Kevin Seraphin, the French large man who spent seven seasons within the NBA (5 with the Washington Wizards), has determined to retire from the sport at age 30 attributable to accidents, one thing he introduced in an interview with First Staff in France.

Seraphin, who had performed for European powerhouse FC Barcelona after leaving the NBA, had sat out final season attributable to knee points, and those self same issues have him hanging up his Nikes.

Kevin Seraphin was chosen seventeenth general within the 2010 NBA Draft, picked by the Bulls however traded on draft night time to the Wizards in a deal that additionally despatched Kirk Hinrich to the nation’s capital. Slightly undersized on the 5 at 6’9″ and never a man who spaced the ground as a shooter, Seraphin was a strong backup large man for the Wizards for 5 seasons (he was taking part in behind Marcin Gortat and Nene, there weren’t a whole lot of minutes available). He performed his final two seasons in Indiana and New York earlier than returning to Europe. Throughout his NBA profession, he received a silver medal for France at EuroBasket 2011.

Seraphin performed for a few seasons for FC Barcelona earlier than his knee points caught up with him.

I’m undecided what Seraphin will do now that he’s retired, however perhaps extra hanging out with snakes?

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Seven-year NBA veteran Kevin Seraphin retires from basketball at age 30 initially appeared on NBCSports.com