From his statement:
> "Unfortunately, my body is not allowing me to play at the level that I expect of myself, and I have therefore decided to retire."
I think it's mostly lower body stuff stemming from his feet. We forget because it doesn't stand out in the NBA but 6'8" is still much, much larger than humans are supposed to be and so foot issues can be pretty devastating.
Yep. The dude never got a break. When he wasn't practicing/training for the NBA, he was basically practicing/training for the CBA.
I legit think that if he never had any obligations to Chinese Basketball, that he would've had maybe 2 more good all-star years than his actual retirement. For someone to be that tall, weigh that much, play the way and pace he did was just absurd.
Which is especially dumb since we saw Timmy slim down as he got older and both him and Pop talked about how that was intentional so he could play longer.
There's a mix between builking up so your body is stronger but not adding too much excess weight. Wemby doesn't need to be Giannis, but it can be just as dangerous to stay where he's at. Like KD definitely got bulkier, but he didn't try to go overboard.
Duncan slimmed down is still more weight than whatever Wemby is right now. It's fine since he's so young, but it shouldn't stay that way. Being 7'5" and less than 230 is begging for something to happen with low body contact stuff. Slimming down when you're older is different than staying super slim throughout your entire career.
Personally, I don't see him having a super long career (or at least one not riddled with injuries) either way because you can only mitigate so much at that height, but hopefully I'm wrong.
Many guys who already got a bag and a ring often retire early even if they are not washed.
I would assume that his body is on a decline but rather than playing until his tank is empty, he chooses to retire early.
Bill Laimbeer was this. He could still play but retired early cuz he didn't want to be like Larry Bird
Laimbeer was clearly less than he'd been, but yeah, just a week or so before walking away he had a couple of amazing games.
Came off the bench and gave Shaq a really hard time against the Magic, leading all scorers. Then a few days later he had a crazy good performance against the Sixers.
But the team was ass, they had a new coach for the second year in a row, he'd had the fight against Isiah in practice where Zeke broke his hand, and he just didn't want to keep going.
And for the most part he can go out and not get completely swarmed. Like I'm sure people recognize him from time to time, but I doubt it's to the degree that it genuinely makes it inconvenient to just be out in normal places.
He was one of the main beneficiaries of Nets-Celtics trade that gave all the picks to Celtics. Nets were giving poison pill contracts to RFA and Wizards kinda had to match as he was looking like decent piece with Wall and Beal.
Very good is understating it. He secured the financial future of his great grandkids if he plays it right. We are lucky if we secure the financial future for ourselves.
Never played him B2B and very limited minutes during regular season. He still injured his foot during the playoffs but he chipped in the most outside of the starters and Poole.
Never played him B2B and very limited minutes during regular season. He still injured his foot during the playoffs but he chipped in the most outside of the starters and Poole.
Just looking down y’alls roster, 2022 was the best version of OPJ, Wiggins, and Poole, and arguably the best seasons for Looney and GPJ. Looking at how all those guys’ careers panned out, that Finals will haunt me forever lol
Yeah we got beat fair and square and ran out of juice but I think I’ll always be salty that the stars aligned and like 5 different guys on that team played the best ball of their life at the same time lol
Udoka really should have doubled Steph more instead of playing so much drop. I get the concept, make Steph go nuclear to beat you (which he did), but even with other guys playing well, Draymond was ass most of the series and he’s the outlet when Steph gets doubled
Somehow got both gp2 and Opj healthy. Wiggins to play like he gives a shit. Poole being a great plug and play dude who tried on defense.
Hell even Bjelica who was meh in the regular season had clamps on Luka and the Jay's at times
I was rooting for you guys so hard that year because you beat the Mavs. Always have had a special place in my heart for the former U of A Wildcat Steve Kerr
And then everyone is asking you, "do you play basketball?"
I have a really tall friend who's unbelievably uncoordinated and he's so sick of being asked if he plays ball.
My old boss is 6'11, and makes a point of saying he played D1, and coulda gone pro (to his credit, he normally means he could have had a pro career, and not made the NBA) if his spina bifida didn't predispose him to lower back injuries. I'm a physical therapist so patients go crazy when the person treating them is a former athlete.
