Homie, that was between him and his team, do you know how his deal was structured financially? Huh? That has nothing to do that he was retired so do your research. He was playing professional baseball and then baseball had a strike, he re-thought about being in NBA & he rejoined his Bulls team. Oh and he played for the Chicago White Sox farm team & the owner of that team also owned the Chicago Bulls.If he was "retired" why was he still on the salary cap getting paid weekly the whole time he was out?