Paul Millsap retires after 16 NBA seasons; PF was a 4-time All-Star with the Hawks | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors
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Paul Millsap retires after 16 NBA seasons; PF was a 4-time All-Star with the Hawks | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors

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Paul Millsap, a 16-year NBA forward and four-time All-Star, retired on Tuesday.

Shams Charania @ShamsCharania

After 16 NBA seasons, four-time All-Star Paul Millsap has retired from basketball. Millsap, the No. 47 pick in the 2006 NBA draft, spent his career with the Jazz, Hawks, Nuggets, Nets and 76ers. One of eight players all-time with 500 3-pointers, 1,000 blocks and 1,000 steals. pic.twitter.com/gftfvGHgnf

The 39-year-old played for the Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets, Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers.

Millsap’s best seasons came during his four years with the Hawks (2013-2017). He made the All-Star team every season and averaged 17.4 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.

All four of these Hawks teams made the playoffs. Atlanta’s best performance came in 2014-15, when it was 60-22, finished first in the Eastern Conference and reached the East finals, where it lost to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Millsap was the leading scorer and rebounder on this well-rounded team.

The Louisiana Tech product began his career with the Jazz, who selected him with the 47th pick in the 2006 draft. He was a reserve player in three of his first four seasons before moving to the starting lineup full-time in 2010.

After the 2012/13 season, Millsap signed with the Hawks. Four years later, he moved to the Denver Nuggets via free agency and became a complementary factor in the team’s rise to the perennial playoff contender it is today.

After four seasons in Denver, the Monroe, Louisiana native signed with the Nets ahead of the 2021-22 season. However, he didn’t have much playing time and that team and he agreed to a mutual separation, according to Charania.

The Nets ultimately traded him to the 76ers as part of the James Harden-Ben Simmons deal in February 2022. He finished the 2022 season in Philadelphia, marking his final NBA appearance.

In summary, Millsap has had an outstanding career. He was a star player on one of the league’s best teams in 2014-15, appearing in four straight All-Star Games and starting on competitive playoff teams for a decade. That’s impressive work for a second-round pick.

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