{"id":853,"date":"2013-06-03T16:24:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T16:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/?p=853"},"modified":"2021-08-14T17:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:04:50","slug":"nba-all-star-grant-hill-retires-after-19-seasons-in-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/nba-all-star-grant-hill-retires-after-19-seasons-in-the-league","title":{"rendered":"NBA All-Star Grant Hill Retires After 19 Seasons in the League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 19 seasons in the NBA, All-Star Grant Hill announced his retirement on Saturday, June 1, on Inside The NBA during TNT\u2019s pregame show before Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Grant Hill, 40. announced his retirement on June 1, 2013, after 19 years in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hill, 40, has impressive stats. He was the 1995 NBA co-Rookie of the Year, and has been a seven-time NBA All-Star, four time All-NBA Second Team selection, an Olympic gold medalist and three time winner of the NBA Sportsmanship Award. The teams he played for include: the Detroit Pistons 1994\u20132000, Orlando Magic 2000\u20132007, Phoenix Suns 2007\u20132012 and Los Angeles Clippers 2012\u20132013.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad to be here, but I&#8217;m done,&#8221; Hill told his contemporaries on Inside The NBA. &#8220;I&#8217;m officially retired, moving on from playing, I had a great run. I&#8217;ve been hinting at it for the last few years and you get to a point where you just don&#8217;t want to do it anymore, but I&#8217;ve enjoyed it and I&#8217;ve loved it&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In 2003, I had multiple doctors who said I was done and I was able to play for another ten years&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grant Hill announces his retirement. What his career could&#8217;ve been.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"video\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GnXBfCFg_wI\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>If you would like to book basketball speakers or NBA stars like Grant Hill for a speaking engagement, autograph signing, guest appearance, product endorsement, celebrity golf tournament, marketing or PR campaign, charity fundraiser or special corporate event, you can request <a title=\"grant hill agent information\" href=\"\/speaker\/grant-hill.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grant Hill agent<\/a>, speaker and appearance fees. For booking agent information on how to hire Grant Hill for appearances, call 1.855.503.5450.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/114622655535730171759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"author noopener\">Jonathan Wexler<\/a> on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 19 seasons in the NBA, All-Star Grant Hill announced his retirement on Saturday, June 1, on Inside The NBA during TNT\u2019s pregame show before Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. 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