Jared Scott Carter Jeffries (born November 25, 1981) is a former professional basketball player from the United States. The Washington Wizards selected Jeffries with the 11th overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft.
Before retiring in 2013, he also played for the New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, and Portland Trail Blazers. Jeffries played for the Indiana Hoosiers in college, where he was an integral part of the Hoosiers’ Cinderella run to the 2002 NCAA Championship game, was named Big Ten Player of the Year, and was a consensus second-team All-American during his sophomore year. He primarily played both forward positions at 6’11”.
From 2016 to 2017, Jeffries was the Denver Nuggets’ Director of Player Personnel.
The Washington Wizards selected Jeffries with the 11th overall choice in the 2002 NBA Draft. Jeffries signed a three-year, guaranteed contract with the Wizards as a lottery pick. The rookie season of Jeffries, who played 20 games with Michael Jordan, was cut short when he tore his ACL in practice.
However, he played in every game during his second season and started every game in 2004-05. The Wizards used a contract option on October 31, 2004, to retain Jeffries with the team through the 2005–06 campaign.
Who is Cecelia Jeffries, Jared Jeffries’ mother?
Jared Jeffries didn’t always think he’d play in the NBA. He stated, “Playing basketball was always something I just did. “I wasn’t in love with it, per se,” she said.
He replied, “About my sophomore year (of high school). I genuinely believed I could play basketball and earn a living doing it. It was a little unexpected for his mother Cecelia Jeffries as well. I never once imagined that’s what he’d do, she said.
She has always known that he enjoys playing, but she never imagined that one day he would represent Indiana in college basketball.
