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Any retired jerseys before Gobert?

Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yeah, but if the criteria for getting in is just putting up a lot of unique stats + career longevity, AK did that too.

And as to infection critique on Andre falling off in the 2nd half of his career, Eaton kind of did the same did he not?
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When I say falling off, I’m not talking about his play (though his play certainly fell off). He found himself on the outs with fans and with the organization for a myriad of reasons. That’s not something that ever happened with Eaton (as you can see Eaton is still partially relevant in current Jazz culture/society even though most people never saw him play).
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I will say, the more I think about it, the more I would be in favor of retiring 47.
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Is your barometer for that the flack you’re catching here?
Pastramiking said:
AK47 should be. I don’t see anyone wearing 47 again even if it isn’t. Such the perfect # and nickname for him
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It’s an interesting dilemma. While I don’t think they’d retire it, I believe they’d prevent anyone from wearing it, partly because it’s fairly unique to just him and would be a slight. The organization has softened a bit on DWill, it seems (or maybe just us fans), but 8 is harder to have an unwritten policy on, especially as someone (forget who) wore it already a number of years ago.
 
I say it should be Matt Harpring, if only for his harassment in the Denver games against Carmelo Anthony. He literally owned him.
 
It would have been Johnson or Corbin. Phil was always pretty loyal to Sloan and I think he was going to retire when Sloan did. Ty was a highly regarded assistant. IIRC, didn't he once win an award for top NBA assistant coach? Corbin was a lock to take over (unless Sloan had retired MUCH sooner). Look how hard it was for DL to get rid of him. And ultimately, replacing Corbin with Snyder may be just as important as drafting Gobert or Mitchell.
 
Jack Strop said:
It would have been Johnson or Corbin. Phil was always pretty loyal to Sloan and I think he was going to retire when Sloan did. Ty was a highly regarded assistant. IIRC, didn't he once win an award for top NBA assistant coach? Corbin was a lock to take over (unless Sloan had retired MUCH sooner). Look how hard it was for DL to get rid of him. And ultimately, replacing Corbin with Snyder may be just as important as drafting Gobert or Mitchell.
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Corbin didnt become an assistant til '04 and Johnson had no interest in head coaching.
 
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