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?
I mean if vc has a chance of not having his jersey retired with the raptors considering how he left, it’s entirely possible that kd won’t get his number retired with the thunder with how he not only left but to the team that beat them in the conference finals the same year
That’s like comparing apples to oranges, there’s a significant difference between Kevin Durant and Vince Carter as players and there’s also a significant difference between the ways they left their franchises. Vince Carter’s greatest accomplishment as a Raptor was getting outplayed by Allen Iverson in a 2nd round series, Kevin Durant led the Thunder to an NBA Finals and many WCF appearances, he made them relevant by himself and they have been irrelevant since he left.
VC was also in contract and demanded a trade while having led the Raptors to nothingness after 2001, beefing with the entire organization in the process, being accused of not trying and telling opponents the Raptors plays. On the other hand, KD simply left in FA, he was free to do whatever he wanted and he did it, he had no obligations to the Thunder after 9 years of excellence and he didn’t misbehave in any way while being part of the Thunder organization.