The Deep 3 Podcast - Do These NBA Stars Deserve To Have Their Jersey Retired? | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: June 10, 2026

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I'm going to name to you an NBA player that played for multiple teams. We have to decide which of the teams that he played for would retire his jersey. So some of these guys are still playing right now. Story isn't written yet. It's kind of like at this point, does it seem like they're on track to get a jersey retirement? Some of them are already retired, and we've got to decide if you think this team should feel enough love for this player that they put the number up in the rafters. Okay. First player up, we got Carl Anthony Towns, Timberwolves, and Knicks.

I think he's a weird player because he's in between right now for the Timberwols. I think if he would have taken that team to the finals, then yes. That's fair because he went through so many eras and all that. And you've had incredible ups and downs and Jimmy Butler horror stories, had that rookie rookie Rikagee and all that, played with Anthony Edwards. But they didn't make the finals. So no on that front. And for the Knicks, I think he would have to make like more than one final, more than one final appearance.

They're in the finals right now as we're recording this. Don't know if they're going to win or not. Let's say if they lose the finals to the Spurs, does Kack get his jersey retired as a Nick? No. If they win the finals and beat the Spurs, does he get his jersey retired as a Nick? I think so. Wow. First title in 50 years?

I think so. Wow, man. Because if he plays, let's say he plays for the Knicks for another five years, like seven years total. You have a conference finals appearance. You have a championship. You have to assume they get at least one more conference finals appearance as well. Yeah. So probably him and Brunton probably get their jersey.

He's retired. If Carlton Towns wins this ring against Wemby, if he's already wanted by the time you're watching this video, he might be a top 10 nick of all time get his jersey retired. What a come up for where he was two years ago. Oh, man, I can't believe this is like it. What a return.

I remember when he was playing against the Grizzlies, putting up some of the worst defensive highlights you've ever seen in your life. And here we are today. He's locking up Wemby. Good for him. Luca Donchich, do the Mavs retirees retirees jersey

after the unceremoniously shipped him to Los That's so weird. I don't think you do, though. You can't. Take him to a finals. He did. I mean, people can get to a finals. Yeah, sure. I don't, I don't think he's getting his jersey retired yet. I think you probably do have to win a ring. And then if you don't win a ring, you probably have to be there for around like eight years. It's not his fault that he's not there anymore. I'm not going to lie. If Mark Cuban still involved with the team 20 years from now, whatever it would be, maybe they do have to, maybe they have to retire his jersey for for PR reasons. So the fans kind of like forgive the organization, because this is going to

thing for at least 40 years. They're gonna be thinking forever about how they traded Luca Donchitz. The guy got fired. Nobody that's in the building now thinks they should have done it. Maybe they have to do a jersey retirement try to win people over.

A PR spin jersey retirement. Maybe they could. Also, no one's ever wearing 77 again because it's odd in general. So you might as well do it. It's a terrible number. Yeah. Unless like Vijay Edgecom comes to your team too.

Which if he changes team, you'd be better switch number seven. Yeah, exactly. I hate that number. Might as well just go ahead and retire 77. Luka cannot normalize his number for me. It's dog shit. It's a terrible number. 77 is so ugly. Imagine if his aura, he just had seven in the league.

Yeah. So, greatest number seven of all time. Damn. That is true. Especially over the New York one. Donovan Mitchell, jazz in Cleveland. Hell no. Super hell not. The captioned Retire's jersey. If he would have taken him to the finals, you could have an argument for that. I don't think, this is the most like outside of LeBron, this is the most successful modern era that they've had for sure, but still. And they don't have a ton of great eras. Yeah.

So if he stays, they say they don't trade him, he's here for like eight years, giving them all NBA basketball? No. No, for the calves, I mean some.

No, we can't do that. They mean something. Outside of LeBron, they don't know nothing but disparity. If you, let's say they never get to a finals, which I think is fair to assume for the community cavaliers organization.

If they don't get to a finals and he's here for eight years and just doing what he's doing, You're a very, very good play. You're not getting your jersey retired. Yeah, no. But it's the calves, though. I think the LeBron era did raise their standards, though.

