Cole Aldrich has a prop available for laughs if he gets a bit too emotional during Saturday’s jersey retirement ceremony speech to be delivered before 16,300 fans at Allen Fieldhouse.
“Should I give my speech without my tooth?” said Aldrich, the former Kansas basketball and now Minnesota Timberwolves center, on Thursday in a teleconference with reporters.
The 29-year-old, eight-year NBA veteran will have his KU jersey No. 45 hung in the south rafters at Aleen Fieldhouse rafters at halftime of the KU-West Virginia game, which is set for a 5 p.m. tipoff.
“I think my wife (Britt) would probably not be very happy if I did that,” added the 6-foot-11, 250-pound Bloomington, Minn.