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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Grant Hill (left) shared the 1995 Rookie of the Year award with Jason Kidd. (Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seven-time NBA All-Star Grant Hill announced his retirement Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I'm glad to say, I'm done,\" Hill said.\u00A0\"I'm officially retired. Moving on from playing. I had a great run. I'm announcing it now.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hill, who signed a two-year, $4 million contract with the Clippers last summer,\u00A0made the announcement on TNT in advance of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Heat and Pacers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I've been hinting at it the last few years, you get to a point where you just don't want to do it any more,\" Hill said. \"But I've enjoyed it, I've loved it.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Clippers confirmed Hill's decision in a press release Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThe entire Clippers organization wants to congratulate Grant on an incredible career,\u201D Clippers VP of basketball operations Gary Sacks said in a statement. \u201CFor 19 years, Grant has always been the embodiment of class, a true professional and not only one of the best players - but one of the finest individuals I have been around. We were fortunate to have Grant with us last season, and we wish him all the best in his next endeavor.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Selected with the No. 3 pick in the 1994 NBA draft after winning two national championships at Duke, Hill enjoyed a 19-year career with the Pistons, Magic, Suns and Clippers, despite losing the entire 2003-04 season and major portions of four other seasons to ankle injuries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 1995 co-Rookie of the Year retires with career averages of 16.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists. Hill was selected to the All-NBA first or second team for five straight years from 1995-96 to 1999-2000, he won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 1996 Olympics, and won the NBA's sportsmanship award on three occasions.\nHill, 40, was the NBA's oldest player during the 2012-13 season, averaging 3.2 points and 1.7 rebounds in 29 appearances for the Clippers. He leaves the NBA having earned more than $143 million in contracts over his career.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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