The Orlando Magic, which has been established for 35 years, finally has the first retired jersey in team history, and this jersey is also full of controversy. It can even be reminiscent of James's nomadic dynasty, is there a fall?
After the game between the Magic and the Thunder in this round, the Magic team also held a jersey retirement ceremony for O'Neal at home. You must know that the Magic management has previously announced that the team will not retire jerseys for anyone, and they even have a special Orlando Basketball Hall of Fame, and players who are inducted into the Hall of Fame will be awarded rings. This time I took the initiative to make an exception, and it is estimated that the management finally figured it out.
Although O'Neal is the top superstar in history, after all, he only played 4 seasons in Warcraft, and the total score of his Magic career was more than 8,000 points, and the many honors O'Neal won later had nothing to do with the Magic team.
And Howard is still the Magic's scoring champion, rebounding champion, and assist champion so far, and has also led the team to the Finals, and his three consecutive best defensive players have also been won in the Magic career.
It can only be said that O'Neill's name is more famous and the traffic is greater. In addition, although Howard is no longer playing in the NBA, he has not officially announced his retirement, and maybe it won't be long before the Magic will retire Howard's jersey, right?
So far, O'Neal has retired his jersey in the Lakers, Heat, and Magic teams, and some fans ridiculed James ecstatic.
Lao Zhan has played for 3 teams in his career: Cavaliers, Heat, and Lakers. The Cavaliers will definitely retire James' jersey, after all, he has been with him for so long and brought Cleveland his only championship, and in the style of the Heat, James' jersey will definitely be retired as well. Even Bosh's retirement ceremony has been held, and James, the main player who won the championship that year, will definitely not be a problem. The only one in suspense is the Lakers.
James joined the Lakers in 2018 and helped the team win a championship. But after all, the Lakers are the top team in history, and it is impossible to retire the jersey casually. Now with O'Neal's example, James also sees hope. When he retires, there is a more than 90% probability that he will follow O'Neal and retire his jersey on 3 teams.
Who said that a nomadic dynasty is not a dynasty? James's story of one man and three cities will surely leave a good story in the history of the NBA.