Exactly. Yeah. I don't know, not really. Because whose jersey are they retiring, like, outside of LeBron? They retired Larry Nance's jersey last year. Yeah, they got to. They got to. But outside of that, like, no one else is in contention.

Larry Nance is a three-time All-Star. Two of them were for Cleveland. Okay, never mind. He played there for seven years. Never mind. They've retired Dean Richard's Jersey. Yeah, they probably should. They probably should.

They might retire team in Massachusetts Jersey. Some of these small market teams don't have a crazy bar. Yeah. You never back to the Celtics. Not every team is like that. Yeah, you've been in the playoffs every single year. You've been a top seed every single year. Yeah, for sure.

No, they were one seed one time. Well, they've been, they bounced back this year a little bit. They were the four seat. Yeah, exactly. They were top seed. Again, bar is low as 40. It's low without one. You're a home court advantage team.

Yeah. All right. We're really in the must. Like we're really handing this stuff out. It's Cleveland. We are handing this bitch out. Listen. Second part in the row we're going at Cleveland.

You have to do. No, not even. I want them to be to like, how do I respect you if you don't respect yourself? You really have to raise your own standards and you have to ask these people to do a little more for the franchise. Brother, Donovan missed you. You act like he's a scrub. What do you mean? He's talking about his Tyler Hero.

If they don't get to a finals, I would not retire his jersey. No, that it is fair. I think they might, but it's fair. Also, it depends how it goes. If he, like, stays here for a few more years. If he gets traded this summer, he's never getting his jersey retired. What are you saying? He's cheating him like his Max Truff is there being regular.

No, man. No, but like, it pays a lot. What are we doing? You're making the playoffs. They made it to the conference finals this year for the first time. It post-Lebron, right? Yes. Left with the same.

amount of wins. That damn near, that damn near might be the fucking finals. They still have no wins in the conference finals. Post-Lebrun. That's your legacy. I would not do that right now. And it wasn't like a good run either. Like someone had to be there. Someone had to do it. Or you into seven with the raptors. Listen, man, what would they

be doing without Donna Mitchell? The same thing. Without him? No, they've done nothing without him. What are you talking about? They still be a playoff team with no chance of winning a title. At least they got a slither. bro. I guess. The bar is low.

Come on nothing without him. It is low for fuck, man. Like they still be running with a Darius Garland and Evan Mobile lead to much. First of all, that team was going to make the playoffs and then Garland got hurt. Bro, the last time they're in positions to do that,

they got bounce out of the plan by Trey Young and the Hawks. They did not, they were not like that. They needed Donovan. They got them at the time. Yeah, they were. They still needed Don't know. They still needed Don't. still needed off of me so i don't think you do what

all right to be normal next Blake griffin hell no actually not the clippers 100% should what are they I don't I don't know

they might have to also for PR reasons once this scandal comes out and once the punishment comes out and everyone's like yo what what are the clippers right now they're they're a franchise that's in flux I do think that sending Chris Ball home knowing that like Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin

all don't mess with that franchise, they will have to bring them back at a certain point. They're going to make Blake Griffin the team ambassador to latch on to the one good relationship they have. Mind you, it's not even that good

of a relationship. They send him to the pistons after signing a Supermax. I don't know if Blake Giffon really fucks them. They're going to have to convince him to fuck with them heavy because they're going to need some type of pillar of superstar.

They got to pay him, man. They got to create a new scandal. There's no way I'm aligning myself with you after this shit that you did was Kauai and then you traded me away and you're the clippers. Mind you, it's legal to pay Blake Griffin. It wouldn't be a scandal. But for them they'd find a way to make it a scandal.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I guess Blake Griffin can get retired by the clippers. Other ones, not so much. I don't take a lot of bread though. You're having to convince him to come to a jersey retirement. You are going to have to pay him to come to the Jersey retirement. You have to pay him an appearance fee. He's at the club.

He's an influencer. He's hosting a Magic City Night. Yeah. Pay him five million? He'll say yeah. Oh, yeah. That's one hell of an appearance fee. People do it for 5K.

All right, next. Chris Paul. Do the Clippers retire his jersey after they unceremoniously ruined his retirement tour? You have to let him run the team. Yeah, I don't. They probably should, and they should have.

