Recently, Indiana Pacers held a short jersey-retirement ceremony to honor their late owner Mel Simon before the game against Washington Wizards. According to the pacers, on the retired jersey is marked with Meyer Simon, instead of a regular number. This shirt will hang in retirement veteran team has ray Reggie Miller, Mel Daniels, Roger Brown, George McGinnis and former coach Bobby Leonard shirt.

Mel Simon involved with Indiana Pacers was few years ago, he bought the precarious Pacers and own it for 26 years with his brother Herb Simon. Conseco Fieldhouse for the first time, when opening to the arena after opening Simon, the pacers in this arena ushered in the Celtics, and achieved good results. In addition, the jersey retirement ceremony was held together with the 10th anniversary commemoration of the opening of Conseco.

Coincidentally, two months later, in order to commemorate the death of the owner of Abu • Pauline (Abe Pollin), Wizards (Washington Wizards)who is in the following game, also dressed in special edition NBA jerseys. In the game against the Celtics, the Wizards worn the special edition of jerseys for the first time and played, hoping to play a fantastic game together with its late boss. At the same time, the logo will also appear in the Wizards home – Vreizon Center, the Arena was invested primarily by Pollin in the year.