SI.com · Sep 19, 2018
The Basketball World Will Miss Boris Diaw
The decision to commemorate Boris Diaw on this website nearly two weeks after he officially retired from basketball was not an editorial oversight: it’s probably what Diaw would have done, too. Diaw’s NBA exit actually took place some time ago—his final appearance came as a member of the Utah Jazz team that was swept out of the conference semifinals by the Golden State Warriors in 2017. He went back to play a season in France, captained the national team at the 2018 World Cup, then announced his retirement by waxing poetic for 20 minutes on YouTube, flanked by Tony Parker and Ronny Turiaf, sitting on a boat.