You can take Paul Pierce out of Inglewood but you can’t take the Inglewood out of Pierce.

The Boston Celtics forward was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Monday for making a “menacing gesture” in Saturday’s Game 3 loss.

That “menacing gesture” that Pierce made looked a lot like a gang sign that is associated with the Bloods gang in Los Angeles.

Pierce, who played his high school ball at Inglewood High School, had to know exactly what he was doing.

Maybe he just wanted to say what’s up to one of his homies in Inglewood Family?

You can watch the incident from Saturday and be the judge on what Pierce was doing.

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