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What future Hall of Famer is in danger of not having their jersey retired by any organisation? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by MindTheEdge@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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In the days of player empowerment and constant moving around teams, it feels like there are more players than ever that are guarantees for the Hall... but possibly no teams that want to hang their number in the rafters. Who do you reckon falls into this category?

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[–] TurbulentJudge1000@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Embiid.

It might seem crazy, but the Sixers have only retired one non championship player in Allen Iverson. Embiid isn’t beloved anywhere near close to Iverson.

The next one is Kevin Love. I don’t see Cleveland or Minnesota retiring his number.

Lastly, I don’t know if Harden gets his jersey retired by Houston. Yao Ming did, but that was more because of China money and wanting to maintain a relationship with China at the time. Yao was similar to Mutumbo in being bigger than the game on the world scale. Also, I don’t think the NBA wanted to irritate China since they’re a large part of their business. Harden is pretty divisive whether Rockets fans want to admit it or not. He’s not a Rocket lifer like Murphy or Rudy T.