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Former NBA forward and current NBA analyst Richard Jefferson believes the Houston Rockets need to make a trade to get more depth on the roster. Jefferson, who won the 2016 NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers, says All-Star point guard Chris Paul’s history of hamstring injuries is something the team can’t mess around with and […]

Former NBA player Richard Jefferson claimed Houston Rockets guard James Harden is unworthy of being in the MVP conversation. The recently retired swingman quickly traded his NBA future for a mic, recently delivering his hot take as a guest on ESPN’s First Take and doling out his reasoning after lauding Giannis Antetokounmpo’s case for the […]

Richard Jefferson joined the TV booth for the Brooklyn Nets’ hosting of the Los Angeles Lakers. As the game went on, the former NBA champion recalled one Kobe Bryant story that fondly rests in his memory. Richard Jefferson with a tremendous Kobe story just now on @NetsonYes: Kobe fouled while releasing ball. Refs unsure whether […]

Richard Jefferson played a huge role in helping the Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA championship in 2016, together with now-Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, providing them with quality bench minutes throughout the year. Now, Jefferson is an analyst for the Brooklyn Nets, and before the Nets played the Lakers on Monday night, LeBron James […]

Former NBA player and current TV analyst Richard Jefferson says what the referees did to Utah Jazz star big man Rudy Gobert Thursday night against the Houston Rockets just can’t happen. Gobert was called for a foul on the jump ball, just one second into the game. Richard Jefferson was confused by this foul call. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have started the season 4-6, and some on the outside are already calling for the firing of head coach Luke Walton. Walton’s former teammate at the University of Arizona, Richard Jefferson, isn’t one of them. In an interview with Howard Beck on the “The Full 48” podcast, Richard Jefferson says he doesn’t understand […]

Richard Jefferson has confirmed that he is retiring from the NBA after a 17-year playing career. Jefferson, who recently lost his father, posted to Instagram Saturday afternoon with a video tribute to his late dad, while also announcing he’s done playing professional basketball. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo4Q189hHBO/ Richard Jefferson played his college ball at The University of Arizona. […]

Former Cleveland Cavaliers forward Richard Jefferson says that LeBron James didn’t return home thinking he would make four straight NBA Finals appearances. Many are critical of James’ decision to join the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason. The Lakers were 12 games outside of the playoff picture last year. They were far from being a championship […]

The basketball world is in mourning along with Richard Jefferson and his family for the loss of his father. Richard Jefferson Sr died in a drive-by shooting in Compton, California on Wednesday night, per TMZ Sports. Law enforcement tells us … 65-year-old Richard Jefferson Sr. was in front of a liquor store in a primarily residential area […]

Richard Jefferson might not be ready to retire, but father time is surely calling. Unless the longtime veteran gets an offer to play for one more year before the start of the season, he will joining the YES Network to cover the Brooklyn Nets for this 2018-19 season, according to Nets Daily. The veteran wing […]

Richard Jefferson has made it clear that he wants to play at least one more season, but the 38-year-old needs to weigh a couple other options as well. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post is reporting that there is interest in from the L.A. Clippers and the Brooklyn Nets in bringing on Jefferson as […]

Richard Jefferson may be 38-years-old, but he doesn’t want his basketball career to end yet. He’s still hoping to play again this season. Jefferson spoke with Andrew Marchand of the New York Post about his quest to play another season. Jefferson said: “I’m a basketball player until I am not a basketball player. My goal […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is a well-known hot head, and Richard Jefferson once gave him some interesting advice on what to do about this reputation. Most people would expect the wily veteran to advise Green to calm down and avoid letting his emotions get the best of him. But Jefferson actually said the […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James still keeps up with old friends Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye. All three of them shared the same change-room inside Quicken Loans Arena for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but even though they all now play for different franchises, James’ still finds time in his busy schedule to laugh […]

Richard Jefferson recently stumbled upon TMZ Sports on the way to his car, and he had to answer yet another LeBron James question despite having publicly “broken off” his friendship with him in hopes to be left alone during the endless rumor mill that was this summer. The NBA veteran was asked if he felt Los Angeles […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are arguably the busiest team in the NBA this summer. They began the summer with a bang, agreeing to a mega-deal with LeBron James before making a slew of polarizing free agent signings. A rundown of some non-LeBron transactions the Lakers have done so far this offseason: they signed Rajon Rondo, […]

Richard Jefferson has not yet officially retired from the NBA. He hasn’t given any signs nor expressed any significant form of inclination that he’s willing to hang his sneakers up outside of last year, when he declared his retirement before recanting his statement by announcing he would play at least one more year. Jefferson remains […]

