![]() The retiring of players can be one of the saddest things to see in professional basketball. Fans, coaches, general managers, team owners, and, most off all, other players are affected by the ending of players’ careers. From the end of the 2015-2016 NBA season, to the start of the 2016-2017 season, many past legends’ careers have ended. It’s a sad thing to see older player’s careers come to a halt after watching them dominate the league for ages. One of the saddest things to see as a basketball fan is seeing a past superstar get hate as they lose their skills and athleticism with age. As a Lakers fan it was the worst seeing people hate on Kobe Bryant as his career ended because he led the Lakers to five NBA championships. After Kobe retires it marked the end of the 1996 draft class. Kobe was the last one to call it quits, but he will never be forgotten as well as all of the greats that retired from this draft class. To me it is disrespectful to a player's career when he gets hate for not being as good as he used to be. Especially if that player is a future Hall of Fame player. As a player ages they suffer a lot of wear and tear when playing at such a high level of competition. They begin to lose much of their athletic ability. With injuries and their body’s natural aging, they slow down and have to adapt their style of play. They begin to shoot more outside jump shots, and they make less and less spectacular plays. The players’ averages may go down due to the aging and they may begin taking games off. I believe that seeing a past superstar retire is one of the saddest things to see in sports. To me it comes close behind seeing a player have a severe injury. It is sad to see a player that has had major influence on the sport throughout their career have to finally call it quits. It also impacts the team without the leadership of the older players. What do you think is the worst thing to see in sports? Retirement is to me the worst thing in sports.
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![]() Old NBA legends retiring, players getting greedy for more money, and injuries have caused some teams to lose their superstar players. When teams go through these issues it can cause them to rebuild their whole roster. Losing franchise or superstar players can be dealt with a number of ways. If you have more than one superstar, you can just deal with this issue and build around the superstar player you still have. Another way to deal with this problem is to rebuild your roster. You can do this by trading away some of your older players for fresh young talent and drafting up and coming players. The process of rebuilding can be long and risky. With the players you draft you have no idea how they may turn out. The best player of all time, Michael Jordan, wasn’t even drafted first. Jordan was actually drafted third overall. No one knew how he would turn out as a player. He could have had a career-ending injury like the second overall pick before him, Sam Bowie. With many teams in the rebuilding process, many young players have risen to superstardom very early in their careers. Since these players are still young and developing, they have more strengths and weaknesses than older, more experienced players. Kristaps Porzingis was drafted fourth in the 2015 NBA to the New York Knicks. Many Knicks fans were confused and angry with this pick because they had no idea who he was. Porzingis is from Latvia, and didn’t play basketball in the United States in college. Due to this no one had ever really seen him play. Early on in his first season Porzingis proved that he was a solid pick by the struggling New York Knicks. Strengths:
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In college Russell showed great potential with his crafty play on the basketball court. D’angelo’s first season was a bit shaky as he was getting used to the high level play of the NBA. His second season on the other hand has started off much better as he continues to lead the young Lakers team. Strengths:
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AuthorJohn, he is in 9th grade, and has been in love with basketball since he was 6 years old. Archives
January 2017
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