But he thinks EVERYONE in the NBA should give up he number officially because it's disrespectful to Michael. I'm sick of these numbers being retired. Just freaking retire the number/name combination and let any scrub play that number. Lebron sure would love that New York media with remarks like this one.
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But he thinks EVERYONE in the NBA should give up he number officially because it's disrespectful to Michael. I'm sick of these numbers being retired. Just freaking retire the number/name combination and let any scrub play that number. Lebron sure would love that New York media with remarks like this one. -
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Not right off the bat when AJ's first came out, not before anything was sold. LBJ had that $90m with Nike before doing anything on the basketball court or selling anything in a store."You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier
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Wow, what ever happened to being able to wear the number of someone you looked up to as a kid?
I'm not big in favor of retiring a number league wide. Yes, MJ was awesome, but he didn't have to fight through what Jackie Robinson did...
I don't get how you're killing MJ's memory by wearing his number in his honor...As a kid I'd always want a number of a player I liked, haven't you guys?
I swore I saw someone in this thread say that his jersey number should be retired universally on all levels...Wow, just wow. Do you want to be the one to tell an 8 year old that he can't wear 23 on his first basketball team because it was MJ's number? Damn, why is everyone sucking the fun out of sports?
Why not get even crazier and retire it across all sports? Hell, Tiger Woods is so huge, we should change the name of the tiger animal to something else because they're hurting Tiger Woods' memory.Nintendo Switch Friend Code: SW-7009-7102-8818Comment
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P.S. - On a side note for the homers in the thread, Bill Russell has a few more rings than Michael. Russell before any other sport athlete. I think he is number one in most championships in a sport in North America if I'm not mistaken. That was one bad mother....... or rather father.......Comment
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Touche, indeed.
This. No player is bigger than the game. Even MJ knows that. Teams retiring numbers, ok. Retiring a number throughout the league? Crazy.I'm on the complete opposite end of the spectrum. I'm a fan of individual teams retiring jerseys because it's a fun way to remember the great ones (hanging their name and number from the rafters) but I don't think it should ever be universal throughout the league (or world). On the contrary, I find that people wearing the #23 in honor of Michael Jordan are displaying a high form of honor, flattery, and thanks. Besides, I feel 23 is synonymous with basketball, to eliminate it from use would be taking away from the game itself.
I say the world should continue honoring Jordan if they so choose by wearing his number (unless you play for the Bulls. . .or Heat).
I'm certainly no longer a fan.Comment
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Because it's SO damn cliche with basketball and #23. For the last two decades it's like everyone who's decent (on any damn level, even rec leagues lol) choses to wear 23."You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier
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First thing I thought of when I heard this was LeBron wants to sell more jerseys and make more $$$. He can certainly play some bball, but I really don't care for him.Comment
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For those saying that Mike is the clear number 1, I suggest you poll people and find out for yourself.
Is MJ the greatest of his time? No doubt. Will a great majority of the people choose him as the clear #1? You bet.
But I guarantee that you won't get 100% of the people to agree and I guarantee that a lot of those people aren't Knicks, Pacers, Sonics, Jazz or Pistons fans either.
Without 100%, you don't get clear #1. Like I said before, ask kids 10 years from now and watch the number for Jordan dwindle. 20 years? Even further down. Eras are withheld by the collective living. As we pass, another generation will come to love someone else. Just ask Babe Ruth or Ted Williams. Ask Bart Starr or Joe Montana. Go ahead and ask Jerry West or Julius Erving.
MJ is number one right now and man, I don't disagree with it. I saw the man play. He was amazing. But I never saw Jerry West play, so how can I ever compare? I haven't seen that kid that'll be drafted in 2020. So what do I know but the time I lived and saw?
Also, LeBron was how old when Jordan dominated? The guy is a Yankees fan (a faker fan is harder to find). I can't take his allegiance seriously. He's clearly a wagon rider for the best.
Anyway, my point is: Jordan isn't clearly the best of all-time. It's an opinion. You never honor one player as the game. The game is the game. No player alone defines it."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
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Before people wore #23, alot of people wanted to wear 32, 33, 13, and ironically 6.
Hell, you even get alot of #3's for people who look at Iverson's as an idol. This isn't uncommon, especially for the best player ever.-Rocky Balboa"Maybe I can't win. But to beat me, he's going to have to kill me. And to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that, he's got to be willing to die himself. I don't know if he's ready to do that."Comment
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I'm all for him switching his number, I just hope he knows how much he's contradicting himself by taking Russell's number to honor Jordan. I really don't like the idea of a number being retired around the league. Let Chicago retire it, and let Miami do whatever they want while they dream of having a number worth retiring, but don't take an entire number away. I do think that individual players should take a LONG look in the mirror before they decide they want to wear #23..Comment
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I think more interesting than the actual number change is how he has to go about changing it. I learned this on ESPN today:
- If he stays with the Cavs, he has to file a change of number request by March 5th.
- If he were to sign with some other team, he can change it to whatever he wants any time before next season starts.
Interesting to see how he plays this. Suddenly March 5th becomes a fairly important day in the LeBron Free Agency Odyssey of 2010.
Though he probably didn't know about that when he stated his intentions. Lol.Member: OS Uni Snob Association | Twitter: @MyNameIsJesseG | #WT4M | #WatchTheWorldBurn
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Couldn't agree more.Wow, what ever happened to being able to wear the number of someone you looked up to as a kid?
I'm not big in favor of retiring a number league wide. Yes, MJ was awesome, but he didn't have to fight through what Jackie Robinson did...
I don't get how you're killing MJ's memory by wearing his number in his honor...As a kid I'd always want a number of a player I liked, haven't you guys?
I swore I saw someone in this thread say that his jersey number should be retired universally on all levels...Wow, just wow. Do you want to be the one to tell an 8 year old that he can't wear 23 on his first basketball team because it was MJ's number? Damn, why is everyone sucking the fun out of sports?
Why not get even crazier and retire it across all sports? Hell, Tiger Woods is so huge, we should change the name of the tiger animal to something else because they're hurting Tiger Woods' memory.Comment

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