What does every body think of Kobe  Bryant changing his jersey number to 24 next season?
435863
it's all about the jersey sales...
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.
1160722
Yes he will. I heard he has to wear a full face Bell helmet. for the first 4 games of the season.\n\n\nYes, that is sarcasm.
481171
No way.  If it took him until April 22 to get his first one, he's not gonna get to 40 this year.\n\nAnd by the way, when his name appears on the Hall of Fame ballot, if I was a voter, I wouldn't vote for him any more than I'd vote for Pete Rose.
684117
Not at this time.\n\nMost likely he won't get a number until minicamp or some other training camp.\n\nJust because he is the top pick in the draft does not mean that he can have any number he wants.  If a veteran has the number he wants, usually a rookie will have to pay the veteran to give up that number so he can wear it.  Sometimes vets will be cool and just let him have it for free.  Other people command a real stiff asking price so he may give it up.\n\nExample--Antawn Jamison (NBA basketball's Washington Wizards) wears #7 now.  In college he wore #33.  When he came over from the Warriors (he wore #33), Brendan Haywood already was wearing #33 for the Wizards.  Haywood asked for too much money so Jamison decided to wear #7 instead and he has stuck with it ever since.  Of course, Haywood was probably dogging Jamison because they are both UNC alumni, and I guess he wasn't going to let Antawn have it easily.\n\nEdit: the above poster is right--running backs can only wear a number between 20 and 49 in the NFL.  So he cannot wear #5 in a real game.  He can in scrimmages and stuff but not in a real regular season game.\n\nI suppose however, that the NFL in its endless efforts to promote the game...might allow for it...see the article below.
690750
Yes I think it is. I don't think it would cause problems for the refs though. I think that they shouldn't make an exception and I don't think that they should change the rules. Honestly how would the refs think he is a QB. He will be running different postions and the Refs hopefully have enough of a brain to know the difference by postion. The point though is that the NFL assigns numbers in a certain way. It is for the Fans, the Refs, and the Announcers basically. It also keeps it from the confusion in college where it well just pick a number that isn't retired. Assigning a set of numbers to a postion makes it easy. Then add in that these players are around a lot longer it makes sense to want guidelines.
805020
It would depend on the extent of Kobe's surgically repaired knee.  If he is healthy, it is possible that he could average 25 ppg or more.  On your second question, even if he is injured, I believe that his popularity in the NBA fan balloting system would pencil him in as a starter in this year's NBA mid-season classic to be held in Las Vegas Nevada.\n\nIn the past, there were other players who were injured but voted to be starters in all-star games.  Among them are Shaquille O'Neal, Theo Ratliff, and Grant Hill.
803145
Well its certainly more of a Basketball number than 8 was. Maybe soon it'll join 23, 32 and 34 as the superstar numbers of Basketball.
410459
I think that he'll do it for a season or two then go back to eight\ni think the only reason he's doing it is so he can sell even more jerseys (Reebok must be in love with him)\n\nor you could take Michael Wilbon's idea (from PTI):\nhe did it to multiply 8 * 3 and then in a few years he'll change it to 34 so he can have the same number as Shaq so they'll retire his jersey instead of Shaq's
787438
These are the current NHL players wearing the number 23 and their respective teams:\n\nAnaheim: Francois Beauchemin\nAtlanta: Jim Slater\nBoston: Paul Mara\nBuffalo: Chris Drury\nCalgary: Eric Nystrom\nCarolina: Derrick Walser\nChicago: James Vandermeer\nColorado: Milan Hejduk\nDetroit: Mathieu Schneider\nFlorida: Martin Gelinas\nLos Angeles: Dustin Brown\nMinnesota: Jason Morgan\nNew Jersey: Scott Gomez\nNew York Islanders: Eric Boguniecki\nNew York Rangers: Karel Rachunek\nPhiladelphia: Denis Gauthier\nPhoenix: Don MacLean\nSan Jose: Scott Ferguson\nSt. Louis: Trent Whitfield\nToronto: Alexei Ponikarovsky\nVancouver: Alexander Edler
815170
I think it will either be A.I. or Lebron James.  I'm a Kobe fan, but this year he looks like he's going to be more passive and get his teammates involved more.  For A.I. he's always been that high consistent scorer for most of his career.  Lebron James can put up some big numbers at times, but I don't know if he'll make 30 or more a game.  So I'll bet on A.I., one of the best scoreres of all-time.
453585
To bad he wanted all that MONEY!!!!!!! \n\nI'd like to see A.J.Hawk!!! \n\nI'll still wear my 24 jersey but he was costing the team way to much money for his output. Plus all those games missed. HUH I couldn't believe he wasn't gone last year. \n\n**Just Win Baby**
875482
It was his FIRST high school number (before #33).\n\nWhen he came to the Lakers, both #24 and #33 (Kareem no less) were taken.  \n\nHe's said in interviews that it also signifies the second part of his career.
1129122
you guys dont know your basketball..\nkobe bryant is the best basketball player ever\nthat isnt an opinion\n\nif the question is "who is the best player in the nba?" its kobe bryant without a doubt\n\ni think he overcame more than anyone in this league and loves this sport more than anyone\n\nhe practices far more than a normal human should and i think that shows\n\nstat wise .. "oh hes a ball hogger" haha .. or the fact that he wont get a mvp award \n\nis because of his team\ndont even start with me\n\nkobe bryant overcame jordans accomplishments \n\nkobe is a better player than micheal \nwanna argue? i dare you\n\nkobe is #1\n\nlebron doesnt know a thing about defensive switches and weak offensive help\nhe isnt #1 now he is way too young \nbeing #1 doesnt look upon their stats .. rookies..\n\nwade is going to hurt himself he is skillful in SOME ways but in others he is ignorant and immature \nhe'll get hurt in no time as a.i experienced\nquote me on that\n\noverall\nkobe is #1 as of now\n\ndirk nowitski is getting there\n\n#1 - kobe bryant\n#2 - steve nash\n#3 - dirk nowitski
620632
I don't think there might ever be another Jordan for a while, who knows? Some players in the NBA now that are almost at his level are: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and I can't think of anyone else (I bet there's others though). I really don't think a rookie can match Jordan's level a year or two in the NBA... maybe even three (that's why I was a little hesitant to put LeBron, who is good, but not good enough to be called "King James"... that's just ridiculous!)
679304
It's a possibility.  If you look at the numbers from past seasons.  He won the All-Star Challenge and the Cup in the same season 3 times.  So I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that he wins Saturday night and better his chances at winning the cup.  I'm a superstitious person.  LOL
654195
LeBron has 20 years left, he will pass kobe in every statistical category. Kobe will never win another title, if he does he will be the second man (like the other 3 titles he won) and LeBron is only 21 and he is averagin numbers that havent been seen since bill russel and MJ! kobe just scores. LeBRon jame will win more titles, and be the best once he retires. and wats all this bullshit that lebron started younger?!?! kobe came out of highschool to u fags.