A few days after an awkward but undeniably emotional suite encounter on Opening Night, the Dallas Mavericks announced that they would retire Mark Aguirre’s jersey this January.

Number 24 is finally going to the rafters.

Back in June, I wrote a piece titled Symmetry in the Rafters which made the quiet case for why this mattered — not just for Aguirre, but for a fanbase that’s been walking around wounded since February 1st, when the franchise traded away Luka Dončić in a move so inexplicable, most Mavs fans are still wearing thousand-yard stares.

So maybe this was low-hanging fruit.

Maybe this was a PR olive branch from a franchise with a dearth of goodwill.

Maybe Dumont had no idea who Aguirre was a few months ago.

And maybe none of that matters.

Because Mark Aguirre’s voice cracked,

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