Cuttino Mobley Suing New York Knicks over Being Forced into Retirement in 2008

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Cuttino Mobley is suing the New York Knicks over his 2008 retirement from the NBA.

According to Howard Beck of the New York Times, Mobley is seeking litigation with the claim that the franchise forced him into retirement.

Cuttino Mobley is suing the Knicks, saying they forced him to retire over his heart condition in 2008. Story to come at nytimes.com

As Beck notes, the lawsuit is sort of a curious one, as he showed no resistance at the time when the team found his heart condition back in December 2008 upon being acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers.

Mobley was quoted as saying "Getting the MRI basically saved my life" at the time this all went down in New York, so to claim that he was forced into retirement is quite strange.

The Knicks have already responded to Mobley's pending lawsuit, and Marc Berman of the New York Post passes along the sentiment that the team is disappointed with the choice to pursue this path.

Knicks say "extremely disappointed'' at Mobley's lawsuit which says they sent him to doctor club knew would give him cardio diagnosis.

Now singing a different tune, Mobley is arguing that the team tried to save money by forcing him to the sidelines on a permanent basis.

Mobley contends #Knicks tried to save money by having him retire, though his loss killed season after trading Jamal and banishing Stephon.

This certainly won't be the last we hear about this story, but there's no question that the timing is rather strange for Mobley to come forth with this.

In case anyone is wondering what Mobley had been up to since he left the game, he had helped finance a $1.6 million loan for a medical marijuana facility in Maine.

Now, he's looking to smoke the opposition in the court room.

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