If he loves playing ball he won't retire. Anybody who loves what they do is lucky to get paid doing it. In all reality, the stars who stay in the league do it because they love the game. They could all easily retire after a 4 or 5 year big contract if they wanted to. All the other extras make them that much richer, when they sign deals to promote products.
This was one of the greatest troll threads I've seen in the GARM lol. This cheered me up after that loss tbh.