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Only player to have the same number retired by three different teams (Golden State, L.A. Lakers and Philadelphia) 16: Pau Gasol † Los Angeles Lakers: C 2008–2014 First pair of siblings, with brother Marc Gasol to have jerseys retired by NBA teams. 21: Michael Cooper † Los Angeles Lakers: G 1978–1990 [21] 22: Elgin Baylor † Los Angeles ...
During the NBA draft, franchises select players who have not previously held a contract in the league and have declared themselves eligible. In the early years of the league, a player's place on the roster was primarily determined by team ownership and management. In 1970, Hall of Fame player and then-President of the NBA Players Association ...
The 50 players had to have played at least a portion of their careers in the NBA and were selected irrespective of position played. The list was announced by NBA commissioner David Stern on October 29, 1996, at the hotel Grand Hyatt New York , the site of the Commodore Hotel, where the original NBA charter was signed in 1946.
After 20 years, five championships and one MVP trophy, Kobe Bryant made it official on Sunday: He's retiring from the NBA in just a few short months.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world. [3]
Complete NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Here is the full list of the 76 greatest basketball players of all-time who made the list, in alphabetical order and unranked. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Ray Allen ...
5× All-NBA First Team (1978, 1980–1983) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) [93] 1993: Dan Issel: C-F: Odds-defying star big man at Kentucky, then for ABA Kentucky Colonels, then for ABA/NBA Denver Nuggets in lengthy playing career. Later also coached Denver. Netted over 25,000 pro points. [94] 1993: Dick McGuire: G: NIT championship ...
Three players in the major North American sports leagues have had their numbers retired by all teams in their respective leagues, those being Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, Wayne Gretzky, arguably by many as the greatest hockey player in NHL history, [20] [21] and Bill Russell, the most successful player in NBA history in terms of total ...