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NBA NUMBER RETIREMENTS

LEAGUE WIDE
6 Bill Russell

ATLANTA HAWKS
9 Bob Pettit
17 Ted Turner
21 Dominique Wilkins
23 Lou Hudson
40 Jason Collier
44 Pete Maravich
55 Dikembe Mutombo
59 Karim Reed

BOSTON CELTICS
00 Robert Parish
1 Walter Brown
2 Red Auerbach
3 Dennis Johnson
5 Kevin Garnett
6 Bill Russell
10 Jo Jo White
14 Bob Cousy
15 Tom Heinsohn
16 Satch Sanders
17 John Havlicek
18 Dave Cowens
19 Don Nelson
21 Bill Sharman
22 Ed Macauley
23 Frank Ramsey
24 Sam Jones
25 K.C. Jones
31 Cedric Maxwell
32 Kevin McHale
33 Larry Bird
34 Paul Pierce
35 Reggie Lewis
... Jim Loscutoff (number 18 retired in honor of Tom Heinsohn)
... Johnny Most broadcaster

BROOKLYN NETS
3 Drazen Petrovic
4 Wendall Ladner
5 Jason Kidd
15 Vince Carter
23 John Williamson
25 Bill Melchionni
32 Julius Erving
52 Buck Williams

CHARLOTTE HORNETS
13 Bobby Phills

CHICAGO BULLS
1 Derrick Rose
4 Jerry Sloan
10 Bob Love
23 Michael Jordan
33 Scottie Pippen
... Phil Jackson
... Jerry Krause

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
7 Bingo Smith
11 Zydrunis Ilgauskas
22 Larry Nance
25 Mark Price
34 Austin Carr
42 Nate Thurmond
43 Brad Daugherty
Microphone Joe Tait
Bow Tie Nick Gilbert

DALLAS MAVERICKS
4 Derrick Harper
15 Brad Davis
22 Rolando Blackman
24 Kobe Bryant
41 Dirk Nowitzki

DENVER NUGGETS
2 Alex English
12 Fat Lever
33 David Thompson
40 Byron Beck
44 Dan Issel
55 Dikembe Mutombo
432 Doug Moe

DETROIT PISTONS
1 Chauncey Billups
2 Chuck Daly
3 Ben Wallace
4 Joe Dumars
10 Dennis Rodman
11 Isiah Thomas
15 Vinnie Johnson
16 Bob Lanier
21 Dave Bing
32 Richard Hamilton
40 Bill Laimbeer
...William Davidson
...Jack McCloskey

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
13 Wilt Chamberlain
14 Tom Meschery
16 Al Attles
17 Chris Mullin
24 Rick Barry
42 Nate Thurmond

HOUSTON ROCKETS
11 Yao Ming
22 Clyde Drexler
23 Calvin Murphy
24 Moses Malone
34 Hakeem Olajuwon
45 Rudy Tomjanovich
CD Carrol Dawson

INDIANA PACERS
30 George McGinnis
31 Reggie Miller
34 Mel Daniels
35 Roger Brown
529 Bobby Slick Lenord

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
None retired

LOS ANGELES LAKERS
8 Kobe Bryant
13 Wilt Chamberlain
16 Pau Gasol
22 Elgin Baylor
24 Kobe Bryant
25 Gail Goodrich
32 Earvin Johnson
33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
34 Shaquille O'Neal
42 James Worthy
44 Jerry West
52 Jamal Wilkes
...Chick Hearn

Unofficially retired
17 Jim Pollard
19 Vern Mikkelsen
22 Slater Martin
34 Clyde Lovellette
99 George Mikan
*Unofficially retired numbers can still being used, except for 22.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
9 Tony Allen (to be retired)
50 Zach Randolph
Microphone Don Poier

MIAMI HEAT
1 Chris Bosh
3 Dwyane Wade
10 Tim Hardaway
13 Dan Marino
23 Michael Jordan
32 Shaquille O'Neal
33 Alonzo Mourning

MILWAUKEE BUCKS
1 Oscar Robertson
2 Junior Bridgeman
4 Sidney Moncrief
8 Marquis Johnson
10 Bob Dandridge
14 Jon McGlocklin
16 Bob Lanier
32 Brian Winters
33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
2 Malik Sealy
FLIP Flip Saunders

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
7 Pete Maravich

NEW YORK KNICKS
10 Walt Frazier
12 Dick Barnett
15 Earl Monroe
15 Dick McGuire
19 Willis Reed
22 Dave DeBusschere
24 Bill Bradley
33 Patrick Ewing
613 Red Holzman

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
1 Gus Williams
4 Nick Collison
10 Nate McMillan
19 Lenny Wilkens
24 Spencer Haywood
32 Fred Brown
43 Jack Sikma
... Bob Blackburn

ORLANDO MAGIC
6 Fans
32 Shaquille O'Neal

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS
2 Moses Malone
3 Allen Iverson
4 Dolph Schayes
6 Julius Erving
10 Maurice Cheeks
13 Wilt Chamberlain
15 Hal Greer
24 Bobby Jones
32 Billy Cunningham
34 Charles Barkley
... Dave Zinkoff

PHOENIX SUNS
5 Dick Van Arsdale
6 Walter Davis
7 Kevin Johnson
9 Dan Majerle
13 Steve Nash
24 Tom Chambers
32 Amar'e Stoudamire
33 Alvan Adams
34 Charles Barkley
42 Connie Hawkins
44 Paul Westphal
832 Cotton Fitzsimmons
...Al McCoy
...Joe Proski
...Jerry Colangelo
...John McLeod
...Joe Proski

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
1 Larry Weinberg
13 Dave Twardzik
14 Lionel Hollins
15 Larry Steele
20 Maurice Lucas
22 Clyde Drexler
30 Terry Porter
30 Bob Gross
32 Bill Walton
36 Lloyd Neal
45 Geoff Petrie
77 Jack Ramsey
Microphone Bill Schonely

SACRAMENTO KINGS
1 Nate Archibald
2 Mitch Richmond
4 Chris Webber
6 Fans 1986-87
11 Bob Davies
12 Maurice Stokes
14 Oscar Robertson
16 Peja Stojakovic
21 Vlade Divac
27 Jack Twyman
44 Sam Lacey

SAN ANTONIO SPURS
00 Johnny Moore
6 Avery Johnson
9 Tony Parker
12 Bruce Bowen
13 James Silas
20 Manu Ginobili
21 Tim Duncan
32 Sean Elliote
44 George Gervin
50 David Robinson

TORONTO RAPTORS
None

UTAH JAZZ
1 Frank Layden
4 Adrian Dantley
7 Pete Maravich
9 Larry H Miller
12 John Stockton
14 Jeff Hornacek
32 Karl Malone
35 Darrell Griffith
53 Mark Eaton
1223 Jerry Sloan 3051 Hot Rod Hundley

WASHINGTON WIZARDS
10 Earl Monroe
11 Elvin Hayes
25 Gus Johnson
41 Wes Unseld