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Former Jazz forward Trevor Booker retires from the NBA

After eight NBA seasons, former Jazz forward Trevor Booker is hanging up his kicks.

Booker announced his retirement from the NBA on Twitter.

Booker released a statement on his retirement in his next tweet.

“This is probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to write. Do I just come out and say it at the beginning of this post or do I wait until the end? I think I’d rather tell some of my story first...

“Let’s start with a super shy, unsure, lanky built, box headed country boy that came from a city of two thousand people, one stop light, a Piggly Wiggly for a grocery store, and a graduating class of 12.