World's Coolest Sports gifts at Midwest Basketball Thursday, November 30, 2006
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Scoring as The Screener
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Stocking Stuffer Ideas from Midwest Basketball Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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After this season, Hill might hang 'em up Tuesday, November 28, 2006
He offers glimpses of his past all-star self, a skilled craftsman at work.
He looks as if he's enjoying the game immensely while shepherding his younger teammates.
And moreover, he appears healthier than at any time during his star-crossed career with the Orlando Magic.
Why, then, would SG Grant Hill even mention retirement?
Hill tells the Sentinel that retiring is a viable option at the end of the season when his seven-year contract with the Magic expires.
I actually had asked Grant about playing next season -- the length and terms of a deal that might appeal to him and the Magic -- when he volunteered the notion of hanging up his sneakers.
"I could do that," Hill said, nodding. "I don't know. There's something to be said about going out healthy, leaving on your own terms, while still being able to play at a certain level.
"I don't know. . . . I'm not really thinking about it right now. We'll see."
Hill squirms just talking about it.
Although he's 34 and rebuilt through six surgeries since 2000, I never really bought into this possibility: Grant finishing this season in one piece and riding off into the sunset or, more likely, into the business world.
After missing five prime years, he seemingly wanted to milk the most out of the time he had left.
"I can understand that," Magic General Manager Otis Smith said of Hill's notion to go out on a healthy note. "Nothing would surprise me with Grant. It wouldn't surprise me either way."
The physical, mental and emotional trauma has taken its toll on Hill and his family. He goes through a rigorous program just to play.
Last season, when he was out with a sports hernia injury, he told me he'd rather quit than subject himself to a seventh operation.
After a hernia surgery early last season didn't take, Hill went the nonsurgical route this summer, taking a boom-or-bust, rehab or retire, approach.
By the look of his play, his arduous rehab was a success. So far, anyway. Maybe all the work he put in was to set up a last hurrah. Maybe he can't commit because he never has made it to the end of a season with the Magic as an active player.
Whatever, the next Grant Hill "comeback" might carry the ultimate twist this summer: Return . . . or retire?
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After Thanksgiving Sale Monday, November 27, 2006
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Fastbreak Drill: The 5-3-2
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World's Coolest Sports Gifts Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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Fall Shoe Clearance: Up to 70% Off at Amazon.com Monday, November 20, 2006
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