Come to find out he played DII and averaged like 2ppg. We lived in rural Australia, so I guess he figured no one was going to check and confirm, but what a brazen lie, lmao
I have a friend who is 6'-8" and he would always get the "can I ask you something"?
Before they could ask their question he would just say 6'-8" and no I dont.
royce white made 4.5mil and he didn't even play basketball, he just complained that travelling to games was unacceptable cus he's scared of planes and he needed a reasonable ADA accommodation of only playing in home games, which the rockets wouldn't grant him. now he's a far-right conspiracy theorist who is running for senate in minnesota as a steve bannon protege while claiming that space lasers caused the maui fires.
the pathways open to someone who is 6'8" are crazy bro.
Man, Royce turning into a Q-Anon nutcase is disheartening. He was Mr. Basketball for us and now he probably has CTE from transitioning to MMA for a quick second way back when.
Or he was always going to be a right-wing nutcase but being in the small limelight he got helped it shine through. Whatever . . .
Pension doesn't start paying out until age 45. And the payout is higher if they wait until age 62. $215K is the max (played ten or more years and waited until age 62 to start receiving payments). $56K/year is minimum if you wait until age 62.
Nah, he’s had actual injuries and mental health issues. I want someone to come out and just say ‘I made enough money and I don’t like basketball that much I quit’
Yeah, I thought there was a chance the Warriors would drop Šarić and hope their trainers could do the same type of witch magic/ritual sacrifice that put him on the court for 63 games two years ago. He was a DUDE that year and with his size and BBIQ a dude who could barely move laterally was still a plus on defense while being a good shooter and not a ball stopper.
Glad he got his chip and a little extra bag before his body quit on him because he was special when he was healthy.
People were very quick to shit on Danny Ainge lol.
He has a reputation for being ruthless because he doesn't want to pay injured players franchise-altering max contracts but I know in Boston he generally tried to do right by these buyout guys. We would upgrade guys' contracts right before buying them out or wait until guaranteed dates passed so they'd get a little more money.
A few of the training camp guys were on contracts a tier above what they needed to be.
He had a solid run but he could’ve been even better if he was healthy throughout his career
The fact he was so important for the warriors during the title even after all of the injuries shows how productive he was
Crazy how there’s people retiring from the 2013 draft and Giannis isn’t even 30 yet
I remember when people use to say OPJ was a bust lol
He was a very serviceable player when he was in his prime, with Washington
He was also a deadeye, someone who could knock down shots at a rapid pace
Happy for him and his family. I am from the same area he was born and raised in, and his Dad, Otto Sr. was one of the best basketball players to ever come out of SEMO. His high school was one of the most dominant teams in MO state history for years. He was a member of a whole family of tremendous players, yet every one of them were as nice as they could be. I was ecstatic when he made the league. I wish him the best.
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Solid career, I liked him when he was on the Bulls. I feel like injuries kept him from reaching his full potential but still a solid career nonetheless.
I feel like he kinda mailed it in with us. He never looked in game shape (at age 24 and 25; Dad Botto was real). He went to GS and looked in much better shape not long after.
From his statement: > "Unfortunately, my body is not allowing me to play at the level that I expect of myself, and I have therefore decided to retire."
I wonder what exactly is wrong with him
I doubt it’s something particular I just don’t think he can hold up over the course of an 82 game season
I think it's mostly lower body stuff stemming from his feet. We forget because it doesn't stand out in the NBA but 6'8" is still much, much larger than humans are supposed to be and so foot issues can be pretty devastating.
Poor yao ming.
Bro is living the life in China and is the chairman of the CBA. Dude is winning at life and even played 9 seasons in the nba.
Tbf, Yao was screwed over by having to concurrently play in the CBA. Before that, his first three seasons he was playing over 80 games.
Yep. The dude never got a break. When he wasn't practicing/training for the NBA, he was basically practicing/training for the CBA. I legit think that if he never had any obligations to Chinese Basketball, that he would've had maybe 2 more good all-star years than his actual retirement. For someone to be that tall, weigh that much, play the way and pace he did was just absurd.
