A statue of Mikan greets fans in the Target Center in Minneapolis where the Timberwolves play; nonetheless, the Lakers consider him a part of their legacy.
The franchise considered retiring his number around 2002, Patrick said, when they hosted a “reunion” for several of the players who were on the Minneapolis teams. It didn’t happen then, but Buss promised Mikan it would happen one day.
Conversations ramped up in February, when Michael Mikan represented his father on the NBA’s 75th anniversary team. Several Lakers greats there didn’t know that Mikan had never had his number retired; it wasn’t long after that the Mikans began talking with Jeanie Buss and Linda Rambis about getting it done.
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