Overview
- Dallas raised Aguirre’s No. 24 to the rafters at American Airlines Center on Thursday during an extended halftime ceremony against the Hornets.
- Former teammates and franchise greats attended as his banner joined those of Brad Davis, Rolando Blackman, Derek Harper and Dirk Nowitzki.
- Isiah Thomas was on hand, comforted Aguirre as he grew tearful, and thanked Dallas while saying the Pistons would not have won a championship without him.
- Aguirre, the 1981 No. 1 pick, earned three All-Star selections with the Mavericks and averaged about 24.6–25 points per game across nearly eight seasons.
- His Dallas tenure ended with a February 1989 trade to Detroit for Adrian Dantley, a move he described as difficult yet necessary for his growth.