Despite having the best retirement announcement one could hope for, Richard Jefferson might not be hanging up his basketball shoes after all.

In an interview on The Dan Patrick Show, Jefferson said his teammates had been trying to talk him out of it.

“No it’s not set in stone,” he said. “My teammates, [LeBron James] and those guys are trying to talk to me out of it. They’re saying I’m crazy if I retire. So we’ll see. It’s still up for debate.”

He said he doesn’t have any other options awaiting him upon retirement (though we’ve long advocated giving him a position at Snapchat) but said there was one thing that could inch him away from coming back:

“I’ll tell you the truth Dan, it was way too stressful. I’m too old for that stress. I’m already 36. We made this, we won 10 straight, lost 2, won 2 … it was just too much for me.”

Update: He seems to be coming back.

The #cavsparade crowd chanted "one more year" to Richard Jefferson so he said "OK." — Cleveland 19 News (@cleveland19news) June 22, 2016