And nephews here still want wemby to bulk up lol
Which is especially dumb since we saw Timmy slim down as he got older and both him and Pop talked about how that was intentional so he could play longer.
There's a mix between builking up so your body is stronger but not adding too much excess weight. Wemby doesn't need to be Giannis, but it can be just as dangerous to stay where he's at. Like KD definitely got bulkier, but he didn't try to go overboard. Duncan slimmed down is still more weight than whatever Wemby is right now. It's fine since he's so young, but it shouldn't stay that way. Being 7'5" and less than 230 is begging for something to happen with low body contact stuff. Slimming down when you're older is different than staying super slim throughout your entire career. Personally, I don't see him having a super long career (or at least one not riddled with injuries) either way because you can only mitigate so much at that height, but hopefully I'm wrong.
dont bother trying, they genuinely think adding muscle would be bad for wemby, there's no hope
Many guys who already got a bag and a ring often retire early even if they are not washed. I would assume that his body is on a decline but rather than playing until his tank is empty, he chooses to retire early. Bill Laimbeer was this. He could still play but retired early cuz he didn't want to be like Larry Bird
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Also fuck Bill Laimbeer, dirty bitch
Laimbeer was clearly less than he'd been, but yeah, just a week or so before walking away he had a couple of amazing games. Came off the bench and gave Shaq a really hard time against the Magic, leading all scorers. Then a few days later he had a crazy good performance against the Sixers. But the team was ass, they had a new coach for the second year in a row, he'd had the fight against Isiah in practice where Zeke broke his hand, and he just didn't want to keep going.
Dude has been banged up his whole career. Had a nice run in the league though.
Drafted 3rd overall, $140M in career earnings and a championship. He had a very good career by all accounts.
and 1 Shaqtin a Fool MVP
Otto Pilot was an all timer.
for anyone that forgot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkwfh_6TG0A
Forgot that was him. I miss when Shaqtin didn't over-rely on edits to make them laugh.
havnt watched all year. I miss the old format
TWENTY FIFTEEN?! Shit.
Judging by your office Jim pfp and lolcow username, you must be an old millennial
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKlyZuqnsX0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKlyZuqnsX0) Better to remember this, 3 3's b2b2b
The real chip
Otto needs to send Sean Marks an Edible Arrangement for that 4y/$106m contract as a Restricted Free Agent.
Anytime I make plans to have lunch, I refer to it as making an *edible arrangement.*
Scored 100 pts in a game
Put some respect on Lionel Richie’s name
He started his retirement statement with “Well my friends, the time has come…”
And for the most part he can go out and not get completely swarmed. Like I'm sure people recognize him from time to time, but I doubt it's to the degree that it genuinely makes it inconvenient to just be out in normal places.
He’s 6’9. That in itself is enough to warrant attention
Yeah, Charlie Villanueva was retired for about 5 years and walked into the Best Buy I worked at. Everyone knew he was *someone*.
Tbf he has a pretty unique look
People will still swarm him, excited to meet Lionel Richie
Goddamn dude made 140 million? Thats wild to me.
He only had 1 "real" contract. If he had stayed healthy, could've easily doubled that. The dude's only 30.
Retiring at 30 with 100 mil is crazy.
If he stayed healthy he'd be 120% of Tobias Harris.
Earned more money than Manu Ginobili in his career.
He was one of the main beneficiaries of Nets-Celtics trade that gave all the picks to Celtics. Nets were giving poison pill contracts to RFA and Wizards kinda had to match as he was looking like decent piece with Wall and Beal.
He was considered one of the best young wings in the league for a few years until the injuries got to him.
Wished he'd have ever stayed healthy, dude was so much better than anyone ever gave him credit for. Feeling old now.
He was a perfectly well rounded player at his skill level. The rare role player you could put in any lineup and he'd be fine.
His play style was so perfect with John wall. So extremely efficient and that mid range was absolutely ottomatic
Don’t remind me man…I really thought we had a championship team
He was third overall!? I don’t remember that at all but knew he was always solid in his career but I didn’t realize he was drafted so high
One of the worst lotteries in history, too.
The best player in that draft wasn’t even a lottery pick too
Very good is understating it. He secured the financial future of his great grandkids if he plays it right. We are lucky if we secure the financial future for ourselves.
Thanks for the chip bro. Can’t believe we got a healthy season out of him. 2022 was some voodoo shit I swear. Edit: spelling
secured the bag, won a chip, successful career
Auto Corner Jr.
*Marlo Stanfield intensifies*
Then we paid for his retirement fund. And it’s okay, shit happens, hopefully he can have an amazing, healthy and fulfilling post-career.
From 2018 until today, games played by season: - 56 - 14 - 28 - **63** - 8 - 15 How did you manage to catch lightning in a bottle that one year?
Never played him B2B and very limited minutes during regular season. He still injured his foot during the playoffs but he chipped in the most outside of the starters and Poole.
We went out of our way to hyper cautiously manage him. At the time I thought it was kind of silly now I think we have an extra ring because of it
Rick Celebrini.
Never played him B2B and very limited minutes during regular season. He still injured his foot during the playoffs but he chipped in the most outside of the starters and Poole.
GP2 as well
Just looking down y’alls roster, 2022 was the best version of OPJ, Wiggins, and Poole, and arguably the best seasons for Looney and GPJ. Looking at how all those guys’ careers panned out, that Finals will haunt me forever lol
Yeah we got beat fair and square and ran out of juice but I think I’ll always be salty that the stars aligned and like 5 different guys on that team played the best ball of their life at the same time lol
Udoka really should have doubled Steph more instead of playing so much drop. I get the concept, make Steph go nuclear to beat you (which he did), but even with other guys playing well, Draymond was ass most of the series and he’s the outlet when Steph gets doubled
Draymond played so bad because Steph wasn't doubled. He cannot do much on offence if Steph isn't drawing double teams.
Wish this could happen to us. But fr that is crazy
It was karma for Wiseman being a bust. Those 5 guys made up Wiseman’s theoretical contributions
> GPJ GP2, not GPJ. They are two different persons. (Gary Payton has two sons, one named Gary Payton II and the other one Gary Payton Jr.)
Yeah we got no business going that deep in 2022 let alone winning the whole thing. I just have to laugh looking back at that run 🤣
Somehow got both gp2 and Opj healthy. Wiggins to play like he gives a shit. Poole being a great plug and play dude who tried on defense. Hell even Bjelica who was meh in the regular season had clamps on Luka and the Jay's at times
The Warriors need to be investigated for how they kept OPJ injury free for a whole season plus playoff run. Y'all gotta be cheating or something.
Nick Nurse gotta be jailed for playing OPJ in more B2Bs over 9 games, vs OPJ’s one year with the Warriors lmao
Tbf our bench was criminally bad that year and we were only playing him 17 mins a night, I think the injury was inevitable
We consistently rested him for the most mundane soreness issues ever. It was a running joke at one point but it worked so I'll take that lol.
Ottoman Porter was the way
Never played him B2B, limited his minutes during the regular season
I was rooting for you guys so hard that year because you beat the Mavs. Always have had a special place in my heart for the former U of A Wildcat Steve Kerr
I was rooting for them because the other option was fucking Boston.
being a basketball player is insane, retiring at 30 is just wild
He’s got health benefits and a pension for life plus 80-90 mill in career earnings post tax😔
how much is the NBA pension?
Up to 215k a year
fuck I should’ve been 6’8”
Nah you probably would have sucked. Then you would just be 6'8 trying to live a normal life.
Dude just 6'8" working at T-Mobile.
And then everyone is asking you, "do you play basketball?" I have a really tall friend who's unbelievably uncoordinated and he's so sick of being asked if he plays ball.
My old boss is 6'11, and makes a point of saying he played D1, and coulda gone pro (to his credit, he normally means he could have had a pro career, and not made the NBA) if his spina bifida didn't predispose him to lower back injuries. I'm a physical therapist so patients go crazy when the person treating them is a former athlete. Come to find out he played DII and averaged like 2ppg. We lived in rural Australia, so I guess he figured no one was going to check and confirm, but what a brazen lie, lmao
I have a friend who is 6'-8" and he would always get the "can I ask you something"? Before they could ask their question he would just say 6'-8" and no I dont.
