JJ Redick retires from basketball after 15 NBA seasons

One of the best pure shooters in the past decade is calling it quits.

Veteran shooting guard J.J. Redick has officially announced his decision to retire from the NBA after 15 seasons.

“As a 7-year-old boy, I dreamed of playing at Duke as I got older. I dreamed of playing in the NBA,” said Redick on his “The Old Man and the Three” podcast.

“The last 30 years of basketball have been beyond my wildest dreams. I never could have imagined that I would have played basketball for this long. After years of youth leagues, AAU, high school basketball, four years at Duke and 15 years in the NBA, I’m retiring from the game that I love so much.”

The 37-year old, who was selected 11th overall in the 2006 NBA Draft, averaged 12.8 points on 44.7 field goal percentage/41.5 three-point percentage, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists over a span of 940 career games split between the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans and Dallas Mavericks.