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{{Short description|American former professional basketball player}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Chris Jefferies
| image = 
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 8
| weight_lbs = 230
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|2|13}}
| birth_place = [[Fresno, California]]
| high_school = [[Washington Union High School|Washington Union]]<br>([[Easton, California]])
| college = 
*[[Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball|Arkansas]] (1998–1999)
*[[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State]] (2000–2002)
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 27
| draft_year = 2002
| draft_team = [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
| career_start = 2002
| career_end = 2004
| career_number = 1, 32, 6
| career_position = [[Small forward]] / [[shooting guard]]
| years1 = {{nbay|2002|start}}–{{nbay|2003|start}}
| team1 = [[Toronto Raptors]]
| years2 = {{nbay|2003|full=y}}
| team2 = [[Chicago Bulls]]
| highlights = 
* First-team All-[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] (2001)
| bbr = jeffech01
}}

'''Christopher Allen Jefferies''' (born February 13, 1980) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. He played for the [[Toronto Raptors]] and the [[Chicago Bulls]] in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). He played [[college basketball]] for the [[Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball|Arkansas Razorbacks]] and [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State Bulldogs]].

==College career==
Jefferies was named First Team All-[[Western Athletic Conference]], All-Defensive Team and All-Newcomer Team as a sophomore at [[California State University, Fresno|Fresno State University]]. Also named WAC Newcomer of the Year by the conference media. Jefferies had transferred from the [[Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball|Arkansas]] following his freshman year.

==Professional career==
Selected in the first round (27th overall pick) of the [[2002 NBA draft]] out of Fresno State by the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], his draft rights were traded along with [[Lindsey Hunter]] to the [[Toronto Raptors]] for [[Tracy Murray]] and the draft rights to [[Kareem Rush]]. He was later traded to the [[Chicago Bulls]] during the [[2003-04 NBA season|2003–04 season]].

Jefferies' final NBA game was played on April 14, 2004, in a 96–101 loss to the [[Indiana Pacers]] where he recorded 2 points and 5 fouls as the Bulls' starting Small Forward. In his short NBA career, Jefferies registered 72 games played, 12 game starts, and averaged 3.9 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. He is also the half-brother to Nate Jefferies, [[Immanuel High School]] basketball star.

==External links==
*{{Basketballstats |nba= 2423 |bbr= j/jeffech01 }}

{{2002 NBA draft}}

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[[Category:1980 births]]
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[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Canada]]
[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Fresno, California]]
[[Category:Chicago Bulls players]]
[[Category:Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Lakers draft picks]]
[[Category:Shooting guards]]
[[Category:Small forwards]]
[[Category:Toronto Raptors players]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen]]
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