will retire. It’s just the reality of the NBA: when you’re old, you’re not useful as a professional basketball player anymore. It’s why no NBA player has ever stepped onto the court for an NBA game past the age of 45.
Players’ income is not guaranteed, a normal person’s future is reasonably secure – they could expect to continue work until they decided to move jobs or retire. Players are stuck with the uncertainty of a two or three-year contract, after which who knows what happens. A player’s future...