19, Rockets retired non-player letter jerseys and the first Chinese retired jersey. The "CD" jersey in the Rockets' retired jersey is Carol Dawson , where "CD" is the abbreviation of his name "Carroll Dawson". Many young fans may not know that he is the former district manager and assistant coach of the Rockets, and was affectionately called "CD" by fans.
He played for the Rockets for 27 years. He has been providing support for the logistics of Rockets from 1980 to 2007, witnessing the Rockets' most prosperous second consecutive championship period, and selected Yao Ming in the 2002 draft. Later, he also obtained McGrady from the Magic and formed the Yao and Mac combination. After that, Yao Ming's No. 11 jersey was also retired by the Rockets. This is the first and only jersey that the Chinese have been retired in NBA.
20, jersey number has been retired. In NBA history, two teams have repeatedly retired the same number, namely the No. 30 of Trail Blazers and the No. 15 of Knicks . The Trail Blazers have successively retired the No. 30 jerseys of Terry Porter and Bobby Gross, and the No. 15 jerseys of the Knicks have also retired the No. 15 jerseys of Dick McCagour and Earl Monroe.
This is somewhat related to the management's inadequate consideration. Now if some teams want to retire the jersey number of players, new players will be banned from choosing this number in advance.
21, Magic team's first jersey retired in history turned out to be a fan. The most bizarre in the NBA is the Magic. When you look at its team history, you will see many big-name stars: Shark O'Neal , Penny Hardaway, McGrady, Warcraft Howard. But the team does not seem to plan to retire the player's jersey, and there is not a single one. Magic official said: No player numbers will be retired until the team wins the championship.
However, in order to thank the fans for their support, the team retired a No. 6 jersey, and the name written was SIXT MAN, which is literally translated as the 6th man. The idea expressed is: the fans are the best sixth person on the team. In addition, the Pelicans and Kings will retire the team's No. 6 jersey for fans.
22. Teams without retired jersey numbers. Since the development of the NBA, almost every team has retired jerseys in their own way. However, Raptors and Clippers are the only two teams in the NBA that have not retired any jersey numbers.
Raptors were founded in 1995, and are a team in Toronto, Canada, overseas market. The team has been established for less than 30 years, so it is understandable that they will not retire. But the Raptors officially stated that when Kyle Lowry retires, his No. 7 jersey will also be retired.
But the Clippers are different. He joined the NBA in 1970 and has been around for more than 50 years. However, the team is like a solid piece of iron, and it will take a long time to retire the jersey.
23, all NBA teams will retire the No. 6 jersey. As NBA legend Bill Russell passed away on August 1, 2022, the NBA officially announced that it will retire the No. 6 jersey in 30 teams across the league. Russell became the first player in NBA history to win this honor. This also means that no one will wear the No. 6 jersey in the future, but players who originally wore the No. 6 jersey can continue to wear during the game, and then there will be no new No. 6 jersey born.
Before Article 14, the jersey number with the most retired number in the NBA was No. 32, and there was no error in the statement, because the No. 6 jersey was retired seven times, namely: Celtics (Bill Russell), 76ers ( Julius Irving ), Suns ( Walter Davis ), Spurs (Avery Johnson), Pelicans (fans), Magic (fans), Kings (fans), and 29 teams this time were announced to retire Russell's No. 6.
The team that has retired the No. 6 jersey may have retired two No. 6 jerseys due to Russell. James is also caught in the shooting again. He wore the No. 6 jersey when Heat and won two championships for the team's four-point finals. Therefore, Heat is likely to retire James' No. 6 jersey. Perhaps the Heat will also retire two No. 6 jerseys. In addition, the Raptors and the Clippers were also "forced" to set the team's first retiring jerseys.
Friends, I have listed these 22 records of NBA retired jerseys. Have you been eye-opening?
