Al Jefferson

Al Jefferson belongs to a vanishing breed I genuinely miss watching, the back-to-the-basket big man. From Monticello, Mississippi, he was a high school All-American at Prentiss who skipped college entirely and jumped straight to the NBA, drafted 15th overall by the Boston Celtics in 2004. At 208 centimeters he made his living in the low post with footwork and patience rather than three-pointers, a style the modern game has largely abandoned. I admire that he bet on himself young, going pro out of high school, and then carved out a long career doing the unfashionable thing exceptionally well.

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Name (English)

Al Jefferson

Name (Japanese)

アル・ジェファーソン

Reading

ある・じぇふぁーそん

Born

January 4, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Monticello, Mississippi, United States

Height

208 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

High school

Prentiss High School

• Official sitehttp://www.aljefferson7.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Jefferson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442623

Tags

• Mississippi
• basketball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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