Joe Soriano
O.J. LewisShocking: Oberto Retires
November 5th 2010 12:19
Due to a heart condition that caused heart palpitations, Fabricio Oberto retired after six years of pro basketball. He felt that it wasn't worth a serious injury, and I tip my cap off to the 2007 NBA champion and 2004 Gold Medalist for putting family and health first. Oberto won the championship with the Spurs and the gold medal in basketball at the Athens Olympics with Argentina.
Oberto was born in Las Varillas, Argentina and retired at the age of 35. It was a surprise announcement- after all he was signed one day before the start of the 2010 campaign by the Blazers. However, 35 is the usual retirement age for an NBA player. Oberto was signed because of injuries to centers Joel Pryzbilla and Greg Oden. Both of them are still recovered from surgery. Oden's return is unknown, but Pryzbilla should be back by Thanksgiving.
Blazers coach Nate McMillan has maintained that Oberto's injury will not push the two injured centers to recover too fast. The Blazers will most likely sign somebody as their frontcourt has been greatly depleted.
You may not know it, but Fabricio Oberto has a career shooting percentage of .576. He averaged 5.2 boards in 2007. That was his best year because he played in every single game and also shot a sparkling .608 from the floor. If he played 36 minutes per game, then Ob would have 8.7 rebounds.
Oberto was born in Las Varillas, Argentina and retired at the age of 35. It was a surprise announcement- after all he was signed one day before the start of the 2010 campaign by the Blazers. However, 35 is the usual retirement age for an NBA player. Oberto was signed because of injuries to centers Joel Pryzbilla and Greg Oden. Both of them are still recovered from surgery. Oden's return is unknown, but Pryzbilla should be back by Thanksgiving.
Blazers coach Nate McMillan has maintained that Oberto's injury will not push the two injured centers to recover too fast. The Blazers will most likely sign somebody as their frontcourt has been greatly depleted.
You may not know it, but Fabricio Oberto has a career shooting percentage of .576. He averaged 5.2 boards in 2007. That was his best year because he played in every single game and also shot a sparkling .608 from the floor. If he played 36 minutes per game, then Ob would have 8.7 rebounds.
Sudden Retirement of Gold Medalist and NBA Championship
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