Melo from 15 ---> 7
this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2023
1 points (100.0% liked)
NBA - Main
12 readers
1 users here now
Game analysis, highlights and everything else that is happening in the NBA.
founded 11 months ago
MODERATORS
Me15o to Me7o
Does Tatum count?
He was originally going to wear number 11 when he was drafted by the celtics, even did press with that number and player summer league in it, and then Kyrie demanded it so Tatum switched to 0
I love 0 now
Avery Bradley wore 0 when Tatum was drafted so Tatum wore 11. Bradley got traded trying to free up space to sign Hayward to a max contract so Tatum switched to 0.
Why was Kobe's jersey change iconic?
He got both jersey numbers retired ...
Marked the change from rapist to mamba mentality icon
At the time, i thought it was pointless and a gimmicky way to "one-up" Jordan.
In retrospect, it is kind of cool that both were retired, and he had what essentially felt like 2 separate HOF careers.
Jason Kidd from 5 to 32 to 2.
Griffin from 32 to 23
I always found it so tacky that LeBron wore 23.
Shaq from 32 to 34
IMO it’s less iconic when a player changes teams. Jordan 45 and Kobe 24 were iconic because it was with the same team.
Yea Kobe changing his number to escape criticism from raping a woman is so commendable. Nothing says iconic like changing numbers to make ppl forget you’re a rapist.
Step back for a second and ask yourself if that really makes any sense at all…
Does it make sense TO ME to change numbers to avoid negative publicity for a rape case? No, not really.
Is that exactly what Kobe did? Yes.
Kobe Bryant’s rape allegation and subsequent court proceedings happened during the 2003-2004 season. Bryant changed from number 8 to number 24, a number he wore in high school, before the 2006-2007 season. A season that followed a 2005-2006 season where Kobe Bryant had several historically great individual performances, but ultimately left him and the Lakers out of the playoffs.
2003-2006 was a period where the Lakers were upset by the Detroit Pistons, Shaquille O’Neal left the Lakers organization (thought to be Kobe’s doing), as well as the departure and eventual return of championship coach, Phil Jackson, who had published “The Final Season,” in 2004, in which Jackson did Kobe no favors.
Kobe was a winner and used to winning, and all of the sudden, he wasn’t. Kobe was probably at fault for much of the turmoil surrounding him during this period. Maybe it stemmed from the rape allegation and legal process. But to say that he changed his number three years later to distract from the allegations is asinine and doesn’t make sense upon the slightest bit of actual reflection.
Being aggressively misinformed <<<<<
Do you know what his Mambe mentality was born out of & when it was coined?
Tracy McGrady on the Rockets wore 1 but switched to 3 (which to me, is more associated with the man he was traded for; Steve Francis).
Meanwhile, Francis wore 3 in Houston and Orlando but changed to 1 (a number more commonly associated with T-Mac) in New York, only to have McGrady also later play in New York, but again, wearing the 3 more commonly associated with Francis.
🤔
Amare 32 > 1
He’s getting 32 retired this year and 1 will definitely be retired for Book
outside of... lol how bout MJ 23/12/23/45/23 ?
Me from 9 ---> 11
Lauri from 24 to 23.
Truly iconic. Absolutely league shattering.
Shaw wearing 32 to 34 to 32. Seems like only 32s in Florida.
Couldn’t wear 32 in LA
KG 21 in Minni & 5 in Boston
Luka will eventually do the Bukayo Saka and switch from 77 to 7
Maybe he thinks having just one 7 on his jersey will make people think that he's losing weight?
Giddey 16
Little known one for some reason: Barkley changed his number from 34 to 32 after Magic's diagnosis and wore it during his final season with the Sixers.
Rodman 10,91,73 chose those because they added to 10.