McDyess longs for ‘icing on cake’

McDyess has played so well in his 14th season that some in the organization — including Popovich and team captain Tim Duncan — have wondered if maybe he ought to rethink his planned retirement at the end of the season.

For now, McDyess is still leaning toward quitting. He doesn’t expect his career games-played meter to surpass 1,018.

If this is to be his last season, McDyess — who has also appeared in 94 career playoff games — would like to go out with the one thing the Pistons could never give him. A title, he says, would be “icing on the cake.”

“I would have accomplished all my goals,” McDyess said. “I would be speechless.”