FWIW, it appears to be only speculation about his retirement, but this year is finished for Monster Mash.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/nba/story/7728322/1
If anyone was the total package coming into the NBA, it was
Jamal Mashburn.
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Jamal Mashburn parts ways with Hornets coach Byron Scott after talking about his latest setback.(AP)</TD><TD width=15> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>At 6-feet-8, 250 pounds, he came into the NBA in 1993 as the fourth pick overall by the Dallas Mavericks following his junior year, when he was a first-team All-American for Rick Pitino at Kentucky. He could shoot from anywhere on the court, back down any small forward, handle the ball like a guard and grab eight rebounds a game.
Eleven years later, the numbers have come and gone, and evidently, so has Mashburn.
Monday afternoon, Mashburn sat at a
New Orleans Hornets press conference with general manager Allan Bristow and coach Byron Scott, men he's unlikely to play for again in the wake of the latest issue with his right knee. They declared him out for this season and quite possibly for his career.