Worst players who have their jerseys retired

NBA: The worst player from each franchise to have their jersey retired

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Each franchise worst player to have their jersey retired, Atlanta Hawks: Lou Hudson

Stats: 22 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.9 apg

The Atlanta Hawks aren’t exactly big on retiring jerseys. Though the franchise has been around for numerous decades, they have retired only five former players numbers. In total, Atlanta has seven Jerseys in their rafters but Kasim Reed was the former Mayor of Atlanta and Ted Turner was their team owner for over three decades, making both individuals unqualified in terms of who we should take off.

With only Bob Petit, Dominique Wilkins, Lou Hudson, Pete Maravich, and Dikembe Mutombo to choose from, we were forced to point the finger at Hudson. In all, he was a terrific player. He spent 11 seasons with the franchise and wrapped up his career with averages of 20.2 points and 4.4 rebounds.

At times, Hudson found himself near the top of the NBA scoring race as he scored over 25 points per game on four separate occasions. He was also a six-time All-Star and helped lead them to a long list of success in the playoffs.

It pained us to say that Hudson was the worst player of the bunch but when we juxtaposed him to his fellow retired Hawks, his resume was simply the weakest.