Richard Jefferson is one of the greatest Arizona Wildcats in team history, as well as an example of how successful the program has been at churning out NBA players.
And after a 17-year career, RJ is calling it quits. The 6-foot-7 small forward made it official on Saturday via an Instagram post in which he also spoke of the tragic death of his father in a drive-by shooting last month.
Jefferson, 38, played for eight teams in his NBA career. His longest tenure was with the team that drafted him, the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets, who took him 13th overall in the 2001 NBA Draft and had his services for 489 games from 2001-08.