Richard Jefferson He has emerged as a player in the NBA, and is starting to make a name for himself as a broadcast analyst in the league and from Monday, too He will enter into arbitration. That’s right, 42-year-old Angelino will be one of the referees during a match Las Vegas Summer League between New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers, It will take place on Monday, July 11th (22:00 EST, 23:00 EST, 00:00 EST, and 5:00 EST).
The association itself confirmed the news, explaining that Jefferson will direct only the second quarter of the game, After being part of the league’s refereeing meetings in Las Vegas.
NBA champion and 17-year NBA veteran Richard Jefferson will run the second quarter of New York’s game against New York tonight. Portland game after attending the official NBA Summer League meetings in Las Vegas.
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Jefferson played 17 years in the NBA, from 2001 to 2018. The forward started his career in New Jersey, then made strides through Milwaukee, San Antonio, Golden State, Utah, Dallas, Cleveland and Denver. In 2016, he was part of the Cavs that beat the Warriors 4-3 in the finals, returning 1-3 down.
Haywood WorkmanAnd the Bernie frying pan s Leon Wood Others of the former NBA who once retired have made the transition to arbitration, although in Jefferson’s case it appears to be more than one Experience episodic and non-functional change.
The NBA often faces different rules during the Summer League. In this version, for example, the FIBA concept of a free-throw penalty and substitution is used for any offense that interrupts an attack in transition, while matches are also complementarily defined with the so-called sudden deathwhich gives a win to the first team to score.
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