Former Warriors guard, NBA champion, announces immediate retirement at 33

Damion Lee, who helped the Golden State Warriors win the 2022 championship, announced his retirement from the NBA in an Instagram post May 12.

“I appreciate all of my coaches, teammates, athletic trainers, co-workers that I’ve came across in my career,” Lee wrote. “I hope that I was able to make a positive impact on your lives as you have on mine! This game has meant everything to me, so much that I put my body through the wringer over the course of the last 15 years…but that time has come to an end.”

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Lee played 315 games in seven seasons with the Atlanta Hawks (2017-18), Warriors (2018-22), and Phoenix Suns (2022-23, 2024-25). He averaged 7.8 points per game, 1.3 assists and 0.6 steals in his career.

Lee set career highs in 2019-20 with 12.7 points and 2.7 assists per game while starting 36 of 49 games for the Warriors.

In the 2022 NBA Finals, Lee appeared in four games off the bench against the Boston Celtics and scored nine points. He signed with the Suns a month later, a $2.1 million contract for the 2022-23 season.

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