Retire

Metta World Peace turns 37 in a few weeks. So on a team like the Lakers, he’s merely there to help guide the youngsters. He has played in 23 games this season, but feels like he has much more left in the tank. He will be a free agent this summer and wants to hang [...]

LeBron James is on record as being “emotional” when he really sits and realizes that this is Kobe Bryant’s final season. In fact, they embraced for a while after they played one another on Wednesday night, and Kobe gave LeBron a signed pair of his game-worn sneakers. LeBron’s admiration for Kobe goes beyond. It reportedly [...]

The Pistons are doing their best to pay homage to players for their championship caliber run from 2003 to 2008. They retired undersized, defensive and rebounding extraordinaire and fan favorite Ben Wallace in January and now they will be retiring “Mr. Big Shot” Chauncey Billups’ no. 3 jersey tonight. The Pistons played their best game [...]

January 13, 1999 is a day that will live in infamy for Bulls fans, NBA fans and sports fan alike as Michael Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls after 13 seasons for the second and what we thought would be the last time. This was during the NBA lockout of 1999 in which the season [...]

What’s in a number? When it comes to someone like Kobe Bryant, that answer is “a lot.” It’s rare that a great player will ever change his jersey number mid-career. I mean, we’ve seen it a handful of times, and when it happens it quite noticeable. In most cases, they are forced to do so [...]

Former NBA players that turn into head coaches were usually journeymen who had middling careers. At least the successful ones are. It’s rare that you’ll see an all-time great player become a great head coach. That’s primarily because most players aren’t as good as they were, so they have a tough time understanding why all [...]

It was great to see Tracy McGrady in an NBA uniform once again for the Spurs during the playoffs. Granted, his name was only called in garbage time, it was still refreshing to see him out there. For someone as great as he was, you hate to see him have to go to China go [...]

Adam Morrison will forever be remembered as another Michael Jordan draft pick that just didn’t work. Add him to the ever growing list. Jordan took him 3rd in the draft a few years ago out of Gonzaga, but he never even approached what he was supposed to be. After bouncing around the league and ending [...]

At the beginning of the year, it was somewhat of a surprise when Rasheed Wallace was signed by the Knicks. Even though he was only out of the NBA for a year, you got the sense that he’d enjoy his retirement. But his return to the court with the Knicks was short-lived.  He battled injuries [...]

September 12, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Last year for the Celtics, Keyon Dooling played a very key role down the stretch. He his some timely 3-pointers for the Cs, reminiscent of Eddie House. But after 12 years, Dooling has decided to hang it up. Keyon has decided that he has given the NBA twelve [...]