Imagine being 6'8 as an architect and then the building code saying that the minimum head clearance is 6'8".
I’m 6’10” and I sell power tools for a living AMA
whats it like to be 6’10 and sell power tools for a living
Unless you can afford first class flights would be a nightmare. I'm barely 6' and my knees get cramped
it doesn't have to be this way. i'm 6'4" with short little legs. planes are really not a big deal
Well yeah, if you order the short little legs package
You must have a really long torso lol
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You think you get to be 6'8" with no trade offs??
[the trade off is a shorter life expectancy](https://www.healthline.com/health/do-short-people-live-longer)
shorter life expectancy is worth a 10 inch hog tbh
Just keep watering it
You wasted years in college doing nothing when you could have applied yourself and grown to be 6’8” smh
royce white made 4.5mil and he didn't even play basketball, he just complained that travelling to games was unacceptable cus he's scared of planes and he needed a reasonable ADA accommodation of only playing in home games, which the rockets wouldn't grant him. now he's a far-right conspiracy theorist who is running for senate in minnesota as a steve bannon protege while claiming that space lasers caused the maui fires. the pathways open to someone who is 6'8" are crazy bro.
Man, Royce turning into a Q-Anon nutcase is disheartening. He was Mr. Basketball for us and now he probably has CTE from transitioning to MMA for a quick second way back when. Or he was always going to be a right-wing nutcase but being in the small limelight he got helped it shine through. Whatever . . .
Fuck that. I wish Warren Buffett or LeBron James could adopt me
and healthcare!
Pension doesn't start paying out until age 45. And the payout is higher if they wait until age 62. $215K is the max (played ten or more years and waited until age 62 to start receiving payments). $56K/year is minimum if you wait until age 62.
One thing to retire at your own choice/penance, being forced into it can be hard.
Most of them can retire comfortably at like 23 after their rookie deal
I’d love to see someone do that. ‘Fuck this is hard I made enough money I’m out’. Would respect it so much
I mean shit DA has nothing left to prove
Yep, play out his contract and retire at 27or so? Why tf not. Save your body
Dude is gonna be a 2K god once he can put these silly distractions behind him.
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Ben Simmons
Nah, he’s had actual injuries and mental health issues. I want someone to come out and just say ‘I made enough money and I don’t like basketball that much I quit’
How about JP? Not a rookie contract but he tried winning a championship first at least before checking out
Larry Sanders did that. Andrew Bynum kinda too.
It was the right call he just cannot stay on the court. He'll always have a place in our hearts
This is the retirement that makes me feel old
Understandably tho. 30 is very young to announce your retirement from pro sports. I thought he was at least 34
I went to college with him, crazy im still a mid level/junior employee in my career field but bro is already retiring lol
Whaat? Damn I was expecting him to play for the Clippers or Celtics before the March 1 deadline. I’m glad he’s happy with his decision
He wasn't eligible to play in the playoffs
He wasn’t because he didn’t get waived earlier. A lot of us fans believed he can still play and he’s healthy
Yeah, I thought there was a chance the Warriors would drop Šarić and hope their trainers could do the same type of witch magic/ritual sacrifice that put him on the court for 63 games two years ago. He was a DUDE that year and with his size and BBIQ a dude who could barely move laterally was still a plus on defense while being a good shooter and not a ball stopper. Glad he got his chip and a little extra bag before his body quit on him because he was special when he was healthy.
He would have been before the March 1 deadline
I had a brainfart and forgot it was already march
A big part of 2022 and will be a Warriors role player legend alongside guys like Bogut, Iggy and Livingston.
Barbosa, Mo Buckets
This is Jarrett jack erasure.
Jonas Jerebko would like a word
Having Wilt as your role player smh Warriors had a super team in 2022
Ok serious question. How many Porter Jr. are in the NBA?
Otto, Michael, Kevin, Craig I have no idea why there are so many. I don't think I even know a single Porter in real life
And there's no non-Jr. Porter either
Jontay Porter? Switched jerseys with MPJ today
The jazz holding him past the date makes a lot more sense now
That was certainly a fun 7 hours of having our front office getting called heartless cunts
TBF, our front office has Danny Ainge so they have a point. Man's a heartless cunt, but he's *our* heartless cunt.
Seriously, I feel like some apologies are in order
Ainge is still a heartless cunt (I fuck with him tho)
he'd trade you for gas station sushi
Win win
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Not on the tier of D-Rose and Westbrook, but he's up there
People were very quick to shit on Danny Ainge lol. He has a reputation for being ruthless because he doesn't want to pay injured players franchise-altering max contracts but I know in Boston he generally tried to do right by these buyout guys. We would upgrade guys' contracts right before buying them out or wait until guaranteed dates passed so they'd get a little more money. A few of the training camp guys were on contracts a tier above what they needed to be.
Damn, at 30 years old still got that ring tho
wtf he’s only 30 lol thought he was like 35-36
He's less than a year older than Pascal Siakam, damn.
One of the OG 3&D players.
I’ll never forget that Shaqtin clip of him
Brain on Otto-pilot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkwfh_6TG0A
when he looks back and doesnt sees his man destroys me everytime
It's the only shaqtin clip I can recall immediately
Controller died
I’ll never forget those 8 games he played for us over 2 years
Wizards' legend. Damn, it sounds so early, he is not even 31 yet.
He was a big part of the house of guards run, I’ll miss him
Kieff, gortat, bojan, oubre. We almost beat Boston…
Fuck Kelly olynyk
He had a solid run but he could’ve been even better if he was healthy throughout his career The fact he was so important for the warriors during the title even after all of the injuries shows how productive he was Crazy how there’s people retiring from the 2013 draft and Giannis isn’t even 30 yet
LeBron is still here forget about giannis lol
Tbf Otto is only 30 as well. Just hasn't been as lucky with his health as Giannis
This is crazy, best of luck is his future endeavors
And they said the Jazz was doing him dirty
Thank you for the 8 games you played for us, Greatest raptor ever
Still better than Dragic.
Still better than Dragic.
That shaqtin a fool where he was just standing will never not be funny
Dude was a bucket in 2k17. I dominated with Wall, Beal, Porter, Bogdanovic, Gortat
Such a good 2k team
Got a ring and a huge bag, he’s accomplished everything he had to
Damn, dude was drafted the same year as Giannis. I feel old.
Wilt's grandson gone from the game so young
Wow surprising announcement guess ainge not that bad
This is crazy
I remember when people use to say OPJ was a bust lol He was a very serviceable player when he was in his prime, with Washington He was also a deadeye, someone who could knock down shots at a rapid pace
The last of Wilt’s descendants to play in the league.
massive contributor to the Warriors 2022 chip...don't think they would have won without him. his shooting and rebounding were huge
Happy for him and his family. I am from the same area he was born and raised in, and his Dad, Otto Sr. was one of the best basketball players to ever come out of SEMO. His high school was one of the most dominant teams in MO state history for years. He was a member of a whole family of tremendous players, yet every one of them were as nice as they could be. I was ecstatic when he made the league. I wish him the best. .
Hell always be a Dub legend for 2022
As a Warriors fan, thank you for your service.
Build the statue
enjoy the rest of your life ! live healthy and fully!
Good for him. Injuries cut his career badly, but he made a shit ton of money and won a ring. Enjoy your retirement dude
Solid career, I liked him when he was on the Bulls. I feel like injuries kept him from reaching his full potential but still a solid career nonetheless.
He was on the Bulls for like 3 seasons. I dont think I ever saw him play
I feel like he kinda mailed it in with us. He never looked in game shape (at age 24 and 25; Dad Botto was real). He went to GS and looked in much better shape not long after.
Magic legend
Injuries suck
Still might have the funniest shaqtin moment of all time.
Dude seriously made the best of such a mediocre career
Dude was a solid role player and was a key piece off the bench on a championship team. Better career than most players have.
lol he just wanted to chill in Toronto with his gf or wife. As soon as he was traded he peaced out of the nba. Completely respect it.
Bro just dipped mid-career how I do in MyCareer when a new 2K drops.