
Richard Jefferson
45-Year-Old
Free Agent
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0.0
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Comes out of retirement
Jefferson announced Tuesday through his personal Twitter account that he is coming out of retirement to play one more year.
ANALYSIS
The 39-year-old forward has changed his mind since retiring in October of 2018. He last played for the Nuggets in 2017-18, but he appeared in just 20 games, totaling 163 minutes. He'll likely be seeking a role closer to what he garnered in Cleveland from 2015-16 to 2016-17, when he averaged 5.6 points and 2.2 rebounds across 19.2 minutes.
The 39-year-old forward has changed his mind since retiring in October of 2018. He last played for the Nuggets in 2017-18, but he appeared in just 20 games, totaling 163 minutes. He'll likely be seeking a role closer to what he garnered in Cleveland from 2015-16 to 2016-17, when he averaged 5.6 points and 2.2 rebounds across 19.2 minutes.
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How does Richard Jefferson compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
True Shooting %
49.9%
Effective Field Goal %
48.1%
3-Point Attempt Rate
25.9%
Free Throw Rate
25.9%
Offensive Rebound %
1.4%
Defensive Rebound %
10.3%
Total Rebound %
5.9%
Assist %
12.0%
Steal %
0.5%
Block %
0.5%
Turnover %
9.9%
Usage %
9.4%
Fantasy Points Per Game
3.8
Fantasy Points Per Minute
0.5
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After spurning retirement following the Cavaliers' title run, Jefferson surprisingly came back for the 2016-17 season and was once again a solid contributor off the bench. He averaged 20.4 minutes per game, but didn't have much of an impact in Fantasy leagues, as he added just 5.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.0 assist. More than anything, he was just a reliable guy off the bench to spell some of the superstars elsewhere on the roster. Now 37 years old, Jefferson's role isn't going to expand. The Cavaliers added Jae Crowder in the Kyrie Irving trade to Boston, adding another player to take up minutes at both small forward and power forward. That means Jefferson is going to have a hard time reaching his playing time from a season ago, which further diminishes his value as a Fantasy player.
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Calls it a career
Jefferson retired from the NBA on Saturday, Mark Stein of The New York Times reports.
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Worst season of his career
Jefferson averaged 1.5 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists during his 18th NBA season with the Nuggets in 2017-18.
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Off injury report
Jefferson (wrist) is not on the injury report for Friday's game against the Spurs, T.J. McBride of Mile High Sports reports.
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Will not play vs. Bucks
Jefferson will not play in Thursday's game against the Bucks due to wrist soreness, Harrison Wind of BSNDenver.com reports.
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Likely to join regular rotation
Jefferson will likely join the Nuggets' regular rotation for the remainder of the season, Chris Dempsey of Altitude Sports reports. Coach Michael Malone says he liked what he saw from Jefferson on Friday and wants to see "what we have" in him.
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