Hill Not Planning On Retiring Any Time Soon <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">While averaging nearly 20 points per game, he shot a career-best .509 percent en route to making his first All-Star Game start in five years. Hill scored in double figures in all but three games. "As good as it was, it could have been better," Hill said. "People told me I wouldn't get it all back for a year. It's just a feel. . . . It's hard to describe. I'm pretty excited about things now. It's as good as I've ever felt." Hill started playing again in early July. He faced fellow pros in pick-up games at Duke University, his alma mater, and has been playing full-court against teammates and players the Magic are trying out. As far as speculation the club will limit his playing time -- he averaged 35 minutes last season (only Steve Francis averaged more) -- Hill says, "My doctors say playing just 20 minutes or 40 [per game] isn't going to make it any safer. If it's going to give me a problem, it's going to come up." Hill said, if anything, he probably should have curtailed his practice time, "all that excessive running" he did in former coach Johnny Davis' fastbreak offense. "He's without limitations," Smith said. "We'll watch him, sure, but I think the biggest thing is how Grant learns at play as a 32-year-old." Hill turns 33 on the second day of training camp, but feels so good he wants to play "five or six more years," the ankle willing, of course. "I feel like I have a lot left in the tank," Hill said. "I was crazy enough to have four surgeries [five, counting the staph-infection drama], so I'm not going to give it up anytime soon. I want to play as long as I can. After the ankle ordeal, I want to finish on a high." He could have opted out of his contract this summer and tried to join a sure-fire contender, as some aging stars do. But teams would still have to take a chance on an older free agent who has a medical history. Hill also would never have matched the $15.6 million the Magic will pay him.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Hill turns 33 on the second day of training camp, but feels so good he wants to play "five or six more years," the ankle willing, of course.</div> Thats really good to hear, Grant Hill has overcome all these injuries and has played in the league for so long, and the fact that he wants to keep going is great and shows the love he has for this game.
Hopefully he will manage to finish his career in Orlando, maybe he will take a pay cut after this year, because he earned so much and couldn't contribute.
Hill says he can play 5 more years <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Hill says he could play five-plus seasons How many more years do you see Grant Hill playing in the NBA? Taking into account his injury history and the fact that Grant was still able to play in 70 games last season (starting 69 of them). What would you say? One more year? Two? Three at most? Grant told the Orlando Sentinel he thinks he can play "five or six years" before hanging them up. "I was crazy enough to have four surgeries, so I'm not going to give it up anytime soon," Hill said. We hope he's right, but that's a lofty estimate for that ankle. He did go for more a few seasons without the general wear and tear of the NBA that might buy him some more time.</div> I think this is pushing it but I hope he does.
wow 5 more years............ by the time he retires he would be crippled and get tired of all those stiches
<font color="Blue">Threads merged as requested - Hunter</font> As for my thoughts on Hill playing for five more years, I think that would be great. He missed several seasons because of his past injuries so if he wants to make up for them now I say more power to him.
I Hope He Does,he Is A Real Class Act Guy.but Realistically I Don't Think So There Is Only So Much The Body Can Take Even For A Guy Like Grant Hill.
