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Mobley To Retire at Press Conference This Afternoon

by Andrew Smith on December 11th, 2008 at 9:19 am

 The Knicks will hold a press conference this afternoon at 12:30 for newly acquired shooting guard Cuttino Mobley to announce his retirement due to a heart condition.

Sometimes we get caught up in treating professional athletes as non-humans, but this heart condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the same condition that affected Hank Gathers and Reggie Lewis. It was reported by the New York Post that Mobley’s four previous teams all knew of the condition and made him sign a waiver to play.

Mobley, a 2nd-round pick of the Houston Rockets in the 1998 NBA Draft averaged 16 points per game over an 11-year career in which he played for Houston, Orlando, Sacramento, and the L.A. Clippers. 

Great career Cuttino, you’re making the right decision.