After dealing with the Golden State Warriors in the 2018 NBA Finals, LeBron James will address perhaps the biggest talking point in the offseason: where will he play next? The top two teams outside of the Cleveland Cavaliers currently linked to James’ free agency decision right now are the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia […]

More and more NBA players and coaches are sharing their opinions on the Rookie of the Year Award controversy. The most recent one to comment is veteran Richard Jefferson of the Denver Nuggets. For Jefferson, Ben Simmons is not a true rookie since despite sitting out during his first year, he still had the opportunity to […]

Richard Jefferson has been around the NBA for a long time now. This season is his 17th in the league, and the Denver Nuggets are his ninth team in the pros, but the one he’ll cherish the most at the end of his notable career was his stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, per Gary Washburn […]

The 2017-18 NBA season continues to fluctuate for the Denver Nuggets. Aside from falling in and out of the win column over the past several games, the performance of big man Nikola Jokic has been inconsistent as well. Jokic recently got called out by teammate and veteran forward Richard Jefferson for not being the Nuggets’ best […]

Since he entered the league back in the 2015-16 season, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has continued to impress basketball fans, as he has shown a lot of improvement each year. That said, it has led to many believing that he will be their franchise player moving forward, and that he is one of the […]

Throughout his entire NBA career, Richard Jefferson has not been the type who is shy to speak his mind. He is also very animated during games and practices, which helps him get hyped even more. Now that he is part of the Denver Nuggets, his teammates are still getting used to his personality and antics. […]

Veteran forward Richard Jefferson saw his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers come to an end over the weekend after he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks. Shortly thereafter, he was waived by the Hawks making him a free agent on the open market just days before the start of the 2017-18 season. It didn’t take […]

Veteran forward Richard Jefferson is closing in on a one-year, $2.3 million veteran’s minimum deal with the Denver Nuggets, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Nuggets would be forced to waive one of their 15 guaranteed contracts in order to make room for his addition. Denver is likely to waive veteran point guard Jameer Nelson, […]

The Denver Nuggets are the latest proponents adding themselves to the race for soon-to-be-free-agent forward Richard Jefferson after the Milwaukee Bucks showed some interest last week, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Jefferson was recently waived by the Atlanta Hawks alongside second-year point guard Kay Felder, after the two were traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers on […]

It may not take long before Richard Jefferson finds another team to latch on. The 37-year-old forward was recently waived by the Atlanta Hawks following a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers in what was clearly a salary-dump move by the latter. A free agent by Monday, Jefferson is being reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski as […]

Just a day after trading for the two, the Atlanta Hawks have decided to waive Richard Jefferson and Kay Felder, per RealGM. The Hawks agreed to a trade with the Cavaliers yesterday to acquire the two players along with a couple of future second-round draft picks. Atlanta was clearly just there to help the Cavs […]

The Boston Celtics may have finally put together a squad that could challenge the Cleveland Cavaliers for Eastern Conference supremacy. While point guard Kyrie Irving is seemingly the final piece of the puzzle, the move was facilitated by Boston’s signing of then-Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward in free agency. Despite being selected to just his first […]

Almost a month after winning their second championship in three years, Andre Iguodala and Stephen Curry are still understandably on a high for achieving the feat. They also wanted to rub it in to some Cleveland Cavaliers players, including Richard Jefferson, who they bumped into during Kent Bazemore’s wedding in the U.K. While taking videos of […]

Once wearing a Punisher-themed knee brace, San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan is unabashedly a huge fan of comic books. Frank Castle aka The Punisher is Duncan’s favorite character, but when it came to choosing a name for his newborn daughter, the future Hall of Famer decided to pay homage to another comic book character. […]

According to the NBA, the Cleveland Cavaliers benefited from two missed calls late in the fourth quarter of Christmas Day’s game with the Golden State Warriors. Apparently, Richard Jefferson should have been called for “foot contact” with Kevin Durant with 3.1 seconds left to play. Instead, Durant laid on his back and fired up a […]

Shaun Livingston has made some noise in the NBA Finals this year. He’s always been considered a solid player, but Livingston has taken it to another level lately. Yesterday, in the 2nd quarter of the game between the Cavaliers and the Warriors, Shaun Livingston had an incredible poster dunk on Richard Jefferson: This dunk from […]

Once upon a time, Mark Jackson coached Richard Jefferson. Think back to a time when Jackson was the head coach of the Golden State Warriors. They were engaged in their first playoff series in six years back in 2012-13. This was before Stephen Curry became the most unstoppable offensive force in the NBA and before fans […]