Richard Jefferson

In addition to being a great player while at Arizona, Richard Jefferson is one of the biggest personalities to have ever come through the men's basketball ...

The 42-year-old Jefferson, who works for ESPN, was mic’d up for his 10-minute stint as an official, leading to some great exchanges. For those who care, the Blazers outscored the Knicks 28-12 during Jefferson’s time officiating. In addition to being a great player while at Arizona, Richard Jefferson is one of the biggest personalities to have ever come through the men’s basketball program.

Richard Jefferson has made a great transition from the court to television in the last few years. Jefferson spent 17 seasons as a player in the NBA during.

He definitely realized why being a referee is an unenviable job as it is pretty difficult to get everything right. He seemed to have a lot of fun doing it too, as he was mic'd up and we got to hear some fun soundbites. Richard Jefferson has made a great transition from the court to television in the last few years.

Former New Jersey Net Richard Jefferson has been training and finally got to officiate his first NBA game.

He continued, “It’s been amazing because I love the game of basketball. I just respect them because I know their importance to our game and to the integrity to our game.” Jefferson refereed during the second-quarter of the New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers NBA summer league game.

ESPN analyst and former hooper Richard Jefferson suited up for an NBA Summer League game in an unfamiliar uniform on Monday night.

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter)July 12, 2022 — ESPN (@espn)July 12, 2022 I can see why this is addicting." "This is fun. — ESPN (@espn)July 12, 2022 — Richard Jefferson (@Rjeff24)July 11, 2022

NBA analyst Richard Jefferson officiated a quarter of the Knicks-Trail Blazers NBA 2K23 Summer League game in Las Vegas.

“It’s been amazing because I love the game of basketball,” Jefferson said. Jefferson went to officiating meetings to prepare for the cameo role and weighed in on the experience at halftime of the game. The more info I have, the more informed I am as a broadcaster.” I just respect them because I know their importance to our game and to the integrity to our game.” The NBA put Jefferson to work to get him ready. I have such a tremendous amount of respect for the referees, how important they are to the game and I’ve always treated every single one of them as such.