Bob Love est une légende du basketball et l'une des figures les plus emblématiques de l'histoire des Chicago Bulls. Formé à Southern University. Son héritage continue d'inspirer des générations de fans et de joueurs à travers le monde.
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Bob Love was the Chicago Bulls' first great offensive player — a jump-shooting artist who averaged 21 points a game and made three All-Star teams. But the story of why the Bulls retired his #10 has as much to do with what happened after basketball as during it.
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After his NBA career ended, Love suffered from a severe stutter and financial hardship, eventually working as a busboy at a Nordstrom restaurant in Seattle.
A Nordstrom executive recognized him and the company offered to pay for years of speech therapy — Love repaid the debt by becoming a Nordstrom brand ambassador.
His story was featured in books about resilience including the bestselling "Same Kind of Different As Me."
Averaged 25.8 PPG in the 1971-72 season — one of the highest single-season averages in franchise history.
Bulls retired his #10 jersey in 1994 in a ceremony where he gave a full speech without a stutter — a moment that brought the entire United Center to tears.
Distinctions de Carrière
On November 2, 2024, the Toronto Raptors retired the first jersey number in franchise history. They chose #15. They chose Vince Carter. It was the only choice that made sense.
Chris Webber led the 2001-02 Sacramento Kings to 61 wins and within one controversial series of the NBA Finals. His #4 in the rafters is the monument to the most beloved era in franchise history.
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