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Joe Harris has retired from basketball after 10 seasons in the NBA. Harris appeared in 16 games last season with the Detroit Pistons before he was waived. 

Harris dealt with a number of injuries dating back to the 21-22 season.

Harris retires as a career 43.6 percent three-point shooter across 504 games. Harris was a key part of the Brooklyn Nets when they contended for the 2021 title before losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round.

Via Shams Charania/The Athletic

And Bron is about to play another season

Either he didn't get the money he was looking for or the only team that wanted him was the Lakers and he said no to playing with LeGM.

RealGM Wiretap wrote:Harris was a key part of the Brooklyn Nets when they contended for the 2021 title before losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round.

If you lost in the 2nd round, did you really contend? Very strange statement!

MitchB3 wrote:Either he didn't get the money he was looking for or the only team that wanted him was the Lakers and he said no to playing with LeGM.

Lol what a strange assumption. Maybe he realized the injuries were too much to handle and he couldn't do it anymore.

Pickled Prunes wrote:

RealGM Wiretap wrote:Harris was a key part of the Brooklyn Nets when they contended for the 2021 title before losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round.

If you lost in the 2nd round, did you really contend? Very strange statement!

i think its fair to say, the nets were contenders that year. it came down to the last second with milwaukee, who became champs that year and they played the hawks in the ecf

FrobeBryant wrote:

MitchB3 wrote:Either he didn't get the money he was looking for or the only team that wanted him was the Lakers and he said no to playing with LeGM.

Lol what a strange assumption. Maybe he realized the injuries were too much to handle and he couldn't do it anymore.

He's mad $91m+ in his career. Why struggle through another season for 3m more. He's doing fine.

$17,743.49 per point scored in his career.

Erect the statue.

Similar to Gordon Hayward and others who decided to hang it up when the injuries became more than the playing time and also they never could've been what they used to be even tho they were supposed to be still in their prime they just werent the same players, cuz of the injuries and that takes a toll mentally, which not every players can accept. Long story short when you don't find enough happiness in the game anymore you just leave it and thats fine.

NoStatsGuy wrote:

Pickled Prunes wrote:

RealGM Wiretap wrote:Harris was a key part of the Brooklyn Nets when they contended for the 2021 title before losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round.

If you lost in the 2nd round, did you really contend? Very strange statement!

i think its fair to say, the nets were contenders that year. it came down to the last second with milwaukee, who became champs that year and they played the hawks in the ecf

It's fair to say that they were a good team that could have been contenders. That said, they won 7 of the 16 games required to win a championship. They were less than half way there.

I don't remember Nerlens Noel retirement accouncement 2 years ago lol ... Not sure what's going on with all these articles. Countless vets aren't signed every year, I guess there's a new precedent of having retirement articles for random vets and others get nothing.

Pickled Prunes wrote:

NoStatsGuy wrote:

Pickled Prunes wrote:If you lost in the 2nd round, did you really contend? Very strange statement!

i think its fair to say, the nets were contenders that year. it came down to the last second with milwaukee, who became champs that year and they played the hawks in the ecf

It's fair to say that they were a good team that could have been contenders. That said, they won 7 of the 16 games required to win a championship. They were less than half way there.

They were clearly contenders with two guys injured it was a toe on the line in game 7 that went to over time against the team that won definitely in contender status.. There were the bulls in 1994 who lost the knicks on an erroneous call who otherwise would of beaten a team who went 7 games in the nba finals so also definitely a contender.. Non contender wouldnt be going 7 games against the eventual winner in an overtime game 7.

he was a good 3 pt shooter. that's all I got to say about that.

haste10176 wrote:

Pickled Prunes wrote:

NoStatsGuy wrote:
i think its fair to say, the nets were contenders that year. it came down to the last second with milwaukee, who became champs that year and they played the hawks in the ecf

It's fair to say that they were a good team that could have been contenders. That said, they won 7 of the 16 games required to win a championship. They were less than half way there.

They were clearly contenders with two guys injured it was a toe on the line in game 7 that went to over time against the team that won definitely in contender status.. There were the bulls in 1994 who lost the knicks on an erroneous call who otherwise would of beaten a team who went 7 games in the nba finals so also definitely a contender.. Non contender wouldnt be going 7 games against the eventual winner in an overtime game 7.

The 2008 Hawks, who started 21 and 20 yo Josh Smith and Marvin Williams as well as a declined Mike Bibby took the champion Celtics to 7 games too

puja21 wrote:

haste10176 wrote:

Pickled Prunes wrote:It's fair to say that they were a good team that could have been contenders. That said, they won 7 of the 16 games required to win a championship. They were less than half way there.

They were clearly contenders with two guys injured it was a toe on the line in game 7 that went to over time against the team that won definitely in contender status.. There were the bulls in 1994 who lost the knicks on an erroneous call who otherwise would of beaten a team who went 7 games in the nba finals so also definitely a contender.. Non contender wouldnt be going 7 games against the eventual winner in an overtime game 7.

The 2008 Hawks, who started 21 and 20 yo Josh Smith and Marvin Williams as well as a declined Mike Bibby took the champion Celtics to 7 games too

because the cavs and the pistons were better that year. usually you dont consider 4 teams from one conference to be real contenders.

but the nets have clearly been the 2nd best east team in the playoffs that year. which showed in the later series, the bucks played. id even argue the nets were better than the suns, who reached the finals that year. but srsly what am i doing here.. who cares if they were contenders or not. i just smelled out the blatant ignorance and hate and had to respond

NoStatsGuy wrote:

puja21 wrote:

haste10176 wrote:
They were clearly contenders with two guys injured it was a toe on the line in game 7 that went to over time against the team that won definitely in contender status.. There were the bulls in 1994 who lost the knicks on an erroneous call who otherwise would of beaten a team who went 7 games in the nba finals so also definitely a contender.. Non contender wouldnt be going 7 games against the eventual winner in an overtime game 7.

The 2008 Hawks, who started 21 and 20 yo Josh Smith and Marvin Williams as well as a declined Mike Bibby took the champion Celtics to 7 games too

because the cavs and the pistons were better that year. usually you dont consider 4 teams from one conference to be real contenders.

but the nets have clearly been the 2nd best east team in the playoffs that year. which showed in the later series, the bucks played. id even argue the nets were better than the suns, who reached the finals that year. but srsly what am i doing here.. who cares if they were contenders or not. i just smelled out the blatant ignorance and hate and had to respond

Well, this is all semantics. They were "contenders" when all three stars were on the floor. But any team that lost in the 2nd round did not "contend" for a title. It was all hopes and dreams.

IND won 7 playoff games last season... did they contend?
LAL won 8 playoff games the prior season before falling to the most competitive sweep in NBA history... They made it a contest, but did they contend? No, they were a 7 seed that fell on the right side of the bracket, eventually folding when facing the eventual champs.

PHI is the gold standard of a team that is labeled a contender but is never contending when it matters. They haven't made it out of the 2nd round so I would argue that they have not yet contended for a title. They are contenders again this season but their lack of a legit PF tells me they will not be contending in June. #lightintheshorts