LaMarcus Aldridge retires immediately from NBA due to health issue
LaMarcus Aldridge (Image source: Instagram – @aldridge 121)
NBA All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge has retired in the middle of the season after he was diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening health issue.
The seven-time All-Star and Brooklyn Nets center is quitting the game, effective immediately, after he was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat following the game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
“The next morning, I told the team what was going on and they were great [in] getting me to the hospital,” Aldridge, 35, penned for his 750K Twitter followers. “Though I’m better now, what I felt with my heart that night was still one of the scariest things I’ve experienced.”
Reggie Miller never had any interest in teaming up with Michael Jordan By Blake Harper | Last updated 4/13/21
Reggie Miller was one of the last great rivals Michael Jordan had in his legendary career, as Miller s Pacers nearly knocked off Jordan s Bulls in the 1998 Eastern Conference before Jordan would go on to win his sixth career championship. And when asked if he wished he had joined Jordan instead of trying to beat him, Miller gave a hilariously candid answer. No, Miller told ESPN s Nick Friedell. And if Michael Jordan ever would have called me and tried to sway me to come to Chicago, I would have told him to go f - himself! I ll be coming to see you on I-65 or whatever that highway is there. I ll be down to see you.
Devin Booker: Technical foul machine
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You can feel it coming sometimes. Like a gurgle in your stomach, you know something crappy is just around the corner. Graphic, I know. It doesn’t make you feel good and you know it’s not going to end well.
No, I’m not talking about that last trip you took to Taco Bell. Those chalupas get you every time, man. I’m talking about when Devin Booker begins chirping at the referees.
Most of the time you can empathize with the two-time All Star. Much akin to other stars in the league, he knows how to strategically create contact with an opposing player while in the act of shooting. It is an art. The difference between Booker and the likes of Dame Lillard? Booker doesn’t always get the calls.