Gary Vitti Appreciation

[Jon Snow]

I'm pretty sure Gary Vitti's highlight this season is, when he fixed Kobe's finger immediately in a game against OKC. Much respect!

[stan francisco]

Happy retirement. Thanks for all the good work.

[miggs]

Vitti deserves a better send off that being lost in the Kobe commotion. He was picked up by Dr. Buss from University of Utah and ended up being the most famous medic in league history. More than anything else, he developed some great personal relationships with players and coaches all the while doing work behind the scenes to modernize our medical department.

I posted an article earlier this season where we were leading the league in terms of least games missed by players this season since he put the fatigue monitoring into place. He's slated to be a consultant for two more years before retiring to his holiday home in Italy.

Like Chick, I think he deserves a retired jersey as well.

Yes i agree he deserve a retired jersey too. He really has evolved the science so much, its been a luxury having that type of dedicated genius and it'll be sorely missed