hettinger_rl Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 It's irrelevant how it happened. It completely tarnishes the ultimate honor a team can give to a player.For the team to ask, it's completely disrespectful to the player. FOr another player to ask the retired player, it's an incredibly selfish move. For the retired player to volunteer to give it up, that's a slap to the organization that genuinely thought they were giving him a great honor, only to find out he didn't care.Also, it just seems silly that it creates a situation where teams can have numbers retired for more than one person, which in theory, is impossible (but obviously happens.) Once you relinquish the honor, it should be gone forever, and if the new player with that number becomes a HOFer or whatever, then it gets retired for him, not the original player. I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fact that the Denver Broncos unretired Frank Tripucka's number 18 for Peyton Manning when he signed as a free-agent in 2012. I like the idea of just honoring the number or recognizing the player rather the all-out retiring and taking the number out of rotation. Otherwise you'll end up like the Boston Celtics are now with players wearing non-traditional jersey numbers. (I'm not a fan of numbers above 55 or that contain a 6, 7, 8 or 9)You know the only reason they ever used those numbers exclusively is so the refs could display the # of the fouling player. Largest is 55... five on one hand and five on the other. If they would've had to show 7 it would've looked like 52. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh.0 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Not in his regular game jersey, but I thought it was interesting the number Porzingis chose to wear ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilt Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 He will be only the 5th player in NBA history to ever play with this number.A fan of Dennis Bell ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsHotel Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Not in his regular game jersey, but I thought it was interesting the number Porzingis chose to wear ...Once Travis Wear is released he'll take #6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousAtticus Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Lance StephensonThe rest of the Clippers rookies, re- and free agent signees Jason Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucky_bleichert Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 this board isn't letting post using the 'image' button for whatever reason, so here you go...it was media day for the clips, hornets, magic and celticspaul piercehttp://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/clippers/sites/default/files/styles/main_gallery_photo__480_tall/public/img_1142.jpg?itok=qZ9A1Kfjjosh smithhttp://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/clippers/sites/default/files/styles/main_gallery_photo__480_tall/public/img_1175.jpg?itok=z8kdToznthe clips rotation in those awful uniformshttp://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/clippers/sites/default/files/styles/main_gallery_photo__480_tall/public/577659565_clippers_media_day_m_bernstein_0375.jpg?itok=akvb-lAdlinsanityhttp://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/hornets/sites/default/files/styles/main_gallery_photo__480_tall/public/150925_media-day_07.jpg?itok=C9zUi6LQlinsanity, better view of that haircuthttp://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/hornets/sites/default/files/styles/main_gallery_photo__480_tall/public/150925_media-day_30.jpg?itok=HwCwJ69Wkaminsky and hawes and zellerhttp://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/hornets/sites/default/files/styles/main_gallery_photo__480_tall/public/150925_media-day_27.jpg?itok=baJUubmKnic batumhttp://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/hornets/sites/default/files/styles/main_gallery_photo__480_tall/public/150925_media-day_11.jpg?itok=lEi1SKqyjason smithhttp://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPxJIoVUwAAitGz.jpg:largedavid leehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPxgyHyWsAAdY16.jpgamir johnsonhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPxfAZqWUAABHLu.jpgsorry, i wish i was able to post photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilt Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 this board isn't letting post using the 'image' button for whatever reason, so here you go...the clips rotation in those awful uniformsWhere is Wesley Johnson?http://i.cdn.turner.com/drp/nba/clippers/sites/default/files/styles/main_gallery_photo__480_tall/public/577659565_clippers_media_day_m_bernstein_0375.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cappital92 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 That Sounds jersey is Stax era soul and Birdman is modern day post hardcore. It's quite the contrast, but it's a fun one. http://www.wizardsxtra.com Is it the shoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDubK414 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 A whole bunch of teams...and.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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