Matthew L Glade: Al Jefferson talked about his time in Utah after his @thebig3 victory on Saturday night. He had a number of great things to say about Jerry Sloan, wishing he had had more time with him.
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Al Jefferson
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Born: 01/04/85
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:265 lbs. / 120.2 kg.
Earnings: $136,519,285 ($152,980,614*)
Born: 01/04/85
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:265 lbs. / 120.2 kg.
Earnings: $136,519,285 ($152,980,614*)
18 May
16 Apr
“I’m done. I’m retired. I’m good, man,” Al Jefferson told the Globe. “The NBA’s been great to me. I got 14 years out of this game and when I left China, I just put in my head that I’m done. I’m going to retire and give it up and let the young boys have it.”
Jefferson said he got NBA offers and would have definitely been a candidate to sign with a playoff contender after he returned from China. Instead, he said he relished spending Thanksgiving, Christmas, and his birthday (Jan. 4) with family in Atlanta for the first time since he was in high school.
“It was a mix of a lot of things, actually,” Jefferson said. “I went to China because I wasn’t ready to just be the veteran guy. I wanted to play. That’s the reason I went. The game done changed. Ain’t nobody posting up. And so I just felt like I wanted to play and it didn’t work out [in Indiana], so that was my time to give it up. When I first got in the league I wanted to do about 14, 15, 16 years, and I got at 14 and it was blast to be around here that long. But it was time to walk away.”
Gary Washburn: Just ran into “Big” Al Jefferson, who spent part this season in China. Said he’s officially retired from the NBA. Will play in Big3 this summer but is done with NBA. “I was able to be home for Thanksgiving and Christmas for the first time since high school.” #Celtics #Hornets30
