"Please take me Tiger back to your drip house!" Remember the lyrics? Remember Jeff Teague? The Atlanta Hawks officially announced that Teague is returning to the team as a scout, which also means that he has officially retired from the NBA. Speaking about the reasons for his retirement, Teague said: "I have an injury on my body, but I don't want to have surgery, so I have to make this decision. ”
Teague was born on June 10, 1988, under the age of 34. The news of his retirement surprised many fans. Teague joined the Bucks on April 2, 2021, winning the championship with the team on July 21. In the 2020-21 season, he played in 21 regular season games for the Bucks, averaging 6.6 points, 1.5 boards and 2.8 assists per game, shooting 46.9% from the field and 38.5% from three-point range.
Although Teague played fairly well in the regular season, he played more crotch in the playoffs: played in 16 games, averaged 7.4 minutes per game, had 2 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists, and shot only 29% from the field. Last offseason, the Bucks did not renew Tig's contract, and other teams did not give Teag a contract. Coupled with injuries, he can only end his playing career...
Teague's NBA career began with the Hawks and ended with the Hawks, which is also a complete from this level. Before joining the league, he attended Wake Forest University, where he was a disciple of Duncan and Paul. Teague is 1.91 meters tall, has an arm span of 2.02 meters, and weighs only 88 kilograms. In his sophomore season, Teague averaged 18.8 points per game and shot 44 percent from three-point range.
It is worth mentioning that James Johnson and Teague are college teammates, both of whom participated in the 2009 NBA Draft. James Johnson was selected by the Bulls with the 16th pick in the first round and Teague was picked by the Hawks with the 19th pick. Two NBA first-round shows appeared in the same year, which is rare in wake forest university team history.
In the 2011 playoffs Bulls vs Eagles, against The New Ko MVP Rose, Teague scored 20+ in 3 of 6 games. Since then, fans have known the second-year point guard. Teague's real outburst came in 2012-13, when he played in 80 regular-season games for the Hawks, averaging 14.6 points and 7.2 assists and shooting 35.9 percent from three-point range.
In the 2014-15 season, Teague won his second career best of the week and the only career best of the month. In January 2015, the Hawks won all 17 games, and the starting five Tigers were named the player of the week: Teague + Korver + Carol + Millsap + Horford, which is also the first time in NBA history that five players have shared this honor.
Not only that, but Teague, Korver, Horford and Millsap joined forces to make the 2015 All-Star Game, the only all-Star trip to Teague's career. In the regular season that year, the Hawks finished first in the East with 60 wins and 22 losses, and the playoffs were eliminated by the Cavaliers in the East Finals. Teague averaged 16.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game in the playoffs.
In the summer of 2015, Carroll was the first to leave the team, and the Eagles fell apart. The Hawk saw Teague's ceiling and decided to straighten Out Schroeder. In the summer of 2016, the Hawks sent Teague to the Pacers. Teague then moved between the Timberwolves and Celtics until he won the only championship of his career with the Bucks in 2021.
Teague played in 826 regular-season games in his career, averaging 12.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He shot 44.4 percent from the field, 36 percent from three-point range and 84.4 percent from the free throw line. How would you rate Teague's NBA career?