The Nets forward is retiring from the league after 15 years revealing that he played his last game with an irregular heartbeat and saying it’s time he put his health and family first.
(CBSNewYork)- Brooklyn Nets forward LaMarcus Aldridge announced Thursday that he is retiring from the NBA following a scare in his final game he played when he was dealing with an irregular heartbeat. Though Aldridge said in the statement that he is now feeling fine, he explained that after 15 years of putting basketball first, he wants to put his health and family first. “My last game, I played while dealing with an irregular heartbeat. Later on that night, my rhythm got even worse which really worried me even more,” Aldridge wrote.
