Over the past year, the deaths of retired big men Darryl Dawkins, Moses Malone, and most recently Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Sean Rooks have been sad stories trickling into the NBA news feeds. Even Larry Bird has spoken recently about the realities of retired big men not making it to the age of 75. Not all retired players have the proper health care and knowledge of what they need to do in order to have regular checkups with doctors and specialists to make sure they're healthy.
Recently, the Players Association has moved toward trying to remedy that problem.