I don't know if that's going to happen after they set him home. Everybody else, Hornet Snow, Rocket Snow. O'Hawkins, don't consider it? they can consider it sure but again it's one of those scenes at the bars real low so like maybe you just want to have a legend attached to your team

just want to respect one of the guys you drafted that became a hall of famer he's they're on the list I think who do they have have retired right now the Pelicans organization do they have anybody retire right now I don't know it

it might be fucking nobody if that's the case and if it's literally nobody over the last like 25 26 years which probably is. It's two people. Who's they retired? Larry Johnson.

No, that's the other one. Pete Marevich. Bill Russell. Okay. Come on now. Come on now. Yeah. They got a retired CP after that.

They have no borer. Yeah. At a certain point, yeah. We had different, like, life spans and different franchises. We got to start hanging banners. Yeah, their lifestyle's in the mud, bro.

They have nothing. We need some tapestry in the air. I'll take anything. You just got a new apartment. You have to have more furniture than just the launcher. I'll take a playing champ banner at this point. I'll take a draft and Zion that one time banner. They got nothing but the flag of the United States up there hanging.

That's it. Just chilling by itself. Nothing's catching wind. No Canadian flag. Yeah, no nothing. We beat the Blazers. Salute. That was cool.

Chris Ball's getting his jersey retired. Okay. Jalen Brown. Should he get his jersey retired by the Celtics? if he let say they traded him this summer and his selfless career is done has he already earned a retirement I think he should

A couple of MVP teams Homego star Yeah, finally did the thing won a championship led the team to a second seed this year Why went to you out outside of like optics If the breakup is like horrible Then I can understand how it gets a muddier

Well he wouldn't because the Celtics are an organization With some self-respect And they have a high bar They don't give anybody a banner I think he's met the high bar, though. I'm not going to lie. Yeah. Final Zs of the piece is a pretty good, pretty good clearing out of bar.

I think if you compare his career to the rest of the big three, it's pretty comparable. Yeah. And I would retire all of the big three. You retire race? Yeah. We got to let that go. Why? Browders Banner 17.

That's big time. One of 18. It's not a huge percentage. Yeah. Two finals appearances, broke the three-point record with us. Yeah, but he left and went to Miami, you know. How do you leave matters. But that's what I'm saying.

You got to let that go. I don't know. Maybe sometimes you hold on the hate. Yeah. You left and join the enemy. Now, I got to, I have to call and ask KG and Paul Pierce, how they feel about it? If they're cool with it, that's Al-Sano. I think Paul Pierce is actually over it.

KG, I don't know. Shout to K. I mean, 55, wherever all the is, is still mad about that. You left us, man. I don't think I would do it. Okay. I think I probably, I don't know. Maybe, as you know, two finals appearances, you get one ring.

What about Jaylon Brown? No, that's what I'm saying. Oh, okay. Yeah, with Jaylon Brown, I think I would do it. It is hard, though. You're running out of numbers. You are. Very true.

You're running out of numbers because they have double, they have double zero retired. Tatum is going to get his jersey retired. 100%. So double zero, zero, one, two, three. Four is available. Five, six, and now seven is gone. You have to. Yeah.

If you're retiring, Tatum, you have to retire. We're gonna have a Ricky wearing 82. I know. Fuck. Yeah. What was that bullshit? Jetty was wearing 55? Yeah.

That's gonna be the next number one of wrong pick. That's like a lightbacker. Look like a center. The NFL. That's how it is when you get to. Why are you wearing Jason Kelsey number? As a point guard. Yeah.

So maybe maybe Jalen Brown like starts the new Celtics ring of honor where like your jersey is still in rotation, but we still like your name is like Pass it on the on the on the But to be fair, if you said Jason Tatum's numbers getting retired If you're retiring Jason Tim's you also have to retire Browns they're tired of the hip If you trade Jaylon Brown this off season then Okay then it's a little different okay

Well if you don't you have to you have to retire them both Yeah it matters how you win yeah All right next you just tell them you're not Tatum You never have been buddy sorry Go stream about it Go stream about it And he will He'll expose everything

First of all thanks for the five gifted Brad Stevens You're a bugging Brad Stevens said I'm too controversial It is what it is Thanks for the five gift It would be 45 on stream It's controversial

John Wall Unfortunately no The Wizard should retire jersey No I think the Wizards could I'm almost certain they will Yeah they probably should I'm 100% certain they will

Think about the bar again Not everyone is living lavish You want a jersey retirement To be like Hall of Fame I'm certain the Wizards were retired John Walls number. Never got to a conference finals. Prime LeBron there.

