Because, based on the evidence I can see and the criteria by which I measure jersey retirement, he doesn't merit the honor.
Why are you questioning my opinion? It seems that's basically what this whole thread is about (at least since post #3). You are offering no actual rebuttal to the points raised, but are just speculating about the possible existence of unknown facts. My post had more actual reasoning and evaluation behind it than your rejoinder did. Your reply amounted to a post saying, "Trust them. They must know what they are doing."
It seems that this is an odd way to explicitly call out a particular opinion post in a thread full of opinion posts.
Look, I really don’t care what the Los Angeles Lakers do. I thoroughly despise them, though I have nothing against the Minneapolis Lakers.
Pau Gasol was a great basketball player — one of the best of the past 20 years. If the Los Angeles Lakers have decided to retire his jersey they are free to do so.
This is, in fact, the very first time I have ever seen people negatively questioning a team’s decision — in any sport — to retire the jersey of one of THEIR OWN PLAYERS. It strikes me as quite bizarre that this became a topic for debate, especially on a Duke fan site.
Former NBA players charged in $4M health care fraud scheme
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...e-fraud-scheme
I haven't seen any of our guys on the list of suspects, which is nice.
@GaryParrishCBS
I think my favorite SDNY/NBA story belongs to Greg Smith. He submitted a $48,000 claim for dental work done in Beverly Hills on 12/20/18. The only problem is that he was actually in Taiwan playing basketball that week. Investigators just pulled the box scores. Hahaha.
TMZ: Glen 'Big Baby' Davis Among 18 Ex-NBA Players Charged With Fraud
It's a real shame to see Glen Davis involved here, making fraudulent medical claims on non-existent conditions, when he himself was born with fetal macrosomia.
I've seen some articles make reference to these players as journeymen, not NBA stars. Well, here are the career earnings (from NBA contracts, not counting any overseas contracts) for the indicted players:
Darius Miles - $62 mil
Tony Allen - $41 mil
Ruben Patterson - $37 mil
Glen Davis - $34 mil
Sebastian Telfair - $19 mil
Shannon Brown - $17 mil
Melvin Eli - $13 mil
Terrence Williams - $7 mil
Jamario Moon - $7 mil
Tony Wroten - $6 mil
Yeah, ain't shedding a single tear for any of these lawbreakers.
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Tony Allen, Darius Miles among ex-NBA players indicted for defrauding league health care plan
More than a dozen retired NBA players have been indicted for defrauding a league health care plan, according to federal court records unsealed Thursday.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mor...?ocid=msedgntp
Greg Smith's is even more ridiculous when you add the fact it was for root canals and crowns for eight (!!!) teeth. You don't even need the fact he was balling in Taiwan to set off the fraud alarm bells on that one.
To add to your post, this ESPN article says the 18 players involved in the fraud made a combined $343 million in their NBA careers. Like your numbers, that does not include any earnings for playing overseas or from endorsements or any other income.