
He won three championships with the Golden State Warriors. He played for ten franchises during his 15 year NBA career. On September 13, 2019, Shaun Livingston announced his retirement from the NBA.He won two championships with the Golden State Warriors. He played for six franchises during his 16 year career. On August 29, 2019, Zaza Pachulia announced his retirement from the NBA.
He played for 5 franchises during his 10 year NBA career.
On June 28, 2019, Darren Collison announced his retirement from the NBA. He played 18 seasons in the NBA, winning four championships with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014, being the MVP in 2007 and first European to do so. On June 10, 2019, Tony Parker announced his retirement from the NBA. Nowitzki played all his 21 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks franchise, making two final appearances in 20, both times against the Miami Heat, winning in 2011 and was also the MVP. On April 9, 2019, Dirk Nowitzki announced his retirement from the NBA. Frye played 13 seasons in the NBA, winning one championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. On March 1, 2019, Channing Frye announced his retirement from the NBA. Wade is believed by many as the greatest Miami Heat player of all time. Wade played his 16 seasons with the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, and the Cleveland Cavaliers franchises, winning three championships with the Heat in 2006, 20 in five finals appearances, being the MVP in 2006. On September 16, 2018, Dwyane Wade announced his intentions to retire from the NBA at the end of the 2018–19 season. This was the longest season in NBA history. The finals ended on October 11, 2020, 355 days after the Octoregular-season opening day, and 377 days after the first pre-season games on September 30, 2019. On August 26, 2020, the season was suspended for a second time due to a wildcat strike during the playoffs. All gameplay took place in the NBA Bubble, the isolation zone specifically created for NBA operations. Under the plan, 22 teams played eight additional regular-season games to determine playoff seeding, and 16 teams entered a conventional post-season tournament.
On June 4, 2020, the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan to restart the season on July 30, 2020, and the National Basketball Players Association approved this plan the next day. At the time of the suspension, teams had played between 63 and 67 games. The playoffs were scheduled to begin on April 18, 2020, and end with the NBA Finals in June 2020. The 2020 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 16, 2020, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, and was won by Team LeBron 157–155. However, the season was suspended on Maas a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The regular season began on Octoand was originally supposed to end on April 15, 2020. The 2019–20 NBA season was the 74th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). (completion of regular season with "seeding" games)Ħ3–67 games played before season suspensionħ1–75 total for 22 teams after suspension ( Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic)