When was the moment you knew your favorite player was finished.

[3ball]

When he lost a 1 v 1 to a investment banker

This one was "worse" (actually awesome):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mwMo6dnH0EY

[Uncle Drew]

The problem is that a teammate played just as good as him - he had an equal-scoring partner, along with equal rebounding and steals/blocks teammates.. So it was a shared load

Otoh, Jordan completely carried the Bulls' scoring, while sharing the other categories like Lebron

1-9.

[8Ball]

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The problem is that a teammate played just as good as him - he had an equal-scoring partner, along with equal rebounding and steals/blocks teammates.. So it was a shared load

Otoh, Jordan completely carried the Bulls' scoring, while sharing the other categories like Lebron

2016 was the moment you knew Jordan was finished.

[jlip]

Magic- When he announced his retirement due to HIV. I was 14 at the time.

[HylianNightmare]

Pistons Era AI

[SATAN]

[90sgoat]

MJ didn't play particularly well in that last playoffs in 1998.

I remember watching him play the Jazz and he did a lot of uncharacteristic stuff. Couldn't quite get up, missed shots, looked sluggish.

What made that finals an all time experience was that even so, MJ found a way. Hit the shots when he needed, played D when he needed. Everytime the announcers would call him out, he would deliver. It was a surreal experience. Doubt, then proving everyone wrong, every single time, or so it seemed.

Watched "The Shot" live and then after that I stopped watching until Kobe/Shaq, because I knew no one would come close to that experience of watching the GOAT do the impossible.

[Axe]

mine peaked in OKC and was finished at the end of the same season when he blew a 3-1 lead

And he let a scrub like lonzo score 33 just recently

[TAZORAC]

Not my favorite player, but when Jason Kidd played for the Knicks and missed an open layup, because he couldn't jump. I knew it was time for him to retire.

He rode the bench the remainder of the year and retired in the off season.

[MrFonzworth]

Was a massive John Wall fan but knew his career was 100% done after this.

[Thenameless]

Magic- When he announced his retirement due to HIV. I was 14 at the time.

Yup.

[clipps]

Magic- When he announced his retirement due to HIV. I was 14 at the time.

He still played after, dumbass.

[Thenameless]

He still played after, dumbass.

Doesn't change anything. That's when we knew he was truly finished. Never the same again.

[Reggie43]

One of my fave players in Rik Smits

[Spurs m8]

When he sprained his ankle and sat out for months