Time To Throw In The Towel: The Top 10 NBA Players That Should Retire Next Season

Ah Sheed, Mr. Tech
Sure his numbers increased last year but i doubt he will be able to keep it up. He's gone to the Celtics for one last crack at another ring, a sign that the end is near.

He even at one stage whined that if he didn't get $8 million a year he would retire. How noble.

Sure his defense is above average but it ain't getting any better.

Wallace isn't getting any younger and i think it might be time for him to throw in the towel.

And now we get to Marbury.... Every team he goes to needs chemotherapy when he's done with them. And his stats that he loves so dearly have gone down the drain almost as fast as his credibility.

Over the past 4 seasons he's averaged 12.6 points per game which is a large 6.7 ppg off his career average of 19.3, and over the last 4 years his assists per game have dropped by 2.65 form his career average of 7.6 to 4.95 per game.

Stephon should quit now before anymore damage is done.

Ah Tracy....injuries...injuries...injuries.....
Tmac hasn't completed a full season in his career... not a single season. He just cant seem to keep himself out of harms way. And now with Yao Ming most likely done and Artest gone i think it's best if he calls it quits too.

Last season Tmac ppg was 6.5 less than his career average, and his BPG, SPG and RPG have declined aswell.

Tracy McGrady is a sad case of a career ruined by injury. How good could he have been if he never got an injury? who knows but there's one thing i do know and thats that it's time for him to retire. Why go back to the Rockets just to hopefully make the playoffs and get injured again? His body's gone through enough.

Ah Fisher, one of my favorite players.
His clutch shots in the finals reminded us that he still has some gas left in the tank.
But IMO its time for him to call it quits.

After the recent success of winning a ring last season, and being projected as the favorites to repeat this year, Derek Fisher's time has come. His legs are starting to fail him in this league full of young athletic players, this great veteran just cant keep up anymore. Even though when you need him most he'll deliver, it's time for his retirement.

Well one can only flop for so long........

But seriously even though his numbers may have gone up a bit last season, his ankle injury is bugging him and his age and his teams age aren't going to help him.

Once again this is a case of quitting while your ahead, this time it benefits him and his team. Manu has stated that he wishes to retire a Spur, and by retiring next season he will get his wish. The Spurs also benefit by unloading his contract in 2010 to go for another big name player.

Ah it gets harder to kick people in the head when you get older doesn't it Bruce?

His defense isn't improving as he gets older, and neither are his dismal numbers (2.7 PPG, 0.5 APG, 1.8 RPG).

I think it's best if Bowen retires next year, and other players could then play without worrying about whether they should wear a helmet.

He won the ultimate prize in a ring two seasons ago, and now as the Celtics are getting older, and the Lakers, Cavs and Magic are growing stronger by the day, when this season is over Garnett should quit while he's ahead.

His numbers in almost every category have gone down in the last two year, but i admit he is a vital part of his teams success.

It may not be best for his team, but it would be best for himself if he called it quits next season, or when his contract expires.

If it wasn't for injuries Grant Hill would probably be up there with Kobe and LeBron right now.

He was the first rookie in any sport to lead voting in an all-star game, he even beat a young Shaquille O'Neal in votes.

But injuries have unfortunately wrecked his career, and now it's time to hang up his jersey and call it quits.

In the 1999–2000 season Grant Hill averaged 25.8 points per game while shooting 49% from the field, he was only behind behind MVP Shaquille O'Neal and Allen Iverson in ppg.

In the 2000 NBA playoffs Hill played on an injured ankle that he had injured a week before, and he suffered the consequences for the rest of his career. Ever since his injury Hill has never even had numbers as good as his rookie year.

Next year he should retire and we should all show respect to a career that could have been.

Shaq, Diesel, The Big Cactus, whatever you want to call him, is making one last futile attempt at another ring.
Shaq has had one of the greatest careers in the history of the NBA. He's won 4 rings been named an all-star countless times in his career, and has been named by some as the most dominant player to ever step foot on a basketball court.

But all good things must come to an end. Shaq should retire before he ruins his legacy....and the team that he's on.

Every season in his career Shaquille O'Neal in his last four seasons has averaged 15.55 ppg, that is a whopping 9.2 ppg less than his career average. His rebounds per game over the last four season have also dropped, going down to 8.5 rpg compared to his career average of 11.2 ppg

Its time for the Big Diesel to call it quits and say goodbye to his legendary NBA career.

Iversons numbers have dropped dramatically over the last two years and so have his populrity.

From averaging 23.5 to 33 points per game throughout his long career, Iverson has only manages to rack up an average of 18.5 ppg over the last two season and only 0.268 from behind the arc compared to his career 3p% of 0.313. He truly has dropped off.

Now after Detroit's terrible season, he most likely will go to a lottery team in need of a scorer, that's not what he needs though. The last thing he needs is to be on a lottery team in this stage of his career.

He needs to either land a deal on a contending team or hang up his jersey. I have great respect for Iverson but i think he should retire now and not play out anymore embarrassing seasons.