It's just the Wizards. Talk about the time about the time about it. You can make the conference finals and play against Broad in the conference finals. You never got there. They didn't lose the broad either, so it doesn't really matter. Yeah. They were just the Wizards, man.

There's no. They were losing to the Celtics and shit. Like, no one ever like really expected it. I think of them had a broken hip and scored 53 on you, man. Come on man. Box them. Yeah, they never won 50 games. They haven't won 50 games in like 50 years.

Facts, which is why the bar is in high. He's the number one of all pick. Was a beacon of hope for the city. Gave him great years before you got hurt. They're definitely retiring in Jersey. 100%. They should. Pookoo.

You know, if you want to add something to the resume, he was represented for them getting the number one overall pick. Shut up. You think this is about like Basso or reference accolades and proximity to championships. It's not. It's about love. And they love Joel.

Yeah. And what you mean to the same. city. They would die about John Wall over there. He won all the NBA year. You think they forget about that? Yeah. You didn't ever got? Did he literally only have one? Yes. And they didn't forget about it. No way. No way. No way. That's just worse not that.

You know what? Fine. He can have it. Earl Monroe, same stuff while he was there. Yeah. It's okay. Not every team. Not every player like has to have a long cattle. Everybody got how to jersey up. Come on. Yes. You take this. You take this. team legends, man. It's about team culture too. Retirement a number is so sacred and it's like it's kind of crazy how like the bar is just. I don't know if it is that sacred honestly. And that's the problem. That's the problem. You want it to be the same thing in Hall of Fame. It's not that

sacred honestly. Legitimately for every for every organization, if you're saying nobody else is ever going to wear your number because we're just going to honor you for the rest of time, I would like to go to the conference finals. Then okay. I don't think that that's a crazy ass for for a jersey retirement. It's deeper than that though. It's deeper than like simply winning and going to the conference farms. Like winning matters of course, but also giving fans hope and should like that matters too.

Based off of where this organization was without you before you. Just being loved matters. Who's in the same place. What? Bradley Bill. Hell not. Him? No.

Him? No trade cloth, man. Hell not. Hell no. I'd hang his jersey up and then I burn it. you hang out just to pull it down yeah hang out at that target practice

yeah no man absolutely not yeah not he streets did not love him like that they liked him but he was never he was never that you know he existed in John Shadow

yeah exactly nope Trey Young I did want to ask this to mom conference final appearance are you retiring his jersey that's tough yeah conference finals appearance

they made him wear those fuck ass jerseys with the patterns all over it in the neon I love that. He was a soldier for that. He was enduring that. He never complained about the jerseys. Never said these shits are ugly, even though they were.

Yeah. Again, I think the bar is mad low, but he did give us hope for like five years or whatever. It gave us a lot of like cool experiences and shit, took Boston the six games and all that. You had five years of hope? You had five years of hope. Five years is like, yeah, for sure, absolutely. Yeah, he was an offensive engine. He's like, it was so wildly fun to watch.

Similar to John Wall, not that many, not much. not much wins and all that, but we did make a conference finals. You said John Walt doesn't have a conference finals. He does. I think he should get his jersey retired. Okay. It's not like 100% firm or stamped

because it got like so cut abruptly. Probably should. I think he should. When you represent an era for a team and you carry the franchise for an era, you're going to get your jersey retired. And he's so like ingratiated into like the community in Atlanta too making songs of Migos and all that.

