If I was a rich retired basketball player, I would absolutely get my degree. Hell, I'd get a Masters too. Maybe Beas will, maybe he won't.
(I do think his number should be retired even if he doesn't.)
What? Why? That makes so sense if you're already rich. Degrees on their own don't mean crap. I have 3 of them and I am using 0 of them in my career. If you want to blow money why wouldn't you just take the money you would have spent on a meaningless degree and just give a high school kid or an undergrad a scholarship so they can have a shot at getting rich themselves? That certainly would be more fulfilling than spending money on a piece of paper that, at that point in your life, has the same value as 1000 shares of Montgomery Ward stock.
I enjoy learning, that would be my reason.
But it would help to understand how the world works. Plus it would improve my employability for the rest of my lenghty, post-baller life, if I want to do something other than sell insurance or cars. Even if I end up selling insurance or cars, or going into coaching (somewhere that doesn't require a degree) -- or moving to a beach in Mexico -- it still improves your quality of life to have your mental horizons widened by taking classes.
And beyond that, let's say I'm "retired" at 28: wouldn't you think going back to college then as a former basketball star would be a blast? I do.