After 15 years in the NBA — all of which were played with the Seattle/Oklahoma City franchise — Nick Collison is retiring from the game of basketball. He leaves at 37 years of age after being drafted 12th overall in the 2003 draft, telling ESPN’s Royce Young, “I’ve had an incredible run. I’m proud of my career. But it’s time to go.”
A mainstay in the Oklahoma City community, Collison hangs up his sneakers having played the third-most games (910) in SuperSonics/Thunder history. He’s also fourth on the franchise’s all-time rebounding list (4,701), sixth in blocks (469), and fifth in field goal percentage (53.