Veteran large man Mike Muscala is ending his taking part in profession. He advised Joel Lorenzi of The Oklahoman that he plans to retire.
Muscala’s father, Bob, knowledgeable Lorenzi that Mike plans to pursue a graduate diploma in sports activities administration. He hopes to proceed his basketball profession in teaching and/or administration.
The No. 44 total decide of the 2013 draft, Muscala has spent the previous 11 NBA seasons taking part in for the Hawks, Sixers, Lakers, Thunder, Celtics, Wizards and Pistons. He completed final season with Oklahoma Metropolis, the workforce with which he spent elements of 5 totally different seasons.
“It means so much,” Muscala stated of his time with the Thunder again in Might. “I went via so much in my life after I was right here, simply the town, the followers, the best way that they help the workforce, what the workforce means to the group, these are issues that I really feel like I can relate to.
“I’ll at all times be a Thunder fan it doesn’t matter what occurs in my life.”
Muscala, 33, spent the primary 5 seasons with Atlanta. He was traded a number of occasions in the course of the 2018-19 season earlier than discovering a house in Oklahoma Metropolis for a number of years. He spent the previous year-plus taking part in for 4 totally different groups — OKC, Boston, Washington, Detroit, and eventually, OKC once more. In response to Lorenzi, Muscala stated relocating so many occasions in a brief time frame took its toll on him.
In 548 common season contests, together with 45 begins, the previous Bucknell star averaged 5.9 PPG and three.1 RPG in 15.0 MPG. The 6-foot-10 middle/ahead was identified principally for his outdoors capturing capacity (.373% profession from three-point vary) and his constructive locker-room presence.
