Jared Jeffries was a first-round NBA draft choose who put collectively a strong 11-year profession amongst a number of groups. On Monday, he may additionally name himself a winner on “The Price is Right.”
The 2002 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year performed the “One Away” sport on the present and wanted a pink 7 to pop up within the slot for him to win a brand new automobile. All Jeffries wanted to do was to kind the proper worth of the automobile in an effort to win the prize.
Jared Jeffries, former NBA participant who pivoted his profession to concentrate on e-sports, is proven in Beverly, Hills, California, Nov. 9, 2018.
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As host Drew Carey had the slide faraway from the board, the proper worth of the automobile got here out and Jeffries was the winner. He ran across the stage as if he had hit a game-winning shot. The former NBA ahead gained a Toyota Corolla LE.
Hopefully, there’s sufficient room for the 6-foot-11 former Indiana Hoosiers standout.
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Jeffries later wrote on Twitter it was a “lifelong dream.”
The 41-year-old Bloomington, Indiana, native was the No. 11 choose of the 2002 draft of the Washington Wizards. He performed 4 seasons with the Wizards earlier than becoming a member of the New York Knicks. He was in a while the Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers.
LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat appears to be like to move within the first half in opposition to Jared Jeffries of the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals within the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 6, 2012, at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Jared Jeffries gained a brand new automobile on “The Price is Right.”
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He completed his enjoying profession in 2013 with a 4.8 factors, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per sport common.
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