Just take a look on what actually happened this season Phil Jackson - Gone Rick Adelman - Gone Jerry Sloan - Gone Larry Brown - Gone Lakers - Gone Spurs - Gone Jazz - Done Shaq - Gone Boston Big 3 as a Contender (Garnett, Allen, Pierce) - Gone Kidd - Probably Gone after this season Yao - Gone T-Mac - ? (As a Star - definitely Gone) Grant Hill - ? Iverson - Gone Carter - Probably Gone as a Star Nash - Gone if lockout Ben Wallace - Gone if lockout Arenas - Not Gone but Done Baron Davis - Probably Gone Stojakovic - Gone after this season Bibby - Gone after this season Ilgauskas - Gone after this season Artest - Done Jermaine O'Neal - Done Okur - Done (We all hate him but he was huge part of the Jazz) Michael Redd - Done Just look how fast the things are changing...
Compared to the aging stars, there seem to be fewer up coming stars. What's up with that? LeBron Wade Bosh Camelo Amare Durant Rose Westbook Chris Paul D William Aldridge Griffin Love Gosol Who else?
lowry... wall dwight howard....lol curry ellis granger...ish bargnani kind of demar derozan jennings Nash... lol. this guy never actually gets worse... brook lopez rudy gay zach randolph he had 'it' in the playoffs...
Dwight Howard, Zach Randolph, Al Horford, Joe Johnson, Rajon Rondo, and there are young players who seem to be progressing very well, like James Harden.
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The NBA is changing. The older generation is fading out, the class of 03' is now dominating, and the young guns like Durant, Rose, and Westbrook are growing up fast before our eyes. I'm actually pretty exicited about the state of the NBA. This league has finally moved on from the post-Jordan era. If the TV ratings for this year's playoffs are any indication the future is very bright. Here's to the hope that there won't be a long lockout.
What makes you think these guys are going to retire? As far as I know, none of them have given any indication that they're retiring.
Nash has 2 to 3 more good years left in him. Kidd is going to retier no matter what Tmac proved he has 2 to 3 years left of being a solid role player Peja looks like he looks rejuvinated . probaly still has one last season in him Baron Davis actualy finished the season well and can probaly play on if he gets in shape. Artest will reinvent himself under a great defensive coach in brown Arenas looked terrible but wont retier Yao if he can get his body right, maybe he can eek out maybe a couple of seasons out.Otherwise done Ben Wallace is still a defensive force and can play a final season
