The former Husky is hanging it up after 10 seasons in the NBA,
Jeremy Lamb, a key starter on UConn’s 2011 national championship team and a 10-year NBA veteran, announced via Instagram on Wednesday that he is retiring from basketball.
Lamb spent two seasons at UConn from 2010-12, immediately stepping into a prominent role on the 2011 title as the secondary scorer behind Kemba Walker, who also retired from basketball this summer. In 75 games over two seasons in Storrs, Lamb averaged over 14 points per game before declaring for the 2012 NBA Draft, where he was selected with the 12th overall pick by the Houston Rockets.
The Norcross, Georgia native never suited up for Houston, but Lamb was a key piece in the Rockets’ trade to acquire James Harden from Oklahoma City. Lamb would go on to have 10-year career in the league that spanned OKC, Charlotte, Indiana and Sacramento. Lamb last appeared in the NBA in 2022 with the Kings, where he averaged 7.9 points per game. He averaged 10.1 points per game across his NBA career and spent this past season with Sacramento’s G-League team, the Stockton Kings.
From his time at UConn to his time in the NBA, Lamb was famously mellow as a person but an electric scorer. He first went viral with an epic poster of a poor Columbia center in the Huskies’ 2011-12 home opener, and made waves in the NBA with a half-court buzzer beater in 2019.
Jeremy Lamb retiring
Never forget one of the best buzzer beaters we’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/XjkuHTND0r
— House of Highlights (@HoHighlights) August 7, 2024
Lamb’s length and athleticism allowed him to get to the basket and score with ease. He floated through the air and made things look effortless. While he only spent two years in a UConn uniform, he left a lasting impact on the program with his role as an important sidekick to Kemba Walker’s historic title run. After a success and prosperous NBA career with over $54 million in career earning, Lamb is on to the next chapter of his life.