Tasmania's NBL championship-winning captain Clint Steindl has called time on his decorated career.
The 35-year-old swingman - a three-time NBL champion - played 356 games over 13 years.
Steindl spent four seasons in Perth, where he won back-to-back titles with the Wildcats in 2019-20, before joining Tasmania as the expansion team's inaugural skipper.
He led the JackJumpers to their maiden title last year.
"In the end, a lot of people had invested in my career, and my heart and my head got to a point where I needed to start investing in those people close to me that have sacrificed a lot," Steindl said.
"For the most part I felt like I was moving fairly well.
"I actually got a fair bit of stick from the guys after my last dunk effort where it barely got over the front of the rim and I kind of put my hand up like I needed to get out of the game.
"But outside of that my body has been great to me. I've been very fortunate not to suffer too many big injuries."
JackJumpers coach Scott Roth, who also worked with Steindl in Perth, said the swingman was his No.1 recruiting target after taking the role in Tasmania.
An emotional Roth paid tribute to a fierce competitor and selfless leader.
"I have so much love and respect for Clint and his family," Roth said.
"This journey with him has been remarkable over the last four years.
"He represents everything that's great about professional sports on and off the floor, and he's been a cornerstone of what the JackJumpers stand for.
"He has given his heart and soul to this team, and to say he will be missed is an understatement."
Originally from Mackay, Steindl spent time at the Australian Institute of Sport before embarking on a four-year US college stint with St Mary's.
He returned in 2012 to start his professional career with the Cairns Taipans and also played with the Townsville Crocodiles, where he was named the NBL's most improved player in 2016.
After short stints in Belgium and Greece, Steindl became an important piece of Trevor Gleeson's successful Wildcats team.
Fittingly, Steindl reached his 350-game milestone in a JackJumpers home fixture against Perth last month.
"He was perfect for us," Gleeson told the NBL website at the time.
"He found his role on the team and was a vital member in our two championships.
"He complemented Bryce (Cotton) perfectly when they played together, because when they doubled him, he would stretch the floor and knock it down."
Roth hopes Steindl will continue in an off-court role with the JackJumpers.
"He will definitely not be forgotten from the playing group and we look forward to what his next journey looks like - hopefully working for the JackJumpers in some capacity," Roth said.
"He has been integral in everything that we've done here from the first day that he arrived."
Steindl all but ruled out moving into basketball coaching, and said his immediate focus would be his family and finishing his masters at university.
"It feels like a massive step given basketball and my family is all I've known," Steindl said.
"Not just professionally but just as a youngster growing up in north Queensland with my mum and dad getting me involved in the game from a very early age, and playing for the joy of it with your mates."
Steindl averaged 5.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game in his final season for Tasmania.
The JackJumpers finished with a 13-16 record and only missed the post-season because of an inferior percentage to sixth-placed Adelaide.
Steindl predicted a bright future for the organisation.
"There's something special being built here," he said.
"I'm glad I was able to play my part within that but this place is going to go onto bigger and better things."
