Jason Richardson retires after playing 13 NBA seasons

By foxsports
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Jason Richardson has announced his retirement from the NBA, after a career in which he played 13 seasons over 14 years for five different teams.

Richardson never made an All-Star team, but was more than a handful to deal with on the offensive end of the floor during the height of his powers. He's perhaps best known for winning the dunk contest in both 2002 and 2003, and for his time with the Golden State Warriors, where he spent the first six years of his career. 

(h/t: Yahoo Sports)

"I didn't want to limp the rest of my life," Richardson told Yahoo Sports in a phone interview. "I still have my whole life in front of me, God willing. I sat alone at a park in Atlanta thinking and no one said anything to me because they didn't recognize me since I just got there. I talked to my wife for an hour on the phone and then I sat for five hours thinking while listening to music before deciding that retiring was the right thing to do."