1.   And, he added, he was just as skeptical about leaving high school basketball to go to Mississippi.

2.   A few seasons ago, Dumars talked openly about leaving basketball in the near future.

3.   But some of the other All-Stars think you will change your mind about leaving basketball.

4.   If the Spurs leave, basketball would lose the way hockey does when it flees its Canadian roots.

5.   Jordan left basketball.

6.   Jerry West continued to express his desire to leave basketball when his contract with the Lakers expires at the end of next season.

7.   Although he was an All-American in football, some NBA scouts say Peppers may miss his calling by leaving basketball.

8.   Jordan spent so much time pitching products and swinging at pitches after leaving basketball that he almost forgot what it was like to be in an NBA game.

9.   Michael Jordan left basketball to grieve for a murdered father and dabble in baseball, but came back to win three NBA titles.

10.   Johnson could never leave basketball behind.