8. ADRIAN DANTLEY
With over 15 years in the NBA, Adrian Dantley has earned the right to call himself a veteran of the game.
After finishing ninth on the league’s all-time scoring list back in 1992, he retired with a whole life ahead of him. At the time the 37-year-old had already made his mark as a highly celebrated athlete: the sixth pick of the 1976 NBA draft, blessed to have played for seven different NBA teams, and a six-time All-Star player. But who wants to live life like Al Bundy? So in 2003, Dantley reinvented himself and decided to use all those years of experience to serve as an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets. He served the team in this capacity for eight years.
These days he’s no longer driving hard to the rim, but giving back to the community as a crossing guard in Silver Springs, Maryland.