1. Michael Jordan
Jordan announced his retirement after his first three consecutive championships, but he was at the peak of his physical fitness at the time. The reason for his retirement was to complete his father. He wanted to play baseball, and he successfully became a baseball player. However, the ending was not good. His talent in the sport of baseball was far less than basketball, so he made a comeback and won the second three. After winning consecutive championships, he retired again, then he returned to the Wizards and announced his retirement in the summer of 2003.
2, Larry Bird
Larry Bird’s career is also very legendary. He was once known as the first small forward in history. He played for in all 13 seasons of his career. Celtics During this period, he was selected for 12 All-Stars and 9 times for a team. The reason why he retired was worried that his career average points would decline. You must know that he averaged 20+ points per game in the previous season, and he just retired. With the dream team to fight for the Barcelona Olympics to win the gold medal, perhaps seeing the emerging Jordan in the dream team made Bird feel the pressure of the newcomers, so Bird ended his career very early.
3, Royce White
2012 NBA Draft , the Houston Rockets used the 16th pick in the first round to select Royce White White Physical talent is considered very good. He was strong in high school and college. His draft pick in NBA was not very low. However, he chose to retire from the NBA because he was afraid of flying. We all know that the NBA's home and away system requires The players kept flying away to participate in games. Although White received a lot of treatment, it still didn’t help.He was still unable to overcome this anxiety, and finally reluctantly chose to retire.
4. Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson is a well-deserved historical first point guard, but his career is only a short 12 seasons, and he was elected as the regular season most valuable player three times , was elected to the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player 3 times, won the championship 5 times, was selected to the NBA All-Star team 12 times, and was selected to the All-NBA Team 9 times. The reason for his retirement was that his private life was disorderly and he contracted an unclean disease, which made many stars feel disgusted with competing with him. In the end, the magician also announced his retirement in the year he was playing.
5. O’Neal
O’Neal also belonged to a state of displacement at the end of his career. The Cavaliers and Celtics only scored 9.2 per game in the last season. Points, far less than when he was at his peak, when O'Neal’s career total score was 28,596 points, he felt that his career total points could not reach 30,000 points, so he chose to retire.
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