Paul Millsap is retiring from the NBA after 16 seasons within the league, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. Millsap put collectively a prolonged skilled profession within the NBA after being drafted forty seventh total within the second spherical of the 2006 Draft by the Utah Jazz.
Millsap spent his first two years with the Jazz coming off the bench, however appeared in all 82 video games for Utah and completed sixth in Rookie of the 12 months voting. He turned a full-time starter for the Jazz in his fifth 12 months, and over his final three years in Utah he averaged 16.1 factors, 7.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and shot 50.7% from the sphere. Throughout his time with the Jazz, Millsap garnered Sixth Man of the 12 months consideration, ending as excessive as seventh, and performed diversified key roles for the Jazz in 5 playoff appearances.
After seven years in Utah, Millsap signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks in the summertime of 2013. Millsap’s time with the Hawks is the place he actually broke out, incomes 4 All-Star nods, and ending fifth in Defensive Participant of the 12 months through the 2015-16 season. Millsap led the Hawks to 60 wins through the 2014-15 season, as he averaged a workforce excessive 16.7 factors and seven.8 rebounds. That Hawks workforce made it to the Japanese Convention finals earlier than dropping to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Following his four-year tenure with the Hawks, Millsap signed with the Nuggets in the summertime of 2017, and was nonetheless a productive participant. He shared the frontcourt with Nikola Jokic within the beginning lineup, and through the 2019 playoffs was Denver’s third-leading scorer behind Jokic and Jamal Murray. Nonetheless, Millsap’s manufacturing started to say no from there and after 4 years with the Nuggets he spent his last season within the league with the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers.
Millsap was a constant and versatile massive man all through most of his profession, anchoring defensive items on one finish and getting factors within the mid-range and below the basket. Within the later phases of his profession, Millsap adopted a 3-point shot, and whereas he seldom used it, he had some success with it throughout his time with the Hawks and Nuggets.
Previous to being drafted, Millsap had three standout years at Louisiana Tech, the place he averaged 18.6 factors and 12.7 rebounds. Millsap is considered one of simply eight gamers to complete 500 3-pointers, 1,000 blocks and 1,000 steals over their profession.