Again, all types of like name drops and shit. Being cool, a little busi on the sidelines and shit. Like I think it goes It's deeper It's deeper than this one He's cool a little Boosy Yeah That's a plus

He's a little Little Boosy kind of weird I don't need my stars Be cool little Boosy at all Yeah And even to avoid Loboosy at all cause Don't talk to his ass

Loobushi a little weird But The Boosie's a fuck Lou Boosie Stay away from him Little Boosy Senile Let's give him

A couple daps Him and two chains And all And just keep it pushing Oh, let's a little two chains Dap the fuck At a two chains

That Loobuzy did kick rocks Yeah For sure He's gonna just His jersey retired. He means something. Did you just do the two cold? Yeah.

That is. Oh, yeah. Donovan? I mean, that's his city. His franchise. So I'm a, I'm a deferred to Mo. If you were a fan, I wouldn't ever curse that on to you. But if you were a fan, would you want to retire his jersey?

Um, try to put myself in that specific. I've never experienced team poverty like this. You just did. Don't have, Brandon. What do you mean? Are you hanging mellows jersey? Are you hanging mellows jersey? Because he did more.

than mellow. Oh, he did more than mellow. He's potting. I just don't think I would. You wouldn't? I actually don't think I would. You're disgusting, right? You wouldn't hang mellow jersey?

I don't, I don't think I would. Aw, man. He's stingy as a fucking. I'm not, I'm not, I'm not sure because it is, it is different because that era was like so, it was a lot of turmoil. And it's not all mellow's fault. I can, I can understand. He was dealing with racism.

too, man. He was. From the top, from the top down. So I can't, I can't. Mello was? Yeah. What happened there? You remember Phil Jackson was like, oh yeah, Mello and his posse? Oh, yeah. He said about, he said about Braun. Either way, he's still racist. Mello might have been part of the posse, so he might have been shooting. Yeah. But

yeah, Mello's more of like a is different. Like it's a, it's like a people's champ thing. So I'm not sure if the Jersey gets retired. I wouldn't, I wouldn't be 100% opposed to it. Yeah. I, I I would understand it, but it is different. Okay. I'm on the line there.

Next up. Lamello Ball. I almost said hell no. But then I remembered this is the Charlotte Hornetier. No. Next. I don't know. I mean, like, who?

They have to retire a jersey. They have two jerseys. They can wait for con. They got Bobby Phyllis. They got Del Curry. Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah, see?

See? Hey, Le Mello. That just blew you, brats. Oh, wow. Fuck. Hey, Lamello, welcome to history, boy. Welcome to eternal placement

in this stadium. Yeah, and if they're doing that, Kahn's jersey retirement has to happen in the middle of halftime, too. Exactly. We'll get there with con. Yeah.

Next up. Bam out of bio. Yeah. He's got a, he's got a been a... He's a legend. Yeah, he's got to be a pillar. Yeah. He's got to be a pillar.

He's a guy. He's a guy. I think he's up there. Yeah, he's probably going to get that. Went to the finals twice. Yeah, two finals appearances. Hey, Heat Jersey's up there. That's a Heat lifer.

Multiple. That is heat culture. Impactful playoff runs. Yeah. For sure. Shout a bit. 83 points in a Heat Jersey. Yeah.

Crazy. Nobody doesn't say that. The record, not record? The almost record. Yeah. He got it. He got it. All right.

Thanks. Chad Hungren. If they traded him today. Would he be retired after three one seeds in a ring? No. Super hell no. And a Western Conference Finals? No.

Super hell no. Not the team of championship. Yeah, he did. But he was there. Aaron Wiggins was there. Eric Wiggins was there too. He's sick. He's sick.

So, you go, retired? What's up? What's up? Jones for last year. When they let go, he went to the Knicks. Jones. Went to the Knicks?

What was his name? A second rounder. The thick guy. Big guy. From O. Casey? Yeah, last year he was a second round pick. Kendrick Williams? Play a little bit.

No. He was thick as though. Oh, oh, that guard. The guard, who was a lottery pick. He's on your team. He was bad. He wasn't a lottery pick. The second round pick.

Yeah, it wasn't a lottery pick. You sure? Positive. He had, he had, he had. He had dreads. He's on your team. He was on your team. He was lefty too.

He was lefty. Can he lost? No, no, no, no. I love looking at him. Dylan Jones. Yeah, Dylan Jones. Dylan Jones. He was there.

That's all. That's all. Anyways, Chet, no. We're so uninterested.