It has been a good holiday season forΒ Jason Terry. The former Arizona point guard became just the third NBA player ever to make 2,000 three-pointers, joiningΒ Ray AllenΒ andΒ Reggie MillerΒ in the exclusive club. Then the Pac-12 and UA combined to rule that Terry is now eligible to have his No. 31 Arizona jersey retired, ending a long ban triggered when Terry admitted he took money from an agent during his UA senior season of 1998-99. Terry has more than paid penance for that long-ago transgression. UA athletic directorΒ Greg ByrneΒ said that school presidentΒ Ann Weaver HartΒ was active and influential in making Terryβs jersey retirement (Feb. 19 at the USC-Arizona game) a reality. βItβs the right time,β Byrne said Saturday. βHeβs a good citizen; the past is the past.β The UA will re-condition the retired jerseys ofΒ Sean Elliott,Β Steve Kerr,Β Jason GardnerΒ andΒ Mike Bibby, giving them a 21st century look, for the February celebration.
'Good citizen' Terry ready to join UA immortals
- Greg Hansen Arizona Daily Star
Greg Hansen
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