In the NBA, for a team to retire a player’s jersey number, there are many considerations, such as whether the player has contributed enough or has enough influence. It is a big deal for the team to retire the jersey. Today, let’s look at the five teams that have retired the most NBA jerseys in the NBA so far.
Sacramento Kings, the number of retired jerseys is 11. The Kings had won the NBA championship as the Rochester Royals in the 1950-1951 season, but have not broken any ground since then until now, but the number of its retired jerseys also reached as many as 11, namely No. 1 Nate Archibald, No. 2 Mitch Richmond, No. 4 Chris Webber, No. 6 (spectator), No. 11 Bob Davies, No. 12 Maurice Stokes, #14 Oscar Robertson, #16 Peja Stojakovic, #21 Vlad Divac, #27 Jack Twyman, and #44 Sam Lacey.
Detroit Pistons, the number of retired jerseys 11. The Pistons have won the NBA championship three times in their history, and there have been many outstanding players such as Thomas “The Smiling Assassin”, Dumars, Billups, etc. The 11 jerseys retired by the Pistons are #1 Chancey Billups, #2 Chuck Daly, #3 Ben Wallace, #4 Joe Dumars, #10 Dennis Rodman, No. 11 Isaiah Thomas, No. 15 Willie Johnson, No. 16 Bob Lanier, No. 21 Dave Bing, No. 32 Richard Hamilton, and No. 40 Bill Lambier.
Portland Trail Blazers, retired jerseys number 11. The Trail Blazers won an NBA championship in the 1976-77 season under the leadership of Bill Walton, and had players such as “Glider” Drexler on the team. Tavodzik, No. 14 Lionel Hollins, No. 15 Larry Steele, No. 20 Maurice Lucas, No. 22 Clyde Drexler, No. 30 Bob Gross, Terry Porter (two players), No. 32 Bill Walton, No. 36 Lloyd Nell, No. 45 Joff Patry, No. 77 Jack Ramsey (head coach).
Los Angeles Lakers, the number of retired jerseys 11. As the league’s top powerhouse team, the Lakers have an extremely strong heritage and have won 16 championships in team history. The retired jerseys are #8 and #24 Kobe Bryant, #13 Wilt Chamberlain, #22 Elgin Baylor, #25 Gail Goodrich, #32 Elvin Johnson, #33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, #34 Shaquille O’Neal , No. 42 James Worthy, No. 44 Jerry West, No. 52 Jamal Wilkes.
Boston Celtics, the number of retired jerseys 22. As the team with the most number of championships in the league, the “Green Army” Celtics have produced many superstars, and the number of retired jerseys has reached 22, namely #00 Robert Parrish, #1 Walter Brown, #2 Arnold Auerbach, #3 Dennis Johnson, #6 Bill Russell, #10 No. Joe Joe White, No. 14 Bob Cousy, No. 15 Tom Heinsohn, No. 16 Tom Sanders, No. 17 John Havlicek, No. 18 Dave Cowens, Jim Luskatov (two players), No. 19 Don Nelson, No. 21 Bill Sharman, No. 22 Edward McCauley, No. 23 Frank Ramsey, No. 24 Sam Jones, No. 25 K. C -Jones, #31 Cedric Maxwell, #32 Kevin McHale, #33 Larry Bird, #34 Paul Pierce, #35 Reggie Lewis, Johnny Most (two players).