner didn’t wanted to revealed his name, but he won the shirt as he paid $35,000, he won with the biggest bid just after the one made by Bill Parcells, former Patriots coach and whom is endorsed by Gatorade. Parcells placed a bid for $20,000 in Gatorade’s behalf, at the end, the sports drink company added another $10,000 to the charity and another anonymous fan put $10,000 for a total of $55,000. Doc Rivers must be proud.
Steve Pagliuca, Managing Partner of the Boston Celtics said that the current NBA champions will add another $35,000 to the charity if the winner allow the shirt to be displayed during this coming season at the TD Banknorth Garden.
