James Monroe Jeffries III (born April 8, 1968) is a retired American basketball player best known for playing power forward for the Milwaukee Bucks from 1989-2005, the only team he was ever a part of. Jeffries was part of a group of Bucks players that formed the "Breakout Bucks" of the mid-1990s, winning NBA championships in 1994 and 1996 as part of one of the highest-scoring offenses in NBA history. In 1997, the Bucks brought in three highly-touted defensive players and he became more of a defensive contributor, winning Defensive Player of the Year in 1999 and helping lead the Bucks to a third championship that year. He continued to consistently perform for the Bucks even after the trade of teammate Will Smith in 2000 and the free-agency departure of Mike Ford in 2003, before retiring aft
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| - James Monroe Jeffries III (born April 8, 1968) is a retired American basketball player best known for playing power forward for the Milwaukee Bucks from 1989-2005, the only team he was ever a part of. Jeffries was part of a group of Bucks players that formed the "Breakout Bucks" of the mid-1990s, winning NBA championships in 1994 and 1996 as part of one of the highest-scoring offenses in NBA history. In 1997, the Bucks brought in three highly-touted defensive players and he became more of a defensive contributor, winning Defensive Player of the Year in 1999 and helping lead the Bucks to a third championship that year. He continued to consistently perform for the Bucks even after the trade of teammate Will Smith in 2000 and the free-agency departure of Mike Ford in 2003, before retiring aft
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| - James Monroe Jeffries III (born April 8, 1968) is a retired American basketball player best known for playing power forward for the Milwaukee Bucks from 1989-2005, the only team he was ever a part of. Jeffries was part of a group of Bucks players that formed the "Breakout Bucks" of the mid-1990s, winning NBA championships in 1994 and 1996 as part of one of the highest-scoring offenses in NBA history. In 1997, the Bucks brought in three highly-touted defensive players and he became more of a defensive contributor, winning Defensive Player of the Year in 1999 and helping lead the Bucks to a third championship that year. He continued to consistently perform for the Bucks even after the trade of teammate Will Smith in 2000 and the free-agency departure of Mike Ford in 2003, before retiring after the 2004-05 season. Jeffries played college basketball at Kentucky, where he was a star player, winning AP Freshman of the Year in 1986-87 and the Naismith Award and AP Player of the Year in 1988-89. He left the school after his junior season and was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1989 NBA Draft. His number 32 is retired both at Kentucky and in Milwaukee.
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