What do you think of Kobe Bryant changing his number from 8 to 24?
440486
I think u r totally wrong when u say he is doing it for money. B/c he doesnt really need it,he has a nike contact and he is also one o the highest paid basketball player s in the NBA. Dunno y he is doing it, maybe he doesnt want to always be remembered as Kobe #8 for the rape. Besides 24 isnt a bad number, do u think MJ changed to #45 for marketing purposes? Besides, u could just wait till someone asks him why he wants to change his number and im sure he isnt going to say anything vaguely concerning money, b/c thats not a good reason to change your number. When u think of great players, u signify them with their number, KObe might just want to be 24 b/c he cant be 33. Would also like to say S0ng is a dumdum.
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Bryant began his career at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa., wearing No. 24. But by 1996 -- the year he led the school to the state championship -- he had switched to No. 33, the number his father Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant wore in high school. \n\nIn order for a player to change jersey numbers at will, he either has to change teams or have the team inform the league of the decision more than six months in advance. Players who stay with the same team must have worn the same number for four seasons or longer. Sources say the Lakers informed the league of Bryant's wish to change his number by this year's March 3 deadline.\n\nCalls placed to Bryant's agent Rob Pelinka and the Lakers were not immediately returned.\n\n \n\nOver the past few months, Kobe Bryant's popularity has been on the rise again. His jersey was the fourth-best seller this season, up one spot from last year's position, according to sales at the NBA Store in Manhattan and on NBA.com.\n\nWhen Bryant came into the league, he couldn't take the No. 33 because it had been retired seven years earlier by the Lakers in honor of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. \n\nBryant arrived at the No. 8 for two reasons. It was the number he wore when he was a kid playing in Italy. It also tied into the number he wore at Adidas' ABCD Camp, 143. The numbers add up to 8.\n\nBryant's switch is the NBA's most significant jersey number change since the 1994-95 season, when Michael Jordan came out of retirement wearing the No. 45 for the final 22 games of the season. Jordan's No. 23 had been retired by the Bulls in his honor. For the next three seasons, Jordan went back to the No. 23.\n\nLeague veteran Jim Jackson, who signed with the Lakers in March, now wears No. 24.
767323
No i don't agree on the order but i agree with the guys on the list. I think Chris bosh is better then 16, and 14 because 14 is injured and not as dominate as he once was and 16 is not getting the numbers he did like last year.
396612
Sad to say it is over. It was fun to watch and I wish he had broken the record. But even though he was 18 games away from the record, 18 games is HUGE on the tail end of that chase. If that record is ever broken, it will be a LONG time. Probably someone who won’t be born for a long time will eventually do it. That is a very tough record to break; I give him props for going 38. Had he continued it beyond today as the games got closer and closer to the Record 56 the pressure would have become really intense. I think it already was. In the long run, it is better for him and his team. Now he is out of the Limelight and can focus on what is most important, his team winning.
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24 was Bryant's first high school number, before he switched to #33. After the Lakers' season ended, Bryant said on TNT that he wanted #24 as a rookie, but it was unavailable, as was #33, retired with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He said the switch to 24 signified the start of the second half of his career.
346810
Nobody can be like Michael Jordan, you can make comparisons to it, but still MJ was the best and he has a legacy that almost nobody will touch. That being said, Kobe is already living a Jordanesque life in the NBA. Multiple Championships (with Shaq), countless buzzer-beaters, scoring over 35 ppg in a season, leading a team that would be otherwise bad to the playoffs. Keep #8 Kobe, it is YOUR legacy. When kids 20 years from now look back and say, who wore #8 in the NBA that was really good? Of course everyone will say... Kobe Bryant. Live you own NBA life Kobe, you dont need to be like Jordan with almost the same number, people compare the 2 of them anyway.
710755
The number change does nothing but let the NBA market a whole new set of Kobe Jerseys... that is why he did it. Kobe may be the most talented play in the NBA but after his whole problems in Colorado I have no respect for anything about him other than his talent to play ball. What about Stoudemire? Once he heals and gets back into basketball shape the Suns are going to be monsters in the West. I believe that they will make it to the finals.
1709
I believe he wore number "5" in his rookie year.  I seem to recall reading that in his book.
520658
#24,#99,#16,or #20\nWho knows?
616512
try this for one. I think he believes that he's better than Michael Jordan so upping he's number just above Michael is a clear message
5964
ai is better cuz kobe is to young and ai is droppin 35 a game and kobe is a ball hog. 63 is takin to much. also he never won a ring without   shaq just with him. buttttttttt ai dosnt have a ring. butttttt im a 76er fan  and ai is a leader and for his age he is to good
654305
He wants to wear 5, as he did in HS and College.  In the NFL, RB's are only allowed numbers between 20 and 49.  New Orleans is trying to persuade the NFL to change the rules, relating his #5 to a Category 5 hurricane.  \n\nThat part is bogus, and the Saints are just trying to show that they are appeasing to their star.  He will end up wearing 25.
1049559
Im a Kobe fan,and i think his 81 points was amazing, it would take another decade before someone breaks that record.. \n\nBut excellence is not what you do in a single day, and Bill Russell and the Celtics did that by winning 13 Championships. And on their 13th Championship when their coach retired, Bill Russell himself became player and coach! ,when their bitter rival the lakers have  built a team to dethrone them by acquiring Wilt and Baylor who are two top superstars that time to team up with Jerry West.. Everything was going LAs way by dismantling the"OLD"Celtics..But Celtics came back by winning it in 7games in LA.. And then, Bill Russell went into the sunset and retired..\n\nIt was a story of heart and perseverance.. Just amazing..
951869
Bottom half of the Playoff bracket again. If Kobe will put some trust into his teammates, next season they cold break into the top half. They could sneak into the second round this year.
50536
Kobe is 27-28 years old right now, he has been in the NBA for 10 years, if he went to college for 4 years, he would be a 6 year pro, drafted in 2000, and he wouldn't probably be a 13th pick, maby a 20th pick becuase he would be older and 4 year college players are payed less attention to that high schoolers and 1-2 year draft picks.
1005646
No to one, no to two, no to three, there should just be one head ref it simplifies things, no to four, no to five, on 6 do you mean he cant come back in, or he just has to leave the field for a few minutes, with his side playing with 10, and then he can come back in? if so, yes, if not, no, no to seven, no to eight, that would be awful, they could carry it down, and drop kick it into the net from a couple yards away, no to 9, and sort of to ten, i think this should be the point system:  four for a win, two for a tie, none for a loss in regulation.  In the group stage, ties at the end of regulation should go to two ten-minute halfs of extra time, silver goal style.  If still tied after extra time, the match would then be a tie, it would NOT go to penalties.  If there was a winner in extra time, that team would receive three points, and the loser in extra time one.
161751
40,,haa,haa,haa...Step the hell up,Shaq like a diesel he;ll get his.KOBE if you want rocket science that young bro can rise up.Bout 80 plus on the mutha ,,,,scoreboard.What you got for that.