Mobley Signs Point Toward Retirement

[Spurs Brazil]

Mobley Signs Point Toward Retirement

Dec 08, 2008 5:22 AM EST
Cuttino Mobley appears to be leaning towards retiring due to a potentially fatal heart condition, the New York Daily News reports.

The Knick guard, acquired in a trade involving Zach Randolph, is believed to be making a decision about his future this week.

"It's his health," Knicks president Donnie Walsh said. "It's his call."

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/55853/20081208/mobley_signs_point_toward_retirement/

[Indazone]

Mobley Signs Point Toward Retirement

Dec 08, 2008 5:22 AM EST
Cuttino Mobley appears to be leaning towards retiring due to a potentially fatal heart condition, the New York Daily News reports.

The Knick guard, acquired in a trade involving Zach Randolph, is believed to be making a decision about his future this week.

"It's his health," Knicks president Donnie Walsh said. "It's his call."

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/55853/20081208/mobley_signs_point_toward_retirement/

Man that sucks. I remember when he led Rhode Island to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament and then balling besides Franchise. Dude could flat out ball. He's too young to have his career ended like this.

[tomtom]

Sources: Mobley to announce retirement on Thursday

Guard Cuttino Mobley is expected to retire because of a heart condition, sources told 1050 ESPN Radio in New York. The Knicks have called a news conference for 1 p.m. ET Thursday afternoon with Mobley.
Cuttino Mobley

Mobley

Mobley made the decision after going through a number of medical tests since he was dealt from the Clippers to the Knicks in the Zach Randolph trade on Nov. 21. Mobley retires as a Knick, even though he never played a game for them.

Mobley, 33, has played 11 years in which he averaged 16 points and 2.7 assists per game. He played with four teams before being dealt to New York.

Knicks president Donnie Walsh declined to confirm or deny Mobley's decision.

"He'll make the announcement," said Walsh, adding he would not presume.

When Walsh signed off on the Randolph trade, he knew that Mobley needed to have more tests on his heart. The Knicks still made the trade largely because by dealing Randolph for Mobley and Tim Thomas, they cleared Randolph's $17.3 million salary for 2010. This will allow them to make a run at LeBron James and the rest of the 2010 free agent class.

Mobley reportedly was being tested for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This is the condition that took the lives of Reggie Lewis and Hank Gathers.

"Personally, I think it's the best decision if he has to retire," Thomas said after the Knicks' 121-109 victory over New Jersey.

"I mean, basketball's been great to him. He has made a lot of money, he had success and at this point he's in his 11th year or whatever, so I mean, he has a son and his family, and the most important thing is his health. He can always come around and be around and things like that, but the most important thing is his health."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3761293

[peskypesky]

Sad, but he has to retire. He had a good career. Now he needs to relax and live.

[duncan228]

Source: Mobley to retire on Thursday (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/nba/12/10/knicks.mobley.ap/index.html)

Press conference scheduled.

[baseline bum]

So is Francis going to retire too tomorrow?

[JamStone]

So is Francis going to retire too tomorrow?

He's waiting for Cuttino to pay the down payment for their island home getaway. Soon as they can move in, Francis will be ready to join in retirement.

[kcplayboi_26]

solid career Cat, time to just relax bruh

[VaSpursFan]

He's waiting for Cuttino to pay the down payment for their island home getaway. Soon as they can move in, Francis will be ready to join in retirement.

LOL...those two are the gayest acting supposedly straight friends.

[BWS-1994]

Is this all part of the Knicks' 2010 plan?

Too bad for the Cat though...

[Indazone]

Knicks' Mobley retires from NBA

Story Highlights
Knicks guard Cuttino Mobley retired from the NBA on Thursday

Mobley cited a worsening heart disease in making the announcement

The shooting guard averaged 16.0 points in 11 NBA seasons

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Cuttino Mobley played for four teams in his 11 seasons, including the Clippers.
AP

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Knicks (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/teams/knicks) guard Cuttino Mobley (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/players/3284) retired from the NBA on Thursday because of heart disease that he said has gotten worse.
Mobley said doctors told him he faced significant risks if he kept playing. The 11-year veteran said by walking away now, he could live a long life.
Mobley announced his decision at a press conference at the Knicks' training center, where he confirmed he has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The condition causes the heart muscle to thicken, making it harder to pump blood, and the 33-year-old Mobley said he had no choice but to end his career.
"The specialists I've seen made it clear that my heart condition has gotten worse and I couldn't continue to play professional basketball without putting my health and life in serious danger," Mobley said. "As much as I want to keep playing in the NBA, I have no choice but to follow the advice of my doctors and step away from the league."
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in people under 30 years old and was linked to the deaths of former Boston Celtics (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/teams/celtics) forward Reggie Lewis and Loyola Marymount star Hank Gathers.
The Knicks acquired Mobley last month from the Los Angeles Clippers (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/teams/clippers) -- a trade that may ultimately have saved his life. An EKG during his physical showed an irregularity with the heart, which Mobley already knew existed. The Knicks decided to perform an MRI exam, which revealed the more serious condition that previously had gone undetected.
Mobley then saw four specialists around the country, who performed additional tests and provided him literature about the disease that convinced him to stop playing.
"The doctors said to not chance it and I feel as though they're right, having an 8-year-old son, having a long life ahead of me, it's the smart thing," Mobley said. "It's a tough thing to swallow, but things in life happen, but you have to keep going."
Mobley averaged 16.0 points in 11 seasons with Houston, Orlando, Sacramento and the Clippers. He was expected to become the Knicks' starting shooting guard after the Nov. 21 trade.
The Knicks could have voided the deal because of the health concerns, but waived the physical requirement because the trade allowed them to move Zach Randolph (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/players/3531)'s contract, freeing salary cap space for the summer of 2010.
"I thought this would be the perfect trade with him in it, but I would never put a player out there that's at the risk that he would be at," Knicks president Donnie Walsh said.
"None of this is as important as somebody's life. None of it. Period," Walsh said. "So I'm glad that we had a doctor that put him through tests that showed it, because the risk was there."
Walsh said he wasn't sure yet what options the Knicks had to fill the vacant roster spot and would begin researching it Friday.
Mobley said he'd thought about the scene of Gathers collapsing on the court during a game. Mobley said it factored into his decision.
"Say if you were to play, the worry, the worrisome of people watching you, if you were to fall, or it's just an elbow or just an ankle, that's scary. And then every single day just being scared for you, I think that's a selfish thing, also," he said. "Even though you love something so much, and I am in love with basketball, but sometimes you have to get a divorce."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/nba/12/11/mobley.retires.ap/index.html

[Indazone]

He would have been an awesome shooting guard in D'Antoni's system.

[SPURS DY-NASTY]

sorry to hear about the news of mobley...never wish that to happen to anyone...

but wasnt the trade dependent on each of the players passing a physical...wouldn't mobley's condition now negate that trade form hapening?

[timtonymanu]

Wish u well Mobley!