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Early Monday, it was announced that NBA Champion and 17-year NBA veteran Richard Jefferson will be getting the opportunity to officiate the second quarter of the New York vs. Portland game. He was granted this after attending daily NBA Summer League Officiating Meetings in Las Vegas. Whether it is playing, broadcasting or even reffing a game, Jefferson does not back down from a challenge.

Shortly after the announcement he took to Twitter (his second favorite app behind Tik Tok) to explain his reasoning behind the move.

Props to Jefferson for doing everything in his power to learn more about the game while seeing it from another perspective.