jamesjduncan Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 His dad actually wore 23. At least with the Sixers, anyway. Maybe he's trying to one up his dad, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I guess I'm the only Gilbert Arenas fan in the whole world. Drew Gooden was 0 because it's "unpredictable." But he switched to 90 -- now that's unpredictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telemundo219 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Lets get it straight. Kobes number change has nothing to do with Michael Jordan. As I heard, Kobe wore #8 as a child playing ball in Italy and because he was in the ABCD (ABC?)134 camp (1+3+4=8). He wore 24 in High School and then swithed to #33 (as we see in many of his high school photos) to honor his father, Joe Bryant. He couldnt 33 because of Kareem-Abdul Jabbar retiring that number for the Lakers.All this "he trying to be better jordan so he wants to be 23+1" stuff is bogus. Get facts straight before you make assumptions. College sports as we know them are just about dead. The lid is off on all the corruption that taints just about every major program and every decision that the schools or the NCAA make is only about money, money, and more money. We'll have three 16+ team super-conferences sooner rather than later, killing much of the regional flair and traditional rivalries that make college sports unique and showing the door to any school that doesn't bring money to the table in the process. Pretty soon the smaller schools are going to have to consider forming their own sanctioning body to keep the true spirit of college sports alive because the NCAA will only get worse in it's excess from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 All I can say is those damned Jeff Gordon fans have gotten to Kobe. That was my second thought. My first thought was that Dale Earnhardt, Jr. commercial where he has a press conference to change his number from 8 to 6.7, only to be joking! "No harm done right?" -Jr. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 That's such crap. Who the hell's going to remember him as #24? No one. I don't think it'll last, right You're right. That'd be like Reggie Jackson changing his number. Nobody would remember him with a new number, would they? The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 All this "he trying to be better jordan so he wants to be 23+1" stuff is bogus. Get facts straight before you make assumptions. Fact: Kobe is Jordan-obsessed. He said as much in early interviews.Fact: Jordan changed his number. Report: Kobe is changing his number.OK, now that the facts are straight.The "23+1" was not presented as a fact. It was a joke made by a Bulls fan, me. And I admit it wasn't even really that good. No assumptions here, just tired of the people saying Kobe is better than Jordan already. 6-3=3. 3-Shaq=0. Jordan-Luc=3. Jordan-Scottie=0. See, fun game.Other "facts" you failed to rip from my post were the Nick Anderson (fact: he's retired), Henry Blanco (fact: He's a Cubs catcher and Kobe is not obsessed with him) and Jeff McInnis-0 (dsgitlin meant Gilbert Arenas) references. Possible fact not yet proven: Kobe fans have an inferiority complex matched only by Kobe's inferiority complex with Jordan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazz013 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 That's such crap. Who the hell's going to remember him as #24? No one. I don't think it'll last, right Michael Jordan's #45 jersey? Right! I still remember Jordan wearing #12 and #4. I remember 12, but when did he wear 4? Unless the 5 fell off his 45 jersey... Search the internet for a player named "Johnny Kilroy". Save the slugalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Seriously, Kobe originally chose #8 because Mike D'Antoni was his favorite basketball player while he grew up in Italy. I read as much in Sports Illustrated.Maybe he's had a tough series and no longer likes Mike D'Antoni. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpnation Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 New theory:There are rumblings at Nike that they will stop the Air Jordan line at XXIII. Then, the shoe after that will be the Kobe 24.yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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