Retirement

Ray Allen has yet to officially retire from the NBA, and the Miami Heat have taken this as a sign that they shouldn’t stop trying to sign him. From the Miami Herald‘s Ethan Skolnick (h/t RealGM): Why doesn’t the Heat reach out to all-time three-point leader, and Miami resident, Ray Allen? Well, the Heat has. [...]

Now that Kobe Bryant had made it official is hanging them up after 20 seasons as a Lakers after the 2015-16 season, it was inevitable that a traveling farewell tour would ensue as organizations around the NBA would present Kobe parting gifts to commemorate the last time he would play in their city. The 76ers [...]

July 24, 2012 – Allen Moll It’s been nearly 15 months since we last saw former 3 time NBA All Star Brandon Roy on the NBA hardwood, after the Trailblazers’ former franchise player retired all too early [...]

February 28, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors After the Lakers got swept by the eventual NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Playoffs, many wondered if Kobe Bryant was at his best or if he was suffering through too many injuries. Well apparently the injuries to his knee and ankle were far worse than [...]

December 12, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Well its now official. Brandon Roy announced his retirement this weekend from the NBA due to ongoing health issues related to his knee rehabilitation. We loved us some ‘B-Roy’ game around the office, and thought we’d share this tribute video that does an excellent job of saying farewell [...]

August 3, 2011 – Allen Moll Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko has been the definition of an enigmatic player in his 10 seasons with the Utah Jazz. After earning All Rookie 1st Team honors(‘02), getting an All Star selection(‘04), and three All Defensive Team(‘04-’06) nods and establishing himself as one of the most versatile young [...]

June 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors After 19 amazing seasons in the NBA where he was the most dominant force physically the game has ever seen, Shaquille O’Neal, announced on Twitter today (video and tweet after the jump) that he is going to retire. During his career Shaq Diesel won four NBA titles, three [...]

February 1, 2011 – Joshua Sexton It appears Phil Jackson will officially be hanging it up at the end of this season. Since as early as last summer, Jackson has said this will be his final season coaching in the NBA. However, Jackson is somewhat known for having a hard time staying away. After his [...]

January 7, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol Yao Ming went under the knife once again yesterday to repair a serious stress fracture in his left ankle. Ming is currently considering retirement following his rehab from this latest surgery, but hasn’t ruled out returning to an NBA court altogether yet. Yao only played limited minutes over [...]

December 17, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Yao Ming has been saying for days that he is ready to return to the court and feels a lot stronger but has been sidelined by the Houston Rockets’ team doctors. Well today it was announced by the Rockets that Yao Ming has a stress fracture in his [...]